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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The confident announcement of progress is followed by a comparison that makes improvement sound like a larger tax bill. Money once received as wages is now dwarfed by money paid out. The joke turns a positive label against itself without offering the comparison as a complete economic argument.
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