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In reply to the discussion: We need a new Democratic Party [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)they come from Citizens for Tax Justice http://ctj.org/pdf/bidenmcconnelldistribution.pdf
And Krugman is a tool, as I have said before. He writes "about $600 billion versus $800 billion over the next decade."
So the bad deal was only $200 billion worse than the original deal. Perhaps Krugman is too much of a moron to know that the ORIGINAL deal heavily favored the rich? http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021880321 (look, it's a link nobody will click)
Or maybe he's just a tool?
I'm going with tool. Let's give the perfesser the benefit of the doubt.
and again, with YOUR bogus argument "That also doesn't take the additional health care tax into account. "
Maybe because, for the dozenth time, the additional health care tax was NOT part of the evil ATRA surrender to the wealthy.
You know, the one that gives $1.3 trillion in tax cuts to the richest 5% and $2.4 trillion in tax cuts to the richest 20%.
Oh, and another clue for Mr. Tool. Extracting money from the wealthy isn't all about the deficit. It's about an unequal society. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021824827