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David Cay Johnston: “Let me tell you why. When you go to (c), then you cannot satisfy your benefits justifying the cost. But the statute…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
Let me tell you why. When you go to (c), then you cannot satisfy your benefits justifying the cost. But the statute required you to do something. And so you are required to go ahead and do what the statute says, notwithstanding that the benefits did not justify the cost. Keep in mind that those benefits included all of your quantifiable as well as nonquantifiable benefits.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Discussing the requirements of a statute related to cost and benefits.

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