Posts tagged republicans
Posted 7 months ago
Why 9-9-9 Isn’t Going Anywhere
Let’s say you’re 20 years old. You don’t care what tax you pay — you haven’t paid any yet. But if I’m 65, I’ve spent my whole life paying income taxes. I’m about to stop paying them. What’s the benefit to me if you bring on a sales tax? Thanks — you’ve just made every retired person’s pension 30 percent less valuable.
Posted 10 months ago
Quote of the Day - Debt Ceiling Chicken
Yes, at some level it’s a game of chicken. Something we can all understand pretty intuitively in human nature and game theory terms. But to really get what’s really going on you’ve got to understand one key point: one of the two cars doesn’t have a driver in it.
Josh Marshall, on media coverage of the debt ceiling debate, via Talking Points Memo
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