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Pete Hoekstra: “You got to pay taxes on the hummingbird feeder. If you go to the grocery store and you buy suet and you put it in this…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1996
You got to pay taxes on the hummingbird feeder. If you go to the grocery store and you buy suet and you put it in this little mesh thing, I am sorry, that is now taxed. You have to pay.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing taxation on everyday items during a floor speech.

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