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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (276600)	8/17/2015 1:43:49 PM
From: Cautious_Optimist	Respond to of 540855

Their is nothing extreme about progressive taxes. From wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org In the United States, the first progressive income tax was established by the Revenue Act of 1862. This was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln and repealed the flat tax, which had had been brought in under the Revenue Act of 1861. By the mid-20th century, most countries had implemented some form of progressive income tax. [22] Your position on prisons is spot-on. Republicans and Democrats traditionally capitulate to the powerful "public safety" lobbies and their PR machines when the political heat gets turned up.