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Red-Handed: Will Republicans return the money donated by the Wyly brothers?

Christoper Beam , Slate

It's the first rule of politics: Don't take dirty money. Just kidding, of course. You'd think that would be the rule. But politicians take dirty money all the time. So when a big political donor gets in trouble—as the Texas billionaires Samuel and Charles Wyly did Thursday, when the SEC charged t .. submitted 05/21/12

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A new taxonomy for debating the Bush tax cuts.

Christoper Beam , Slate

When is a tax hike not a hike? When it's a tax un-cut! As Republican and Democrats clash over whether to extend the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, the battle has become largely rhetorical. The GOP paints the prospect of letting the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire—which would reduce s .. submitted 05/21/12