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Joe Scarborough: “There is a misperception with what the gentleman said, and knowing the gentleman, I know that he did not intend to make…”

On the recordMarch 25, 1998
There is a misperception with what the gentleman said, and knowing the gentleman, I know that he did not intend to make this mistaken statement, but he is talking about, it is going to be a new back-door tax increase, it is going to be a new expense. The gentleman was talking about a new expense. It is not a new expense. It is existing, it is already there. In fact, even this compromise language subtracts how much restaurants would have to pay a hundredfold.
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

Editor's note · Context

Addressing misconceptions about tax increases related to restaurant expenses.

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