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washingtonmonthly.com - 10/20/2008
Spreading the wealth
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SPREADING THE WEALTH.... Barack Obama's tax plan must be pretty good, because the only attacks John McCain has come up with are fanciful nonsense. To hear McCain/Palin tell it, Obama supports "socialism" and his plan to cut taxes on the...
York: John McCain and an Army of Joes
article.nationalreview.com - 10/20/2008
York: John McCain and an Army of Joes
— article.nationalreview.com — Joe the Plumber resonates. (more) York: John McCain and an Army of Joes

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jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 10/20/2008
Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain
— jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com — There was an astonishing quotation in a recent New York Times story about John McCain from Robert... Timberg, a biographer and admirer of McCain's.  Timberg told the Times reporter David Kirkpatrick that, "Political campaigns have a way of ... (more) Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/19/2008
Race to the Bottom
— talkingpointsmemo.com — If you're thinking to yourself that there's little more than two weeks before election day and Obama... has a solid lead in the polls, don't be so sure. Yes, it looks good for the Democrats. But you need to play close attention to the McCain ... (more) Race to the Bottom

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The Republic of T.:  Digest for October 20th

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Digest for October 20th
The Republic of T. — ... SPREADING THE WEALTH…. - For that matter, what's the opposite of "spreading" the wealth? Concentrating it, which is effectively what McCain wants to do with his own economic plan — keep as much wealth as possible at the top, and wait for it to trickle down. Jonathan Cohn had a terrific item, explaining why "spreading the wealth" is a perfectly sound and reasonable approach to tax policy, and pointed to Adam Smith for support. ...

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