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JOHN LINDER: Businesses do not pay taxes, they collect taxes from other entities and pass them along. I think we should be honest…

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
Businesses do not pay taxes, they collect taxes from other entities and pass them along. I think we should be honest about that.
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JOHN LINDER
Georgia

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Arguing that businesses merely collect taxes rather than pay them.

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