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		<description><![CDATA[Big oil and big alcohol try to lock-in tax loopholes. | If you need evidence that money has a corrupting influence on politics, look no further than Tim Eyman&#8217;s latest ballot measure in Washington, Initiative 1185. Overwhelmingly funded by heavyweight industries&#8212;oil and alcohol in particular&#8212;1185 would (re)institute a damaging form of minority rule in the legislature. It would renew an impractical two-thirds super-majority vote requirement to raise any tax&#8212;no matter how small or how necessary&#8212;or to close any tax loophole.]]></description>
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