Cherelle Parker: “They pay a local share in taxes. In municipalities across the country where many of those firms are…”

“They said they were going to. But guess what? That is a conscious decision that industry will make. In addition to that I want you to think about this. They pay a local share in taxes. In municipalities across the country where many of those firms are headquartered, they pay a local tax. So just imagine, I'm not talking about the state tax that these companies pay now, but in other municipalities across the country they pay a local share and it is a part of the cost of doing business.” (12:18–12:30)

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