Via DailyKos: Coburn: We don't need to pay for tax cuts. You do.
by Jed Lewison
Fri Dec 10, 2010 at 01:30:04 PM PST
Apparently saying things like this gets you elected to the United States Senate -- at least if you're Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn:
I mean, we're not opposing these tax cuts for shits and giggles. We oppose them precisely because we don't want to offset the lost revenue with spending cuts or massive borrowing. We don't think it makes sense to make the rich richer while simultaneously cutting back on programs that benefit all Americans or adding to our national debt. And it's kind of weird that he doesn't understand that.
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I'd issue this challenge: anyone who thinks we oughta pay for tax cuts, oughta have to put up a list of programs that we oughta eliminate to pay for them.Uh, isn't it supposed to be the other way around? I mean, Coburn is the one who wants to spend $700 billion on tax cuts for the wealthy. Shouldn't he explain how he's going to pay for it?
I mean, we're not opposing these tax cuts for shits and giggles. We oppose them precisely because we don't want to offset the lost revenue with spending cuts or massive borrowing. We don't think it makes sense to make the rich richer while simultaneously cutting back on programs that benefit all Americans or adding to our national debt. And it's kind of weird that he doesn't understand that.
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