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Wild Card/Tuesday — 3.31.15

It looks like House GOP leadership has finally gotten up the nerve to push through an overhauled tax bill that balances tax cuts for Idaho's wealthiest on the backs of the middle class. I appreciate the fact that the bill calls for eliminating the grocery tax. But I wonder how that'll stand up to 7 cents more per gallon for gasoline -- and the extra cost for gasoline being pushing along to grocery stores in form of higher prices. I'm less enthusiastic about this bill then when GOP leaders first trotted it out. Does anyone ever help the middle guy? Here's your Tuesday Wild Card ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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