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Testimony from David McCarty, President of the American Agriculture Movement, in front of the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding the proposed increase in the cigarette tax in order to pay for health care reform. Argues that, while he adamently supports heath care reform, he does not believe that it should come disproportionately out of the pockets of rural people and farmers. Points out ... read morethe injustice in the fact that rural families already pay a larger percentage of their income compared to urban famalies in excise taxes and yet they are still the group targeted to pay for health care reform.read less
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