GOP: No more help for jobless, but rich must keep tax cuts | McClatchy - http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010...
Jul 16, 2010
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"Republicans almost unanimously oppose spending $33.9 billion for extended unemployment benefits for some 2.5 million people who've lost them, because they say it would increase federal budget deficits. At the same time, they're pushing a permanent extension of Bush administration tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, which could increase federal budget deficits by trillions of dollars over the next 10 years."
- Jim Norris
"Other tax experts say the government should tax the wealthy at higher rates so that some wealth can be redistributed to those who may need aid, the traditional progressive taxation principle that guides U.S. tax law."
- Jim Norris
To the contrary: I think that sort of thinking derives not from to much but from too little brain washing. Poor mental hygiene can have deleterious effects, especially for economists.
- Jim Norris