2016 Postmortem

Luminous Animal

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41. Since it was all gung ho for the Iraq War.

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Economists Who Bashed Bernie Sanders� Tax Plan Admit They�re Clueless: �We�re Not Really Experts...� [View all] Nanjeanne Mar 2016 OP

outside agitators, eh? MisterP Mar 2016 #1

I wondered about that when I read that post that gleefully trashed Sanders tax plan tularetom Mar 2016 #2

I didn't know anything about TPC and David Brock but I do know Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #4

Oops, responded to my own post by mistake tularetom Mar 2016 #11

I'm glad they are so unbiased. Enthusiast Mar 2016 #19

Very interesting indeed tularetom Mar 2016 #8

I got it sent to me about twenty times ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #14

I look at political or economic "experts" in the same way that look at salesmen. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #3

This is what we mean by establishment. Gregorian Mar 2016 #5

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #6

Apparently the author didn't read the entire study -- If he had made it to Appendix B Hoyt Mar 2016 #7

Well these vague caveats in Appendix B are a little hard to find, aren't they? Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #9

A problem with studies written by academics. They expect readers and critics to read the whole dang Hoyt Mar 2016 #13

True. Fact is Sanders plans will increase taxes. Fact also is that Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #15

Return on investment. ... mwooldri Mar 2016 #22

+1 daleanime Mar 2016 #36

"My bigger objection is that Democrats use Republican fear tactics over TAXES!!!!" paleotn Mar 2016 #40

"Sanders plans will increase taxes" paleotn Mar 2016 #37

Sorry, but your second correct point requires being intellegent enough to grasp two ideas at a time. libdem4life Mar 2016 #50

Neither are the Sanders number crunchers frazzled Mar 2016 #10

Yep, better to stick with the half assed system we have now... Human101948 Mar 2016 #24

+1000 (nt) paleotn Mar 2016 #42

Sounds like they were there for the buffet, and the open bar Babel_17 Mar 2016 #12

You're not really experts? retrowire Mar 2016 #16

Well to be fair (HA) they're not experts on the spending part. Only the cost (funny if not so sad) Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #17

That's like a surgeon saying: Hydra Mar 2016 #32

I'm not sure the MIC will go for it. jalan48 Mar 2016 #18

That's okay. Damage is done. They've done their job well. valerief Mar 2016 #20

That's all Team Hill is trying to do Hydra Mar 2016 #34

The Brookings Institution is a centrist think tank? Since when is it centrist? n/t A Simple Game Mar 2016 #21

I think people are talking about the Tax Policy Center that did the analysis Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #23

Since it was all gung ho for the Iraq War. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #41

Wow. AzDar Mar 2016 #25

I would say that they are at least very much experts in lying while Hillary supporters. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #26

Of course they are clueless. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #27

It's the same with all these hits on Bernie . . . . . pdsimdars Mar 2016 #28

The Tax Policy Center mhatrw Mar 2016 #29

�We�re not really experts on the spending component.�.... MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #30

Somehow I don't really believe a site that has THIS story on its front page jmowreader Mar 2016 #31

Don't believe the "site" if you don't want to. You can actually read the analysis by the TPC and Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #35

Or I could look at his plan and realize it's more speculative than Reaganomics jmowreader Mar 2016 #43

Why are you linking to other people's opinions of you are analyzing his actual plan. Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #44

Because people demand links. No other reason. jmowreader Mar 2016 #45

kick kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #33

What a BS headline oberliner Mar 2016 #38

saw that trend on FB PatrynXX Mar 2016 #39

This is what happens when the oligarchy doesn't pay the talking heads enough $. Ivan Kaputski Mar 2016 #46

wth?? dana_b Mar 2016 #47

Unassailable Honesty (graphic) corbettkroehler Mar 2016 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #49

They just know tax cuts for the rich have always worked in the past. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #51