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The Little Picture: 'Cuz We Have to Pay for Stuff We Buy.

January 3, 2011

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A sign from Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" in November. A recent poll found that 61 percent of Americans favor increasing taxes on the wealthy.

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