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“If you want someone to invest in these things more, which obviously creates jobs and promotes economic development, you can't create a system or shouldn't have a system where they are then taxed for it, not only up front, but every year,” Mesnard said.
Under the state Constitution, some equipment is exempt from taxation. With inflation adjustments that amounts to the first $147,000, a figure Mesnard wants to boost to $2.4 million. Voters rejected a nearly identical idea in 2012. However, Mesnard thinks an advertising campaign from the business community would change the voters mind.