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wizbangblog.com - 2/5/2009
Obama's First Tax Hike (on the poor)
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I wonder what my fellow North Carolinians will think about Obama's first tax increase (of his presidency, that is). Amanda Carpenter at Townhall:President Obama approved his first tax hike today....
reason.com - 2/5/2009
More on Obama's First Tax Hike
— reason.com — Yesterday President Obama signed legislation expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), relying largely on a... 156-percent increase in the federal cigarette tax to fund it. As Americans for Tax Reform notes , Obama's support for ... (more) More on Obama's First Tax Hike

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townhall.com - 2/5/2009
Amanda Carpenter: Obama's First Tax Hike
— townhall.com — President Obama approved his first tax hike today.The bill he signed to expand the State Children's Health... Insurance Program contains a provision to increase taxes on tobacco by a whopping 155 percent. That means the... (more) Amanda Carpenter: Obama's First Tax Hike

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Sister Toldjah:  On the funding for the expansion of SCHIP and “irrational” criticism of Obama

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On the funding for the expansion of SCHIP and “irrational” criticism of Obama
Sister Toldjah — ... Lorie Byrd has a post up about this that talks about the issue in terms of how it will essentially mean a tax hike on the poor, and quotes a psychiatrist who tries to explain “irrational” Obama criticism: ...

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