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On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
So increasing taxes on the rich is a tenth as effective if we would actually just return our economy to a normal economy.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson critiques tax increases on the wealthy as ineffective compared to economic recovery.

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