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How should we talk about taxes?
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How should we talk about taxes?

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Carl Beijer
Sep 15, 2015
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The pernicious influence of right-wing ideology is often best demonstrated when it infiltrates nominally progressive discourse. Consider for example this argument by Lakoff, where he is actually trying to contest right-wing ideology:

Taxes are what you pay to live in America—to have democracy, opportunity, government services, and the vast infrastructure…

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