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Arguing with Paul, Letterman Urges Tax Hike to Pay Wisconsin Workers and Displays Economic Ignorance

Submitted by Brent 8:28 PM Feb 27th

Senator Rand Paul’s segment on the Late Show exposed David Letterman as an arrogantly ill-informed ally of Wisconsin’s public employee unions: “Why don't we just raise the taxes and let these folks have their collective bargaining, have their union [...]

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History Channel credits '80s Economic Recovery to 'Reagan Tax Increases'

Submitted by Swhitlock 6:56 AM Feb 14th

In a History Channel special airing on February 9, 2011, the network bizarrely credited the early '80s economic recovery to the "Reagan tax increases."

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O'Reilly Obama Super Bowl XLV Interview (2/13/2011) - Taxes

Submitted by Red Dog Report 8:36 AM Feb 8th

During the Super Bowl XLV pre-game show, Fox News Host Bill O'Reilly interviewed President Barack Obama. In this clip, the president says, "I didn't raise taxes once, I lowered taxes over the last two years."

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Reagan Gave Americans 'Free Lunch' By Not Raising Taxes

Submitted by Kyle Drennen 12:51 PM Jan 25th

Appearing on ABC's This Week with David Brinkley in October of 1990, reporter Sam Donaldson argued that the Reagan administration gave a "free lunch" to Americans by refusing to raise taxes.

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U.S. Must 'Pay the Fiddler' After 'Costly Dance' of Reagan Years

Submitted by Kyle Drennen 12:52 PM Jan 20th

While co-hosting NBC's Today on May 9, 1990, Bryant Gumbel depicted the years of the Reagan administration as an era of irresponsible fiscal policy and decried the lack of tax increases.

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Larry King: 'Right-Winger Radio Hosts' Pick On Streisand

Submitted by mbalan 11:19 AM Dec 16th

On the 15 December 2010 edition of Larry King Live, CNN's Larry King asked Barbara Streisand if she wondered why "right winger radio hosts" single her out. King also sought Streisand's opinion on President Obama's "deal to permit the tax decreases for [...]

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CNBC's Mark Haines: 'Disappointing' Jobs Dates Makes it 'Difficult' to Raise Taxes

Submitted by JuliaSeymour 5:27 AM Dec 3rd

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" brought Mark Haines of CNBC on to discuss the November 2010 jobs report Dec. 3. Haines said the rise in unemployment was disappointing and would make it difficult to increase taxes.

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NBC's Meredith Vieira: Bush Tax Cuts "Didn't Succeed, So What's So Good About Them?"

Submitted by RichNoyes 11:29 AM Dec 2nd

On the September 14 Today show, NBC co-anchor Meredith Vieira dissed the Bush tax cuts: "If they were designed to stimulate the economy and to create jobs, they didn't succeed. So what's so good about them?" In fact, the economy grew more than 8 million [...]

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Maddow Economics: Tax Cut, Tax Rate, What's the Difference?!

Submitted by Kyle Drennen 10:45 AM Nov 19th

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow attacks Republicans over "tax cuts" despite GOP simply wanting to keep the current tax rate the same.

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NBC's Mentions Tax Hikes in Debt Commission Report, Ignores Cost

Submitted by JuliaSeymour 8:51 AM Nov 11th

NBC Nightly News pointed out that the debt commission's shocking suggestions included tax increases, but failed to note that it would mean $961 billion in tax hikes according to ATR.

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