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Tom Coburn: I ask the Senator, if I am a manufacturer and I don't have $15 million that I can come up with in bonus depreciation, do…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2009
I ask the Senator, if I am a manufacturer and I don't have $15 million that I can come up with in bonus depreciation, do I still get to write off $15 million?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Questioning the implications of bonus depreciation for manufacturers.

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