Tax Burden-Muskie, Ed (Edmund Sixtus)-[Democratic], 1972

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Burtonhall cold storage 1

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Muskie, MTX, 72-1-60, 60 seconds. We need, in addition in this country, to more fairly distribute the burden of taxes. We find tax resistance all across this country, at the local level and at the federal level. Why? It isn't because people don't want good schools. It isn't because people don't want to build good communities. But it's because they perceive that the tax burden is not spread fairly. I have proposed, at the federal level, as has Senator Nelson, the closing of tax loopholes in the range of $14 to $16 billion and the closing of the federal level. Think what that could do to lift the burden of property taxes or to improve the federal government's share of the cost of such public services as education.

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2" videotape

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Muskie, MTX, 72-1-60, 60 seconds. We need, in addition in this country, to more fairly distribute the burden of taxes. We find tax resistance all across this country, at the local level and at the federal level. Why? It isn't because people don't want good schools. It isn't because people don't want to build good communities. But it's because they perceive that the tax burden is not spread fairly. I have proposed, at the federal level, as has Senator Nelson, the closing of tax loopholes in the range of $14 to $16 billion and the closing of the federal level. Think what that could do to lift the burden of property taxes or to improve the federal government's share of the cost of such public services as education.