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Op Ed: Political Bait and Switch Tue, 16 Jun 2009 PDF Print E-mail

by Barbara Howe, LPNC State Chair

Democrats in the General Assembly are engaging in the typical political version of "bait and switch" in dealing with the state's self-imposed budget crisis. First, they propose supposedly dramatic cuts in programs that are important to powerful special interest groups, then when there is an outcry from these lobbyists, they propose new taxes.

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