Republican Jethros Shocked That Cutting Taxes Increases Deficit

[mmonk]

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The diagnostic tools for Bodineism are not always very accurate, but it is safe to say that if you are shocked that you voted to extend the Bush era tax cuts for the wealthy and the deficit projection goes up, then you are a Bodineism sufferer.

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LOL



http://my.firedoglake.com/somethingthedogsaid/2011/01/27/republican-jethross-shocked-that-cutting-taxes-increases-deficit/

[mmonk]

1. More..

There is no one left in the Republican Party that should have any credibility on this issue. You can not be at the same time a deficit hawk and a massive tax cutter. We are going to hear Sen. Mitch McConnell (Turtleman, KY) bleating through his beak that we must slash federal spending that we can’t continue to spend at this unsustainable rate. The thing is he will never take the obvious step of raising taxes on the wealthy.

The last time the United States had such high debt was in the aftermath of World War II. At that time and into the middle 1950s we had 27 tax brackets and the top one was 90 percent. We were serious about paying off our debt and went about it in a serious way. What we see today is the jug-headed policies of the Republican Bodine’s.

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[louis-t]

7. And bitching about a deficit that could be cut in half

without continued tax breaks for billionaires.

[Enthusiast]

2. K&R!

Duh

[Angry Dragon]

3. They just get headaches when they think

so they avoid thinking at all costs

[mmonk]

4. I wonder what in their heads is aching when they try?

[dkofos]

5. Marshmallow fluff

[Submariner]

6. It's the Reagan/Bush deficit...Period