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David Cay Johnston: I tell my friend that it is indeed a complicated statute. But I think it is clear, and the problem is that--you talk…

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
I tell my friend that it is indeed a complicated statute. But I think it is clear, and the problem is that--you talk about will ``social'' embrace all these things. We say ``benefit'' means the reasonably identifiable--this is page 13, section 621(2), line 8: The term benefit means ``reasonably identifiable, significant favorable effects.''
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Discussing the complexities of a statute and its definitions.

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