Barney Frank - The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income p...

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The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code more nearly progressive, it preceded one of the most productive economic periods in American life.

Barney Frank

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Steuererhöhung in Clinton, die eine Erhöhung der Steuern in erster Linie für Personen mit höherem Einkommen war, machte die Steuergesetzgebung nicht nur nahezu progressiv, sondern ging einer der produktivsten Wirtschaftsperioden im amerikanischen Leben voraus.

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