06/05/2012
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"I disagree with the premise that a trade deficit with another nation indicates a harmful economic relationship."
"Since the mission of the IRS is to determine what people owe in taxes, and since these contributions have nothing to do with what people owe in taxes, it's really not the business of the IRS to be try..."
"This category of organizations to which some people made contributions, isn't it true that those contributions are not tax deductible?"
"It was clearly congressional intent, as Senator Toomey pointed out, with respect to qualified improvement property, that businesses be able to take advantage of the shorter depreciation period."