Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made a stop in Philadelphia as part of their bipartisan roadshow for tax reform. Small business owners talked tax and business – and no surprise, simplification and certainty topped their wish list.
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