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Obama Does 180 on Taxing Health Benefits

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“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 ^[1], Wednesday)

A tax increase for the rest of us.

FEE Timely Classic
“The Progressive Income Tax in U.S. History” ^[2] by Burton Folsom Jr.

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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR2009060201491.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[2] “The Progressive Income Tax in U.S. History”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-progressive-income-tax-in-us-history/

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