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On the recordJune 12, 2013
If we have a system that says to a company that is looking to invest in either San Antonio, Texas, or South Africa or Europe or Asia that if they invest abroad they will pay nothing on the earnings from that investment but if they invest here they will pay 20, 25 percent, even 10 or 15 percent, the incentive is to encourage the export of those jobs overseas.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett highlights the tax incentives that encourage companies to move jobs overseas.

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