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The Nation - News from July 1, 1985

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Iowans would advise General Motors to take its proposed Saturn plant elsewhere if paying higher property taxes was the only way to lure the project to Iowa, a newspaper poll said. Nine out of 10 Iowans want the huge auto maker to locate its new plant in their state, the Des Moines Register’s Iowa Poll said. However, only 14% of those polled said they are willing to pay a bigger tax bill for the plant. Fewer than 20% of the respondents would be in favor of relaxing environmental standards to meet GM’s needs, the poll said.

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