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Robert C. Byrd: “Perhaps the single most important component of the reordering of the Government's fiscal priorities must be reform of…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1986
Perhaps the single most important component of the reordering of the Government's fiscal priorities must be reform of the Tax Code. In recent years, that Tax Code has treated the wealthy and major corporations far more generously than middle and lower income Americans.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jan 21, 1986

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Outlining Democratic budget and tax priorities under Gramm-Rudman.

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