Comments on: Johanns for the rich at everyone else’s expense http://nealo.com/2009/02/05/johanns-for-the-rich/ a collection of editorial cartoons by neal obermeyer Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: neal http://nealo.com/2009/02/05/johanns-for-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:45:47 +0000 http://nealo.com/?p=1926#comment-1083 No disagreement there. It’s just too bad things have to be viewed through the prism of “What’s best for the power of our party?” rather than “What will work?”

]]> By: Matt http://nealo.com/2009/02/05/johanns-for-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:42:42 +0000 http://nealo.com/?p=1926#comment-1082 I think the problem is that at this point the GOP has little to lose. The voting public has short term memory, and if the economy is still as bad off or worse in two years, then they get to campaign on the fact that the Democrats didn’t fix anything. If the plan is passed, and it does stimulate the economy, then they lose the economic battle, or go start advertising that Bush’s economic policy has finally payed off, which will be much harder for the public to swallow.

]]> By: neal http://nealo.com/2009/02/05/johanns-for-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:49:50 +0000 http://nealo.com/?p=1926#comment-1053 That’s funny how he rejects it because there’s “no plan to pay for it.” What does he think will fill the void left by those tax cuts? Magic?

EDIT: Not that this really matters at all regarding this bill, but one of the commenters at the Yglesias blogged linked to this article from Salon about DeMint and his tax avoidance.

South Carolina court records obtained by Salon show that from 1987 until as recently as 2001, DeMint has repeatedly failed to pay his taxes on time, forcing the Internal Revenue Service and the South Carolina Tax Commission to file liens against him and his company, DeMint Marketing Management. In some cases, despite numerous warnings, DeMint has delayed payment for years.

It sure makes all the crying about Obama’s appointees’ tax problems seem a little less serious.

]]> By: Alex http://nealo.com/2009/02/05/johanns-for-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:39:21 +0000 http://nealo.com/?p=1926#comment-1052 Ah, ok. This is what Johanns meant when he talked about Nebraska values the other day ( http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/02/05/news/local/doc4989fe81c645e394092279.txt ). Here I was thinking he was just talking out of his ass.

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