"Makes Absolutely No Sense": David Cay Johnston on Budget Deal That Helps Billionaires, Not the Poor

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Published on Dec 16, 2013

http://www.democracynow.org - A bipartisan budget deal to avert another government shutdown comes before the Senate this week. The vast majority of House members from both parties approved the two-year budget agreement last week in a 332-to-94 vote. It is being hailed as a breakthrough compromise for Democrats and Republicans. The bill eases across-the-board spending cuts, replacing them with new airline fees and cuts to federal pensions. In a concession by Democrats, it does not extend unemployment benefits for 1.3 million people, which are set to expire this month. To discuss the deal, we are joined by David Cay Johnston, an investigative reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize while at The New York Times. He is currently a columnist for Tax Analysts and Al Jazeera, as well as a contributing editor at Newsweek.

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1. Sometimes you kick, sometimes you get kicked......

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2. k and r I love David Cay J.

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3. Makes perfect sense to the Koch Bros.

It only doesn't make sense if you assume CONgress is working for the betterment of most of its constituents. It is working for the betterment of campaign contributors and those who can bribe them in other ways. They know most of the time voters can be duped by sufficient application of lying ads on TV, and if that fails they will be taken care of anyway.

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4. makes perfect sense to the republicans and democrats who control congress and the nation nt

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5. The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The World And We Are Now Their Serfs

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6. Recommend!

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7. more war on the middle class.

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8. The problem is that the average Americans believe the propaganda. When things get real bad,

the Ruling Class will blame the liberals.