A: The reason I ended up signing the pledge, is that I realized that what I was signing was to say that we would not raise marginal tax rates, and frankly, I see no ... legitimate criticisms when some of those were either court ordered or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for things such as roads.
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...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads.