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Commentary: 'Mis-User Tax'

Commentator Patt Morrison proposes a "mis-user fee" as a new way for the federal government to raise revenue. It would levy a fine on politicians and Washington pundits who misuse American English.

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Patt Morrison
Patt Morrison is a writer and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, where her work has spanned topics from national political profiles and campaign coverage to the O.J. Simpson case, the Los Angeles riots, the Persian Gulf war, the Olympics, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Super Bowl, and Britain's royal family, including the death and funeral of the Princess of Wales.