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Republicans Attack Cain's 9-9-9 Plan

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.19.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Cain is fighting hard, but he will fail. "I'm going to raise taxes on 84 percent of America!" is not the best way to get elected in this country, and it is definitely not the way to win a GOP primary.

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A Big VAT Lie

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

I speak of the "value-added tax," or "VAT." Republicans are horrified that President Obama has a secret plan to pass this tax, and are shouting from the rooftops (of the nearest Fox News building).

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Let's Start Calling Them 'Regressives'

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Robert S. McElvaine

I have for several years been urging progressives to stop calling these people "conservatives," which they plainly are not, and instead to call them what they really are -- regressives.

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