GumboFilé: In Washington higher taxes are always the solution

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

In Washington higher taxes are always the solution

As many others have done, Virginia's Democratic Senator-elect Jim Webb recently complained of an "ever-widening divide" in America, claiming "the top 1% now takes in an astounding 16% of national income, up from 8% in 1980". Those same figures have been repeatedly echoed in all major newspapers. Yet the statement is clearly false.

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In Washington higher taxes are always the solution

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