So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, 'Why are we here? We can go someplace else and use their phones.' That's one of the problems that directly affects the business community.
Richard M. DaleyAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: April 24, 1942
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