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Jim Sensenbrenner: To tell States they do not have to compete on those bases, because they can export their failures, tells every corrupt…

On the recordJuly 23, 2018
To tell States they do not have to compete on those bases, because they can export their failures, tells every corrupt city mayor, every incompetent Governor, 'You do not have to have good government, you just have to be able to expand who you tax.'
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner criticizes states for avoiding accountability in governance by taxing those who cannot vote.

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