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Mark Dayton: “They would be right back, as the Senator said, where they were before, headquartered in the United States of America…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2003
They would be right back, as the Senator said, where they were before, headquartered in the United States of America, paying taxes on their U.S. profits rather than creating a sham. These are not real entities; these are fictions just for the sake of tax evasion.
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Mark Dayton

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Discussing tax evasion and the implications of corporate entities during a floor speech.

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