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    "title": "Do We Really Need to Raise Taxes to Close the Deficit?",
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    "html": "<p>Much as I hate to say it, probably so:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If the GOP really believes that they can get to anything close to a sustainable budget without raising taxes at least a little bit, then they are spending too much time reading their own press releases, and far too little time talking to voters outside of their tea party base. \u00c2\u00a0I think it's probably possible to do\u00c2\u00a0more, on balance, with spending cuts than with tax hikes--but not all. Mathematically, it's certainly possible--but politically, it isn't.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/do-we-really-need-to-raise-taxes-to-close-the-deficit/236897/\">Do We Really Need to Raise Taxes to Close the Deficit? - Megan McArdle - Business - The Atlantic</a></em>.  See also my take on it from last year:  <a href=\"http://paul-m-jones.com/archives/1354\">http://paul-m-jones.com/archives/1354</a>.</p>\n"
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