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links for 2008-05-10

• Big Government churns out more Democrats - Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner

  Tax and tax. Spend and spend. Elect and elect!” New Deal architect Harry Hopkins may not have actually spoken those words, but they have nonetheless been the working motto of Democrats for 75 years.

  (tags: democrats taxes spending)

• Obama’s Faulty Tax Argument - Andrew G. Biggs, Wall Street Journal

  As the presidential campaign heats up, a key issue is whether to extend the 2001 and 2003 income tax cuts, which expire in 2011. John McCain wants to make the tax cuts permanent. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton want to let the rates rise.

  (tags: obama 2008 taxes)