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Progressive Taxation and the Sad Saga of Joe the Plumber

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Illustration by Tom Bachtell / New Yorker.It all started with Adam Smithby Steve Coll / October 27, 2008 The rise and fall of Joe the Plumber as a symbol of the American self-made man’s resistance to progressive taxation began on … Continue reading →

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