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Face to Face: Chilling Effect?

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 | 5:30 p.m.

MGM MIRAGE is telling workers not to sign on to the effort to raise the gaming tax. Will it have a chilling effect, and are the company's recent layoffs tied to the anti-tax campaign? Jon asks MGM MIRAGE CEO Terry Lanni about that and more.

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  1. MR. LANNI, YOU WON'T APPROVE A TAX INCREASE FOR ANY REASON. YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM PAYING HIGHER GAMING TAXES EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT IN NEVADA. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR NEVADA, YOUR CORPORATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GROW WORLD WIDE. GIVE BACK A LIITLE TO THE STATE THAT MADE YOU WHAT YOU ARE TODAY.

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