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On the recordApril 26, 2021
... any organic business--a farm, a small business, and frankly a large business--that would have to be broken up because of the extent of the tax should not be. A business is an ongoing organism. It employs sometimes 10 people and sometimes 10,000 people. To have to break that business up to pay any tax, to me, is counterproductive.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer argues against breaking up businesses due to estate taxes.

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