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Obama Does 180 on Taxing Health Benefits

“President Obama, in a pivot from some of his harshest campaign rhetoric, told Democratic senators yesterday that he is willing to consider taxing employer-sponsored health benefits to help pay for a broad expansion of coverage.” (Washington Post, Wednesday)

A tax increase for the rest of us.

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