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David Skaggs: “If I can reclaim my time, if the gentleman meant raising income taxes by more than a de minimis amount, why did the…”

On the recordApril 15, 1996
If I can reclaim my time, if the gentleman meant raising income taxes by more than a de minimis amount, why did the gentleman not use that term in the constitutional amendment rather than the term internal revenue, which has a much broader connotation to it than income taxes do?
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David Skaggs
Colorado

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Questioning the terminology used in a constitutional amendment regarding tax definitions.

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