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Jim Baird: if I may ask another question related to that. Our friends all day have been saying the Democrats want to raise our…

On the recordMarch 24, 2004
if I may ask another question related to that. Our friends all day have been saying the Democrats want to raise our taxes, presuming that everyone over there must be a millionaire, because the only tax increase we have talked about are on people who make $1 million a year or more. But this Land and Water Conservation Fund, is that an income tax? I do not believe it is. That is funding coming from oil and gas revenues from offshore drilling, is it not?
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Jim Baird
Republican · Missouri

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Questioning claims about tax increases during a discussion on the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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