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Bummer for Hummer
Reps to discuss dropping the tax break on massive SUVs |
Kate Sheppard |
25 Jun 2007 |
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| For the 'wow, about time' files: the tax write-off for Hummers might be a thing of yesteryear, if one legislator gets his way. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) has introduced legislation to remove the $25,000-or-so tax break that people who drive massive SUVs and Hummers have been getting for years. The break was intended to help farmers, ranchers, and other people who might actually (possibly) have a concrete need for the beasts, but instead it's been helping planet-h ... |
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