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Peter Welch: “In my view, that is wrong. The wrongdoer, not the taxpayer, should pay all of the settlement.”

On the recordOctober 7, 2015
In my view, that is wrong. The wrongdoer, not the taxpayer, should pay all of the settlement.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch criticizes BP's settlement allowing tax write-offs, emphasizing accountability for wrongdoers.

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