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Frank Pallone: Is it not also true, the way I understand this sales tax, this national sales tax, that the 30 percent sales tax will…

On the recordMarch 26, 1998
Is it not also true, the way I understand this sales tax, this national sales tax, that the 30 percent sales tax will also be attached to goods and services that local and State governments purchase? So is it not likely that my local property taxes or even my local--you know, my State taxes are also going to go up another 30 percent because of the fact that this national sales tax is added.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Questioning the implications of a proposed national sales tax on local and state taxes.

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