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Taxpayers’ Plight Highlighted in Rescue Coverage

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Throughout the morning, Fox News Channel — and at least one Minnesota affiliate — featured coverage of workers struggling to rescue a worker trapped by a cave-in at an Eden Prairie, Minn., construction site. After watching several updates, I began to see Fox’s video portrait of the tension-filled events as offering an object [...]

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It’s Time to Ring Some ‘Bells’ in Washington, D.C.

July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Liberty Bell got its name 232 years ago after it was used to call the citizens of Philadelphia together to hear the Declaration of Independence read out loud for the first time. Today, I can think of at least 435 other “bells” that need to be rung — or, better yet, replaced — [...]

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Video Compares Flat, National Sales Tax

April 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

On the heels of the tragedy that takes place ever year in the form of tax deadline day, I was pleased to come across the video below. In it, Dan Mitchell of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation explains how the current tax system is deeply flawed and argues, with a few caveats, [...]

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