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Paul Ryan: “I think that this looks like a tax earmark, and we ought to call it that, regardless of the merits of the policy. Two…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2008
I think that this looks like a tax earmark, and we ought to call it that, regardless of the merits of the policy. Two other quick points... This was not a targeted tax benefit to one industry. This was a policy to help bring back manufacturing jobs in America. And so to call this a tax subsidy to just the oil industry, number one, is incorrect.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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Discussing tax policy and its implications for American manufacturing and the oil industry.

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