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David Thomas: “if we would listen to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Kennelly), who just spoke, what we would have to believe is…”

On the recordJune 17, 1998
if we would listen to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Kennelly), who just spoke, what we would have to believe is that the business world did not exist prior to the invention of the Internal Revenue Tax Code; that corporations offer health care only because they get a tax deduction; without the tax deduction, there would be no compassion on the part of the owner to the worker; and that all of the complications that a CEO would have to deal with, in fact jeopardizing their job, are essential to running a business. What in the world did business do before there was an Internal Revenue Service?
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David Thomas
New York
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of tax deductions on corporate behavior and health care provision.

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