Stripped of its pretexts and posturings, the current argument over tax cuts in the United States is ...
Stripped of its pretexts and posturings, the current argument over tax cuts in the United States is very old stuff. Most of the talk about repaying the national debt is a red herring. So is the wrangling over whether this plan or that plan will help pull the economy back from the brink of recession. The real matter at issue, understood by far more people than say it aloud, is who should command the power that comes with control of economic assets. You know, money. It's individualism against collectivism. One side says private owners acting in their own enlightened self interest ...
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