Here in the early innings of the campaign of 2008, you have to know some history to remember when the Democratic Party and its presidential candidates were not afraid to afflict the comfortable by fighting for economic justice in the nation's tax laws.

In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt won a landslide victory while boldly stating: "Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."

Forty years later, Jimmy ...

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