WASHINGTON — Sen. Carl Levin announced Thursday afternoon that he will not seek re-election in 2014.

The political future of the Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee had been a subject of speculation. In a statement explaining his decision, Levin said he felt he could be most helpful to his state and the country “by doing my job without the distraction of campaigning for re-election.

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Tax avoidance schemes that have no economic justification or purpose other than to avoid paying taxes may be legal but they should not be. These schemes add hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit. They lead to cuts in education, research, national security, law enforcement, infrastructure, food safety and other important investments in our nation. And they add to the tax burden of ordinary Americans who have to pick up the slack and accelerate the economic inequality in our country. I want to fight to bring an end to this unjustified drain on the Treasury.

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Does he mean all the tax breaks and subsidies the auto industry gets or is it just the other evil business located outside of his shit hole state?