The Phony Budget Crisis: Forget Austerity, Tax the Rich

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/02-14

Everywhere you look, from the federal government to the states to your hometown, budget crises abound. Services are being slashed. Politicians and pundits from both parties tell us that the good times are over, that we’ve got to start living within our means.

It’s a lie.



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The budget “crisis” is a phony construction, the result of right-wing “starve the beast” ideology. There is plenty of money out there—but the pols don’t want it.

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The solution is simple: tax the rich.

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[FiveGoodMen]

1. A. FUCKING. MEN!

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Wow. This deserves more attention than it's getting!

[scarletwoman]

3. k&r