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Obama’s segue from constructive tax proposals to low-grade demagoguery

By Michael Barone
Published August 27, 2014 9:40pm ET
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President Obama speaks in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) | Charles Dharapak

“The tax system should be simplified and work for all Americans with lower individual and corporate tax rates and fewer brackets.”

That’s from the Obama administration’s 2009 proposals for tax reform, straight from whitehouse.gov.

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