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At the height of the summer corruption scandals involving Reps. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), I wrote that corruption is picking winners and losers.

A progressive government as large and intrusive as ours functions by taking from some in order to give to others. A perfect example is the “Cash for Clunkers” program, through which Congress took $4 billion from taxpayers(losers) to boost the failing auto industry and individuals in the market for a new car at the time (winners).

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