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Thank you, Rappahannock News, for doing
us all a favor by publishing the insights of Meredith Gorfein, Democratic candidate for our district. As you reported, Mrs. Gorfein has proclaimed that “Americans tend to be greedy and possessive” and that “with a little effort, we can tone down those flaws.”
Allow me to interpret these brilliant quotes: in calling Americans “greedy,” she means that Americans in general don’t like to have more and more of the fruits of their labor going into the treasuries of the political ruling class that she hopes to join this Nov. 2.
Americans, on average, now give up around 60 percent of their earnings to federal, state, and local taxes plus all the separate taxes included in the price of every product and service. Because Americans are now working mostly for the state, they have record-low savings, record-high debt, and record-high
97.2%