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Donald Manzullo: “Reclaiming my time, would birdseed for robins and birds that are not considered to be wild, would that be taxed? Perhaps…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1996
Reclaiming my time, would birdseed for robins and birds that are not considered to be wild, would that be taxed? Perhaps the tax would be based upon the tax people would have to come to your backyard and determine which birds were eating the seed, then have a proportionate tax based upon that.
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Donald Manzullo
Illinois

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Discussing potential taxation on birdseed during a floor speech.

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