Almost nothing is more frustrating than listening to the Bush Administration's continuous barrage of baldfaced lies. But few realize just how insidious the Bushies are. I mean, there are the obvious lies and fabrications that we can all point to, but there are more hidden (and costly) bullshit stories that the public hasn't begun to think about.
Last fall, Jonathan Chait of The New Republic went after an old conservative standby: "Tax cuts increase revenues." A nerdy topic to be sure, but since all of us (at least those of us who came after the Baby Boom generation) are going to have to pay for the titanic mountains of debt the Boomers have racked up to pay for their Bush tax cuts, it's, well, kind of important.
Here's the article, and the comment board where I (chrisprend) got into a debate about numbers with a couple conservatives.
http://www.tnr.com/doc_posts.mhtml?i=w061023&s=chait102306
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An interesting debate on the messageboard. I was surprised that it was civilized as I remember the last exchange about taxes with a conservative (that I was privy to) involved accusations of "cherry picking" and misleading one's siblings. That was a pleasant dialogue...haha.
This whole idea of the flat tax, or it's euphemistic nickname "fair tax," disturbs me. Sean and I were driving back from MB on Rte. 17 and in the front yard of this particularly destitute looking shack was a gigantic sign exclaiming support for the fair tax. It's troubling that the people who would be hurt the most are such ardent supporters of something that is on its face such a horrible idea.
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