While belittling other’s economic theories, the Journal editorial board simultaneously makes a mistake of its own in assuming that rich people create jobs when they are given tax breaks. In fact, over the past four years in Rhode Island, we’ve seen the opposite trend.
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Scott MacKay: Rhode Island was the Silicon Valley of America 100 years ago. Read about what it was like the Capital City then here.
You don’t hear about them all that much, but a historian is studying the role African Americans played in the colonial revolution. Rhode Island, the Projo reports based on his research, was the first state to offer both freedom and property to blacks who fought against the crown.
Headline: Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake!
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