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On the recordJune 12, 2024
We just put this chart up here. This is what Senator Grassley was talking about. I mean, this is the futility of trying to punish individuals, you know, trying to punish their success.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin
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Senator Johnson discusses the ineffectiveness of penalizing individual success through tax measures.

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