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Saturday, September 24, 2005

Give Back the Tax Cut

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My colleague Dan Markovits has an elegant proposal that combines good works with an important political statement: He urges people to give back the amount they benefited under the Bush tax cuts to the victims of Hurricane Katrina If the politicians won't do it, we should do it ourselves. This act, he argues, is an expression of solidarity and shared sacrifice, something which the Administration has never asked of Americans but which is all the more necessary in these troubled times.

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Just a quibble about terminology: In order to "give something back, it has to have been given to you in the first place. Tax cuts are not somebody giving you something, they're somebody taking less.

If you got in a tussle with a mugger, and your wallet tore in half, you'd be somewhat stonkered if somebody suggested that you "give back" the half you'd managed to hold onto. It's the same here.
 

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