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George Voinovich: “You can tax the income from the people that are building them, but you cannot tax the buildings.”

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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