JONATHAN COHN JULY 1, 2011
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- According to a new Northeastern University study, corporate profits have seen disproportionate growth relative to workers’ wages during the recovery from the recession.
- While Congress continues to debate how best to reduce the deficit, no fewer than nineteen different polls released this year have concluded that Americans support raising taxes to reduce the deficit and improve income inequality.
- But how can Democrats get Republicans to raise taxes? Maybe just call them “revenue enhancement measures.”
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According to Republican tax theology, anything that increases government revenues is a tax. So calling them "revenue enhancement measures" will have no effect on GOP intransigence. There is absolutely no way to negotiate with the collection of lunatics that constitutes today's Republican Party.
- DAVIDDREIER@EARTHLINK.NET-old
July 2, 2011 at 3:38pm