[lbo-talk] tax burden (was: authentically working class

[John Thornton]

Joseph Catron wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski
> <swsokolowski at yahoo.com>wrote:
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> "Commonly accepted" by right wing pundits, neo-con economists and the like
>   
>> who unfortunately dominate public discourse in this fucking country.  I
>> doubt, however, that you will find such a term in, say, John Kenneth
>> Galbraith.
>>     
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>
> You're wrong, of course:
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> http://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=tax+burden&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_brr=0&lr=&as_vt=&as_auth=John+Kenneth+Galbraith&as_pub=&as_sub=&as_drrb=c&as_miny=&as_maxy=&as_isbn=
>
>   

Did you read these examples?
One is a quote and two use the term disparagingly to describe a 
"disturbing part of the support for tax reduction" by the wealthy and 
corporations.
This hardly demonstrates Galbraith embraces this term.

John Thornton