tax cuts
Your Wayback Time Machine To Last August’s House Vote On The Fiscal Cliff
Perhaps you have just watched John Boehner manage to stop himself from weeping through his press conference outlining where we go now, after yesterday’s ceremonial Shitting of the Bed. And you noticed (after of course noticing the ease with which he told fat lies like he was Mitt Romney in orangeface, again) that he mentioned [...]
What ‘Dramatic’ Something Will Mitt Romney Use To Save The Economy? Tax? Cuts?
Mitt Romney will fix the economy. Okay. How. Well, now, let’s just hold on a minute and take things one step at a time. The first step is to say that he “can absolutely make the case that now is the time for something dramatic.” Once he has furthered the case that he can absolutely [...]
Club For Growth Pres Will Now Explain Why Laying Off 47,000 People Will Help The Economy
You know what we DON’T need, especially in this economy? An agency dedicated to spurring economic growth, encouraging exports, and funding investment in local businesses, that’s what. Chris Chocola, a former Republican congressman and current president of the Club For Growth, took to The Hill yesterday to make these and other incoherent arguments about why [...]
Mitt Romney’s New Economic Plan Centered On… Massive Tax Cuts
Mitt Romney is “reintroducing himself” to the conservative base after running for president for six to seven years. He comes bearing the most creative of new economic plans: A big sloppy tax cut to throw in everyone’s fat faces.
Paul Ryan Plans To Ruin Medicare and Medicaid, Sneak In Tax Cuts For Rich
What has Congress been up to these days? We didn’t fire them, right? Yes, it would appear they still have jobs, and that job is continually “avoiding shutdown” because voters dividing power between the two very polarized parties these days is akin to snapping the government’s neck and putting it on life support. Sure, the [...]
Ungrateful Americans Want Congress To Tax Rich To Balance Budget
Once again, we are posting the results of a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll, which sets up a bowl of suet and has Annie Leibovitz take a snapshot of the Americans around it while Andy Rooney complains about how we don’t use suet anymore. So what is the important lesson we have learned this time, besides [...]
Tax-Cut Thing Passes Senate, Moves On To China For Approval
After much talking, balking, and sulking, the Obama-Republican tax-cut package has passed Senate cloture by a vote of 69 to 10. So it looks like everything in the next two years will be passed by a refreshing, broad consensus, and all it takes is Democrats pretty much giving up all their ground on each issue. [...]
Most Americans Back Tax-Cut Deal Most Americans Hate
Most Americans think tax cuts for the rich should not expire, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. But also, according to a poll, one cited often by Democrats in the tax cut debate, most Americans think tax cuts for the rich should expire. So there you have it! Americans have no idea what [...]
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