Americans Acting Like Spoiled Brats
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 4th, 2010 4:31 am by HL
Americans Acting Like Spoiled Brats
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
According to polls, Americans are in a mood to hold their breath until they turn blue. Voters appear to be so fed up with the Democrats that they're ready to toss them out in favor of the Republicans — for whom, according to those same polls, the nation has even greater contempt. This isn't an “electoral wave,” it's a temper tantrum.It's bad enough that the Democratic Party's “favorable” rating has fallen to an abysmal 33 percent, according to a recent NBC-Wall Street Journal poll. It's worse that the Republican Party's…
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Hassett & Viard, Wall Street Journal
When Congress returns from its summer recess, members will face a pivotal decision about the expiring Bush tax cuts. President Barack Obama has called for their permanent extension for singles with incomes below $200,000 and married couples with incomes below $250,000, but has proposed that most of the tax cuts for households with higher incomes be allowed to expire.To buttress this position, the president and his supporters have repeatedly asserted that the expiration of these cuts will have little impact, because they affect only a tiny fraction of the wealthiest Americans, people who…
