gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (V Governments Afraid)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2010-11-14 06:54 pm
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The hard part is getting my plan through Congress

Another fix the deficit tool. I made my fixes through a mixture of tax increases and spending cuts. Mostly, I allow Bush tax cuts on the top brackets to expire, add a national sales tax and add a "millionaires tax" above the highest current bracket. I gut the defense budget.

Playing with this thing shows one clear fact: you simply cannot solve the deficit with spending cuts alone.
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[personal profile] seawasp 2010-11-15 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
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