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John Joseph Moakley: “But the reason for this mandate is to stop this spending to take place, stop penalizing small companies. But if we say…”

On the recordMay 13, 1998
But the reason for this mandate is to stop this spending to take place, stop penalizing small companies. But if we say, we are going to tax them and then someone says, well, a point of order, and then someone says, we will give it back as a tax break, that company is still paying the tax even though that is going back as a tax break rather than going into the industry it is supposed to police.
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John Joseph Moakley
Massachusetts

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Discussing the impact of taxation on small companies during a debate.

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