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Defending the 53 percent

By Conn Carroll
Published October 12, 2011 4:00am ET
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Defending the 53 percent
Erick Erickson has come under attack from Annie Lowrey, Lee Fang, and Jonathan Chait for his We are the 53 percent response to the We are the 99 percent tumblr advocating for higher taxes. Fang’s post consists of nothing more than snide personal attacks on Erickson, which Erick responds to here. Lowrey has a customarily […]

Erick Erickson has come under attack from Annie Lowrey, Lee Fang, and Jonathan Chait for his We are the 53 percent response to the We are the 99 percent tumblr advocating for higher taxes.

Fang’s post consists of nothing more than snide personal attacks on Erickson, which Erick responds to here. Lowrey has a customarily classier response, noting:

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