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Ron Johnson: “I would say you dramatically increase the disincentives for people to take the kind of risk taking that actually helps…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2015
I would say you dramatically increase the disincentives for people to take the kind of risk taking that actually helps grow our economy.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson argues that high marginal tax rates discourage economic risk-taking.

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