Proposals to end the tax breaks for corporate jet ownership is less about dollars and cents than it is about political imagery and a bit of class warfare.
Industry Set For Fight To Keep Corporate Jet Tax Breaks
By ERIC LICHTBLAU, New York Times
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 10:46pm
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