A very interesting op-ed in today’s LA Times starts with: Congress should let the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthiest Americans and use the additional tax revenues that are generated to invest in infrastructure and research. Now you probably think this is some whack, socialistic liberal or something. Of course you would be wrong. […]
Following up on my earlier post about the Republicans not worrying about the deficit if it helps the rich, I decided to post this little graph. It really puts a perspective on the current budget deficit and who is ultimatley responsible for it. Fareed Zakaria, writing an article entitled “Raise My Taxes, Mr. President!” in […]
From Newsweek: If you read enough numbers, you never know what you’ll find. Take President Bush and private Social Security accounts. Last year, even though Bush talked endlessly about the supposed joys of private accounts, he never proposed a specific plan to Congress and never put privatization costs in the budget. But this year, with […]