Making the richest 1 percent pay the same in total taxes as all the rest of us would raise their effective tax rate from 23.1 percent to 35.6 percent. — While more mainline Protestants have moved up the income scale, white evangelical Protestants have not kept up.
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In a previous article based on a 1996 study by Pew Research, I stated, "In conclusion, the white evangelical Protestants…
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