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Rendering unto Caesar – conversations this week about income taxes and about the new Pope’s commitment to the poor. With the deadline for filing your returns just days away, a historian of the income tax says you can’t talk about taxes these days without talking about class. Our regular contributor and Catholic activist Fred Rotondaro talks about his expectations for Pope Francis. And Bill Press talks with immigration advocate Angela Kelley about prospects for congressional action. Molly Michelmore Professor Molly Michelmore has written about the history of the income tax, now 100 years old. Originally, it was very popular because it was seen as a way of sticking it to the robber barons. Now, she says, we still can’t talk about taxes without talking about class. http://www.wlu.edu/x25015.xml?InsertFile=x24164 Fred Rotondaro Fred Rotondaro, a regular contributor, is a progressive Catholic activist. He sees the election of Pope Francis as a move toward a new emphasis on the issues of inequality, poverty