tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298177568177279778.post3552949613529730752..comments2010-12-08T23:42:00.942-08:00Comments on Mid-Left Crisis: Obama's Compromise Victories? Tax Cuts.Sean Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15576641403443113250noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298177568177279778.post-26312669499520895882010-12-08T11:00:50.071-08:002010-12-08T11:00:50.071-08:00Here here. I believe we need to address the debt/...Here here. I believe we need to address the debt/deficit (our interest payments are quickly becoming a large portion of our deficit) but in this economy the primary goal should be creating jobs and bringing things back in line. Spending money on valuable job-creating programs trumps reducing the deficit, the $800B that the President just gave away to the right should be spent on infrastructure and providing for those who are without an income. Get them ready to work again, and support an economy that will provide them a job!<br /><br />What really frustrates me is that the President knows these things... he did a great job of explaining the benefits of real stimulus (and the fallacy of tax cuts) in '08, but he seems to have abandoned it all in his hopes that the right will finally decide he's good enough.Sean Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576641403443113250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298177568177279778.post-42957837208377546862010-12-08T08:02:19.393-08:002010-12-08T08:02:19.393-08:00You can either prioritize the deficit/debt or prio...You can either prioritize the deficit/debt or prioritize massive tax cuts. You can't do both coherently. We've fallen into a collective insanity in which people bleat for tax cuts and then turn around and whine about government debt. <br /><br />I, for one, care a lot more about reviving the economy than about either tax cuts or deficits. I don't give a crap about government deficits -- that's not an acute problem. The staggering economy is an acute problem and it needs addressing. There is no good evidence that cutting taxes is the best way to fix things. It's not as though taxes are the thing keeping the economy from picking up. <br /><br />I *hate* that Obama has picked up this line straight out of Foxnews talking points: tax cuts forever, and at the same time, deficits/debts are a huge worry.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10523307255698594696noreply@blogger.com