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 * [|Taxes-AM Period]FISHING FOR RED HERRINGS**

For your group's assigned topic below, read one or more of the articles provided, then use the Times Topics pages to find more articles that address this issue and how it has played out in recent news. Work to both understand the larger issues as well as to identify a "microcosm" of the issue—such as a person involved who people can relate to or focus on, like Bernie Madoff, or a small part of a larger problem, like the A.I.G. bonuses—that you can use to "sell" the issue to the public.


 * Issue: TAXES **

[|Times Topics: Tax Credits]

[|Times Topics: Taxation]

[|Times Topics: Tax Evasion]

**Selected Related Articles:**

**[|So Who Picked Up the Tab?]**

**[|In Tom Daschle’s Woes, A Peek Into How Washington Works]**

[|Geithner Questioned on Tax Returns]


 * ISSUE BACKGROUND**


 * Issue: HOUSING AND CREDIT **