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Jim Nussle: “It is not a tax increase? My goodness. What does ``changes in tax laws sufficient to increase revenues by $18 billion''…”

On the recordJune 24, 2004
It is not a tax increase? My goodness. What does ``changes in tax laws sufficient to increase revenues by $18 billion'' mean? I heard one time if it walks like a duck, it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it might be a duck. This is a tax increase.
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Jim Nussle
Iowa

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Discussing the implications of a resolution related to tax laws.

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