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Monday, September 22, 2008

Florida must stop shifting its tax load to business, Tampa Tribune

September 14, 2008

For several years, elected officials at every level have been promising big tax cuts. Voters, when finally given a chance to weigh in on the issue in January, overwhelmingly approved an amendment that was part of what Gov. Charlie Crist called the largest tax cut in Florida history.

If it was a joke, the state's businesses aren't laughing.

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