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Barack_America

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15. It's not exactly breaking news that tax hikes are the Republican's kryptonite.

Reply to TheKentuckian (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 03:24 PM

Dec 2012

And it doesn't exactly take a genius to realize that teabaggers would rather self-destruct than vote for tax increases. After all, the Tea Party was created by the 1% to obstruct Congress and oppose anything that would cut into the 1%'s profits.

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