Former governors George Allen and Tim Kaine are talking quite a bit about job creation in their campaign for the US Senate. Allen recently said his record as a tax-cutter proves he knows how get government out of the way and allow markets to work. One of his claims caught the attention of Politifact Virginia, as Fred Echols reports.
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