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The final two presidential debates have given Americans a clear picture of John Kerry’s tax vision. It’s not pretty. For starters, Kerry’s statements and campaign manifesto undermine his pledge not to raise taxes on those who earn less than $200,000. This alone should warn voters that, for Kerry, tax hikes are not a last resort, but a first response.

TAX INCREASE: Would you support a proposal to raise income taxes for the average Oregon taxpayer by $150 a year for three years to help plug Oregon's $482 million budget hole? (snip)...The budget, oh the budget. Something's got to be done about the massive shortfall so the government doesn't collapse, the rivers catch fire, children starve, old people have to eat dog food and artists fail to get grants to throw animal feces on images sacred to Christians. Woe! Woe! Alas!...(snip)The "shortfall" has nothing, repeat nothing, to do with any cuts in government spending. It has to do with a...