Monday, December 1, 2008

Bush in rearview mirror, Obama may switch plates

Advocates for Washington voting rights are lobbying President-elect Barack Obama to put “Taxation Without Representation” license plates on the presidential limousine. President Clinton had the plates on his limo, but President Bush, who opposes giving D.C.’s representative in Congress a vote, replaced them, in one of his first acts as president, with D.C. plates that do not include the taxation slogan.

[given that nearly half of all Americans now pay no federal income tax but can still cast votes, wouldn't it be more apropos to say "representation without taxation"? ]

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