Thursday, July 15, 2010

Republican Ignorance Is Not Bliss

"Honestly, what's to be done when an entire political party buys a first class ticket to Bizarro World? It's one thing when right-wing blogs and Fox News hosts spout such nonsense, but how does our political system function when "virtually every Republican" believes reckless tax cuts for the wealthy that created huge deficits actually "increased revenue"? How can we have an intelligent conversation with those who use the word "vibrancy" when describing the economy in the Bush years?
Republicans aren't just wrong about this; they're pathologically confused. The evidence isn't ambiguous -- Bush's tax cuts led to massive deficits, and if existing policies are left in place, those tax policies will be the single biggest factor in our budget deficits for many years to come."
Bush tax breaks for the rich, coupled with all his deceptive "Emergency Supplemental" military spending, as if he forgot he had 140,000 troops in Iraq, that were never in the budgets, are putting the country in such a tough position. Democrats have to realize they went along for that disastrous ride because Republicans will deny they were ever in charge while this was all happening.

Bush borrowed all the money to pay for his cuts and wars. Now we have to pay for it.

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