CEI Weekly: Happy Tax Day!
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April 20, 2012
>> FEATURE
Americans suffered through yet another Tax Day this week. Doing your taxes is an exhausting process—and when you’re finally done, chances are you owe the federal government a fat check. Warren Brookes Fellow Matt Patterson talks about what the federal government is doing with all those tax dollars in “The Tax Man Cometh — and Taketh.”
>> SHAPING THE DEBATE
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Vincent Vernuccio’s interview on Fox Business
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Fred Smith’s latest vodcast
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Hans Bader’s letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal
Compulsory ‘Free’ Speech
Vincent Vernuccio’s op-ed in The American Spectator
Sugar Program Isn’t Sweet for Consumers or the Economy
Fran Smith’s op-ed in The Daily Caller
President Obama Pledges to Recycle His Campaign Pledges
Bill Frezza’s op-ed in Forbes
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Michelle Minton’s op-ed in Michigan Capitol Confidential
DOJ Hungry For a Bite of Apple, Inc
Ryan Young’s citation in The Orange County Register
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