Just like so many tax laws, I think businesses are frequently unaware of these very valuable credits.

It's important to keep in mind that these tax credits are credits against Dell tax payments that wouldn't exist without significant investment from Dell. In the case of North Carolina, it's a performance basis. Dell doesn't get tax credits unless we meet job creation targets. . . . That's good for Dell and good for North Carolina.

The laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur

I guess I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged.

This is a tax that puts Maine businesses at a serious competitive disadvantage. We've simply got to get rid of this tax.

The president is 100 percent for extending the tax cuts for 98.7 percent of small businesses.