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Tim Kaine: Billionaire Warren Buffet famously highlighted the rigged Tax Code by pointing out that he paid a lower tax rate than…

On the recordApril 18, 2023
Billionaire Warren Buffet famously highlighted the rigged Tax Code by pointing out that he paid a lower tax rate than his secretary.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine references Warren Buffet's critique of the tax system's inequities.

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