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George H.W. Bush: We won't need a State income tax to deliver the kind of government the citizens of this State want and deserve.

On the recordOctober 22, 1990
We won't need a State income tax to deliver the kind of government the citizens of this State want and deserve.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Gubernatorial Candidate John Rowland in Stamford, Connecticut

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