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...even successful tax increases are never remembered fondly. Cheney's mythology has prevailed. The rosy fantasy of Reagan's tax-cutting has been coupled with the dread toll of Democrats - from Walter Mondale to John Kerry - who got clobbered for hinting that they might want to, uh, raise revenues. An antitax fetishism has overwhelmed both parties. Along the way, despite the melodramatic rhetoric, the actual rate of federal taxation has wobbled a bit, from a high of 20.9% of GDP in 2000 to a recession-driven low of 17.7% last year, but averages out to just under 19% from...