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Then I discovered it leaked, so I put a plastic bucket underneath it until I replace it. If nearly a decade passed and not only had I still not replaced it, but I had neglected other home maintenance, you would consider me an irresponsible homeowner. That\u2019s exactly the approach we\u2019ve taken in Arizona since 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published Saturday, December 5, 2015 in the Arizona Republic as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/news\/commentary\/nix-the-income-tax-rich-get-richer-the-house-falls-apart\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16,23,21],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nix the income tax, rich get richer, the house falls apart - Grand Canyon Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/news\/commentary\/nix-the-income-tax-rich-get-richer-the-house-falls-apart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nix the income tax, rich get richer, the house falls apart - Grand Canyon Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Published Saturday, December 5, 2015 in the Arizona Republic as &hellip; 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