SUBSCRIBE NOW WELCOME BACK. Do you want to continue reading where you left off? New Republic subscribers can pick up where they left off no matter which device they were previously using. SUBSCRIBE NOW

Go Home A "Big Red Goose Egg"

JONATHAN COHN SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

A "Big Red Goose Egg"

BY JONATHAN COHN

There's a lot of confusion about the debate over tax cuts--in particular, the fact that the wealthy will still get a break even if the cuts on income over $250,000 are allowed to expire. Partly that's because Republicans have done such a good job of obscuring and the White House has done such a lousy job of clarifying.

Austan Goolsbee, new chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, is doing his best to change that: 

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

Show all 2 comments

You must be a subscriber to post comments. Subscribe today.

2 comments

Thank you! I posted this exact fact as a comment on one of your earlier blog posts.

- tgatz85

September 30, 2010 at 9:20am

You must be a subscriber to post comments. Subscribe today.

Convincing...and somewhat cool.

- IggyPop

September 30, 2010 at 5:17pm

You must be a subscriber to post comments. Subscribe today.

SHARE HIGHLIGHT

0 CHARACTERS SELECTED

TWEET THIS

POST TO TUMBLR

SHARE ON FACEBOOK

Close