As you know, the vast majority of bills developed through reconciliation were passed by Republican Congresses and signed into law by Republican Presidents – including President Bush’s massive, budget-busting tax breaks for multi-millionaires. Given this history, one might conclude that Republicans believe a majority vote is sufficient to increase the deficit and benefit the super-rich, but not to reduce the deficit and benefit the middle class. Alternatively, perhaps Republicans believe a majority vote is appropriate only when Republicans are in the majority. Either way, we disagree.Thanks to Paul Krugman for the link and for passing along the summary: reconcile this!
Critiquing the rationality of public policy, ruminating on modern life,
and exposing my inner nerd.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
You know you are a liberal when...
...a smackdown from Sen. Harry Reid to Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gets your blood moving:
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