Constituents Jeer Rep. Dan Lungren’s Support Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich

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Constituents Jeer Rep. Dan Lungren’s (R-CA) Support Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/08/27/305980/lungren-bush-tax-cut/

At a town hall last Wednesday attended by ThinkProgress, Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) was asked why he supports the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy since America has lost millions of jobs since its passage. When Lungren deflected, saying that everyone benefits from the Bush tax cuts and that Obama supported extending them, several people began jeering him. Lungren, who at one point threatened to leave the Carmichael town hall, said he doesn’t know of any economists who support raising taxes during a recession. Ironically, that same day the National Association for Business Economics released a study showing nearly three quarters of business economists stating they support raising revenues through taxes:

LUNGREN: Obama extended the tax cuts for several more years

CONSTITUENT: You use the deficit ceiling to blackmail! That’s what you did.

LUNGREN: I know of no economists who suggest we ought to raise taxes in the midst of a down turn in the economy.

Watch It:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/08/27/305980/lungren-bush-tax-cut/

[Ernesto]

1. Go Ami, Go!

http://www.beraforcongress.com/

[shanti]

2. interesting

this story was NOT in my local paper, and carmichael is right here in sacramento county! lungren is a tool of the highest order! good that someone called him on his bullshit.

[AndyTiedye]

3. The Papers Out Here are Just About Worthless

[gordianot]

4. Don't they all sound alike?

I hope the huge amount of money being raised for election nails them and we do not get the rosy bi-partisan recovery around the corner crap. There is no reasoning with these asshole. Since news media is completely worthless you have to be able to buy the truth. When presenting the truth it has to be done in short sound bites because most people do no have attention or critical thinking skills to arrive at conclusions themselves. Truth to a republican is like garlic to a vampire. You have to wonder if they believe their own rhetoric at best at worst they know the lies they spout so easily.