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Bush says he'd take a thousand whacks Before he'd let the income tax Of all the richest people go back up. Remember Daddy's tax-hike fix. An old dog may not learn new tricks, But demonstrates the flubbed ones to his pup.

Calvin Trillin

January 10, 2002

Bush says he’d take a thousand whacks Before he’d let the income tax Of all the richest people go back up. Remember Daddy’s tax-hike fix. An old dog may not learn new tricks, But demonstrates the flubbed ones to his pup.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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