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Robert C. Byrd: “The great middle class is the backbone of the Nation, and it has shouldered the main individual tax burden.”

On the recordJune 9, 1986
The great middle class is the backbone of the Nation, and it has shouldered the main individual tax burden.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jun 9, 1986

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Debating the tax reform bill.

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