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October 4, 2010

GOP Candidate Paladino Questioned over $3M Tax Breaks
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In political news, New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl
Paladino is coming under criticism for receiving $3 million in tax
breaks by promising to create more jobs in the Buffalo area. According
to an investigation by the New York Daily News, Paladino created only
twenty-five jobs. To justify tax breaks in one instance, he sold a dozen
vacant lots he owned to himself and then claimed hundreds of thousands
of dollars in “real property investments.” Paladino is a
multi-millionaire real estate developer backed by the tea party. He has
campaigned on a platform attacking government spending.



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