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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.

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Jack Kemp
Age: 73 †
Born: 1935
Born: July 13
Died: 2009
Died: May 2
American Football Player
Businessperson
Canadian Football Player
Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Politician
LA
California
Jack French Kemp
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I played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.
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When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.
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Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.
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Ladies and gentlemen, communism didn't fall. It was pushed.
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