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Voters Approve Big Government in Ballot Initiatives

Over at the Washington Post, columnist E.J. Dionne notices something almost no one else has: that voters in Maine and Washington resoundingly rejected ballot initiatives meant to limit taxes and spending. Full Article at Newsweek

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