Ryan Touts ‘Simple, Fair’ Tax Overhaul Plan

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Ryan Touts ‘Simple, Fair’ Tax Overhaul Plan

By D.A. Banks

Posted September 27, 2017 at 8:48pm

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Republican leaders unveiled their proposal for a tax overhaul on Wednesday. “This is a day that is a long time coming,” Speaker Paul D. Ryan said. “Today, we are taking the next step to liberate Americans from our broken tax code.”

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