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Bailing out businesses will shift burden onto tax payers

In The News, Covid19

Bailing out businesses will shift burden onto tax payers

Budget & Tax, In The News,  | Our Take
Aug 27, 2020 | 14 sec read | Print Article

This article first appeared in WLS-AM 890 on August 26, 2020

TCS president Steve Ellis talked to John Howell of WLS-AM 890 on the issue of the liability shield. Listen to the interview here, and read the original oped here.

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