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On the recordMarch 30, 2009
You can tax the income from the people that are building them, but you cannot tax the buildings.
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George Voinovich
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Voinovich highlights the limitation of taxing buildings versus taxing income from construction.

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