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Rashida Tlaib: These are bougie buildings, and they are getting these big tax breaks that are not accessible to my residents.

On the recordJuly 20, 2021
These are bougie buildings, and they are getting these big tax breaks that are not accessible to my residents.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib criticizes the inaccessibility of tax breaks from opportunity zones for her constituents.

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