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The 2017 Republican Tax Cut has made it Okay for People to behave like Scrooge.

August 13, 2019 by David Gordon

Readers of the Charles Dickens classic will remember the scene early in the tale where two philanthropic businessmen visit Scrooge at his business and ask that he contribute charity to help the unfortunate. Scrooge dismisses them, saying that he wants to be left alone and that the prisons and workhouses he supports through the taxes … Read more

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