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Xavier Becerra: “If you are going to get to forgo having to pay those taxes that an otherwise established enterprise has to pay, we…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
If you are going to get to forgo having to pay those taxes that an otherwise established enterprise has to pay, we should make sure that the public is getting some benefit for it.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Becerra emphasizes the need for public benefit from tax-exempt organizations.

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