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  "path": "/letters/2026/05/republican-push-to-cut-capital-gains-taxes-ludicrous-on-its-face.html",
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  "textContent": "The whole concept of a capital-gains tax preference is a self-serving invention by the privileged to grow their wealth at the expense of the working citizen. The idea that a dollar earned from the sale of an asset is worth more than a dollar earned from hard-earned labor makes no sense, writes Dwight D. Morgan of Medina in a letter to the editor.",
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