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Robert C. Byrd: “I believe that the average taxpayer will agree that neither the enforcement of the Tax Code nor the Tax Code itself is…”

On the recordMay 8, 1985
I believe that the average taxpayer will agree that neither the enforcement of the Tax Code nor the Tax Code itself is fair. If we do not restore fairness in the Tax Code now, we will have to do it sooner or later.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
May 8, 1985

Editor's note · Context

Supporting a Democratic budget amendment paid for by a corporate minimum tax and closing loopholes.

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