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dtotire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-10 11:14 AM
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Pau Ryan says tax cuts won't pay for themselves, but still wants them
Paul Ryan says tax cuts won't pay for themselves, but still wants them

by Joan McCarter
Mon Sep 06, 2010 at 08:42:03 AM PDT

GOP rising star (and economic charlatan) Paul Ryan is at least honest about extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.

In their quest to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest two percent of Americans, many leading Republicans have invented a fantasy world in which tax cuts always pay for themselves through increased economic growth....

But on CNBC today, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the ranking GOP member on the House Budget Committee, splashed some cold water on that delusion, saying dismissively, “I’m not one of these people who says that say that all tax cuts pay for themselves.”

more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/9/6/898854/-Paul-Ryan-says-tax-cuts-wont-pay-for-themselves,-but-still-wants-them



An idiotic ideologue with a one-track mind



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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-06-10 12:14 PM
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1. Give him credit for being one honest Republican.
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