Thursday, July 21, 2011

Bonuses for Billionaires

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
The first few times I heard House Republicans talk about our budget mess, I worried that they had plunged off the deep end. But as I kept on listening, a buzzer went off in my mind, and I came to understand how much sense the Tea Party caucus makes.Why would we impose “job-crushing taxes” on wealthy Americans just to pay for luxuries like federal prisons? Why end the “carried interest” tax loophole for financiers, just to pay for unemployment benefits — especially when those same selfless tycoons are buying yachts and thus creating jobs...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/07/21/bonuses_for_billionaires_259777.html

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