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On the recordApril 24, 2013
Russell Long, the old Finance Chairman in the Senate, once said that tax policy is 'Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax the guy behind the tree.'
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott highlights the unfairness of tax policy affecting ordinary people.

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