Day: July 14, 2010

Unemployment extension: we cannot possibly afford such a deficit exploder; won’t you please think of the children?

Bush tax cuts: Why, we can’t afford not to extend those indefinitely. And no, we don’t need to pay for them in any way. In fact, it would be irresponsible to pay for them.

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2010 GOP. An opponent whose nut(s) The Democrat finds utterly impossible to crack.

(graph via Ezra Klein)

There’s no evidence whatsoever that the Bush tax cuts actually diminished revenue, they increased revenue because of the vibrancy of these tax cuts in the economy. So I think what Senator Kyl was expressing was the view of virtually every Republican on that subject.

Mitch McConnell who has apparently never seen this.
If we had a functional press corps, somebody would be counting down to the reveal of just such a chart directly beside or behind him on live television. We’ve got the whole day to fill, Mitch-O; you’ll be delighted to hear that we don’t have to “leave it there.” Let’s dig into this so we can really get your views, in depth.