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Gerald Ford: “I am asking Congress to enact tax legislation to provide that all dividends on preferred stocks issued for cash be fully…”

On the recordOctober 7, 1974
I am asking Congress to enact tax legislation to provide that all dividends on preferred stocks issued for cash be fully deductible by the issuing company.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Address to a Joint Session of the Congress on the Economy

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