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Chuck Schumer courts hunters (since deer can’t vote)

November 18th, 2009 by Times Union Filed under Featured, Feeds, Free Republic, Politics.[0 views]
Deer hunters who donate their bounty to food banks could score a new tax deduction under a proposal that Sen. Charles E. Schumer began advancing Wednesday. The legislation would allow hunters to deduct the cost of processing venison and other game as long as they donate the meat. A similar tax exemption would be extended to processors for any fees paid by state agencies or charities to clean and prepare game for serving in food kitchens. Schumer, D-N.Y., said his plan would benefit hunters and the poor while at the same time helping to combat an overpopulation of deer in...

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