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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Paid, Per Share [Table Text Block] | Per share dividend payments to common stockholders for the last three years are characterized for tax purposes as follows:
(Unaudited) | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Ordinary income | $ | 3.33730 |  |  | $ | 2.93054 |  |  | $ | 2.67863 |
Capital gain | — |  |  | 0.20643 |  |  | 0.92137 |
Return of capital | 0.66270 |  |  | 0.66303 |  |  | — |
Dividends paid per common share | $ | 4.00 |  |  | $ | 3.80 |  |  | $ | 3.60 |

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