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July 29, 2010

The Fork in the Road. Take It.

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Daniel Henninger: Taxes: A Defining Issue - WSJ.com

If voters ultimately feel more secure with a Barack Obama and the like designing a national itinerary for some 300 million people in 50 states, then certainly one should vote for letting taxes rise now on one class of Americans and imposing a VAT next year on everyone. They need a whole lot of money, so give it to them to the horizon. We work, they decide.

The alternative vision is that to compete for the next 50 years, the U.S. is going to need a tax structure that keeps more of the nation's decisions about using its wealth in the hands—and minds—of millions of intelligent citizens, from any economic class. They work, they decide.

Posted by Vanderleun at July 29, 2010 10:22 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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