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A cautionary tale about tax cuts
A man in Van Nuys, California, holds a sign encouraging motorist to express their anger at IRS on their final day to file 2005 income taxes on April 17, 2006. | David McNew/Getty Images Americans are getting crankier about paying taxes. Most people don’t enjoy paying Uncle Sam, but for much of the 2000s and 2010s, a sizable percentage of Americans thought that the amount of federal taxes they p
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Frames current anti-tax sentiment with loaded terms like 'crankier' and dismissive languageSelects sources and experts who emphasize negative consequences of tax limitations rather than benefitsUses cautionary framing about tax revolts leading to loss of 'something very valuable' without exploring potential benefitsloaded languageunbalanced sourcingframing of issueshistorical comparisonomission of alternative perspectivesLoaded language such as 'crankier' and 'revolt' to emphasize anti-tax sentimentFraming Proposition 13 as a 'cautionary tale' implying negative consequences of tax limitationsSource selection of an academic expert who underscores the long-term fiscal and social impacts
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