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To Fix the Budget Deficit, Raise Corporate Taxes
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To Fix the Budget Deficit, Raise Corporate Taxes

Pat Garofalo explains how corporate tax reform can help fix the budget deficit.

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Washington is a town currently gripped by deficit hysteria. Various commissions and congressional "gangs" have formed (and broken up) with the goal of crafting a plan to bring the nation’s budget into balance. Even the media has been sucked into this vortex, dedicating far more of its time to covering the deficit than other economic issues, such as unemployment.

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Pat Garofalo

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