Blue States, With Taxes on High Earners, Commit Political and Economic Suicide
States that fall for the tax-the-rich mania will be left in the dust.
By BETSY McCAUGHEY
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BETSY McCAUGHEY
New York, New York
Betsy McCaughey is a Columnist of The New York Sun.
Ms. McCaughey, a former lieutenant governor of New York, is a candidate for governor of Connecticut.
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