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GOP Alternate "Budget": $TEXAS Sized Tax Cut for the Rich
wwtMask
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So there's an alternative "budget" out today from the Republicans. I put that in quotes because it's thoroughly lacking in detail beyond a huge tax cut for anyone making over $100,000. The top tax bracket under this plan would go from 35% to 25%. Boehner says the details are forthcoming next week. Until then, we can speculate on how badly the "budget" is going to gut everything except military spending. I'm not sure that that these guys really get that siding with the rich in class warfare isn't very smart when most of the middle class is unhappy with the fat cats right now. Is doubling down on tax cuts that won't help the middle class really the way back to electoral success?
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...a spending freeze.
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Boner: "Here's our budget."
Press: "Where?"
Boner (magic hands): "Here."
Press: "This just says: Tax Cuts for Rich Folks. Where's the rest?"
Boner: "Hey- it's not ready yet."
Press: "So this isn't a budget, is it?"
Boner: "Screw you guys, I'm going home."
Republicans as Cartman makes a lot of sense, really.
It's 10 points higher last time I saw Cheney's approvals.
I will note that the 2008 Federal Budget is as far as I can tell a 64 page document.
The Orange Smoke Monster.
It drops the top tax rate from 35% to 25%?
Seriously?
No, seriously?
When does the GOP start guffawing and yell, "Ha, we totally got you there!"?
I really don't know what to make of the party of "small government" demanding that receivership is the better option.
I read this one. Notwithstanding the fact that they're throwing the 'small government' mantra out the window with it, it's nice to see they finally have a plan that resembles something that could be considered sane.
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Because, you know, when someone says your book report isn't even done, the response isn't to show them you're halfway through reading the book.
At least it wasn't written on a cocktail napkin.
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Was it?
Bonus points for pencil, and red pen marks with GOOD JOB on it.
I mean Christ Pubs at least put in the effort of appearing knowledgeable
To be fair, those are quite comparable to Pelosi and Reid.
People just hate Congress.
So will we see Boehner be thrown under the bus for this because of the reception his plan received?
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From the politico link:
http://www.gop.gov/solutions/budget/road-to-recovery-final
Same source {-2,-13} is significantly better than {-35,-44}
Similarly
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Actually from the same poll:
About 20 points better in the unfavourables.
Also:
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Empirical evidence suggests that putting more money in hands of the lower and middle classes increases the buying power of the largest consumer sector in the country. Why are we expected to believe that putting more money in the hands of the richest will provide for more job growth than simply giving their businesses more customers?
Damn, son.
He's an enormous idiot.
Honestly, though, how does this not disenfranchise most of the republican base? The social right wingers are generally from poor rural areas. I just don't get it.
Because if you interpret Christina Romer's findings in a particularly stupid way (namely, that the relationship between tax rates and job growth is linear and functions the same in boom times as it does in a bust) you get that result.
I wonder what my approval ratings are
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