It's the taxes stupid (Origin of Quote)

[Homer_J.Simpson]

What is the origin of the quote, “It’s the taxes stupid.”

[Squink]

Probably a poor relation of “It’s the economy, Stupid”

“formulaic reminder of central issue or goal. James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political strategist in the 1992 election, placed a sign over his desk in the Little Rock headquarters: ‘It’s the economy, Stupid!’ For a campaigner fixed on a need for a central theme, the sign encapsulated a pointed response to the question ‘What is the campaign about?’…

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