Tax
Dec 27 2010, Marco Villa

Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill recently made her opposition to extending the Bush tax cuts for all Americans (including the top 2% making over a quarter million a year) by stating that “we” are not going to give money to the rich.

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In this Jan. 29, 2009 file photo, Tasha Manning shops for groceries in Edmond, Okla., with her children, from left, Amani, DeShannon and Alivia. In Oklahoma _ where lawmakers are considering eliminating a 4.5 percent grocery sales tax even as they...