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Feb. 23, 2007

Your Tax Dollars at Work

By Ben Mathis-Lilley and Adam Sternbergh

Photo: Getty Images (Barrel); Alex Wong/Getty Images (Spitzer); Superstock (Statue of Liberty); Corbis (Woman Looking at Map)

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