Article: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT TAX CUTS.(Editorial)(Column)

Byline: MARSHA MERCER SYNDICATED COLUMNIST

WASHINGTON -- It wouldn't be a presidential campaign without charges that Democrats will raise your taxes.

Here's Republican John McCain last week: "They're going to raise your taxes by thousands of dollars per year - and they have the audacity to hope you don't mind."

When McCain's remark was played during the Democratic candidates' debate in Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton rewarded it with one of her trademark guffaws, evidently amused by the reference to Barack Obama's book, "The Audacity of Hope."

But accusing Democrats of being tax-and-spend profligates doesn't pack the punch it once did. ...

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