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Rubio tax plan – unequal

   May 23, 2007

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St. Petersburg Times:

A St. Petersburg Times analysis of county property appraiser data has found that one out of 10 homes would not benefit from a plan recently floated by House Speaker Marco Rubio.

Many of those who would be left behind live in lower-cost housing, including mobile homes or over-55 condominium communities. Forty-one percent of those owning property worth less than $100,000 would not benefit from the cuts. About 98 percent of those who own homes valued between $200,000 and $1-million would.

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