Has Anyone Else On DU Noticed This Lately?

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352. almost nobody depends on every dollar

although almost everybody wants another one to spend.

Oh, yes, thanks to the betrayal of ATRA, the poorest 20% got $111 billion in tax cuts and you think we should cheer that and never mind that the richest 5% got $1.3 trillion in permanent tax cuts.

After all, who cares about a little inequality?

If that was the case, then why oppose the fucking Bush tax cuts in the first place? Why not vote for Republicans and Romney then, who will push through another Bush-type tax cut that will give a few dollars to the bottom (and a whole lot more to the top, but what the heck, who cares?)

It's like a cabal sitting around going "$1.3 trillion to the richest 5%, how can we sell that to the public?" and somebody says "Why don't we include that $200 billion we were gonna spend on extended unemployment benefits anyway, and we can tell people we only gave $1.3 trillion to the rich, for the sake of the unemployed. Then some rubes will actually celebrate our victory."