It's the time of year when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of deductions and write-offs. One select group of Americans, though, has a more pressing tax-season task on its mind: preserving a lucrative loophole in the IRS code.
Codepink's Medea Benjamin led a protest during a House hearing at which Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke were testifing, 03/24/09. (photo: Susan Walsh/AP)
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"I believe in protecting American industries, but I do not believe in rocking the cradle when the infant is seven feet tall and wears a number twelve shoe."
Of course, they didn't have legions of lobbyists in those days - just simple thieves known as good old boys.
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