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Bruce Bartlett Says Our Taxes Are Not Too High
In response to the “tea party” movement around Tax Day, Bruce has explained (over the past couple weeks in his Forbes column ) that U.S. taxes aren’t really too high. Not on an international basis, either quantitatively… [T]otal taxation (federal, state and local) ...
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Bruce Bartlett: Our Taxes Are Not Too High
Capital Gains and Games — ... Over at economistsmom.com, Diane Rogers does a nice job compiling some of Bruce Bartlett's recent columns.  Worth a few minutes of your time. ...

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