Rep. overstates popularity of flat tax in ex-Soviet states
By Chris Joyner
April 29, 2013 "Do you know those former Soviet Bloc countries have all moved to flat taxes?"
"Do you know those former Soviet Bloc countries have all moved to flat taxes?"
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