wrote about him<\/a> briefly last year. He’s been insanely out in front on this issue for a while now.<\/p>\nSo, while I’m fully prepared to goof on his idiot moralizing and his contemptible idea of who “deserves” tax breaks, I have to be fair and say that he’s also trying to save a ton of helpless people in Sudan.<\/p>\n
But tanning salons?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The House of Representatives passed a tax cut yesterday for the Gulf Coast, to help redevelopment after Hurricanes Katrina & Rita. The “Gulf Opportunity Zone” includes tax breaks to help rebuilding in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, including new bond authority and incentives to rebuild houses. However, according to the Washington Post: Bowing to pressure from … <\/p>\n
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