Washington’s Counterproductive Consensus on Taxes
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April 12 (Bloomberg) -- The two parties spent most of thisweek, as they tend to spend most of every week, arguing abouttaxes. Democrats are for ‘em. Republicans, against. Right?
Wrong. These tiresome debates obscure the near-consensus inWashington on taxes: Republicans don’t want to raise taxes onanyone, and Democrats don’t want to raise taxes on almostanyone. The argument between the two parties rages over thatsliver of territory between “anyone” and “almost anyone.”