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Old 06-20-2008, 07:18 PM
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IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- Price Of Not Extending Bush Cuts: Return To Historically High Taxes

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Price Of Not Extending Bush Cuts: Return To Historically High Taxes

By J.T. YOUNG | Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Despite liberal condemnation of the Bush tax cuts, virtually no one embraces a complete return to their pre-cut level — including the Democratic majority in Congress and both pending presidential nominees. There is good reason.

Implicit in this rejection is the admission that they were too high to return to. While the media won't say it now, and certainly wouldn't then, those supposedly halcyon days of fiscal policy rested on historically high tax levels...
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Old 06-22-2008, 08:31 PM
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Another tax-related goodie. Obama's plan to "extend the life of" social security.

Obama Turns FDR Upside Down - WSJ.com
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redistribution of the wealth. he's a marxist. it's scary the direction this country is going. 10 years ago this guy and what he stands for wouldn't get any traction. let alone 20 years ago.
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