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A Cure for an Ailing Economy: Taxing the Rich

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Health care isn't the only social ill in the United States that needs a serious remedy. The list is long and growing -- state budget crises, unemployment, infrasgtructure, education, housing, food assistance, etc. These are all things that must be paid for, but the money seems to be in short supply. When a country is in as much debt as the U.S., "$12 trillion and counting" the tasks at hand seem all but unachievable.

And this is exactly what many politicians would like you to believe.

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Shamus Cooke is a social service worker and activist living in Portland Oregon.
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