I often hear people who support the Republican talking points and in particular those who act like they care about the deficit, claim that the government needs to tighten it's belts since that is what normal Americans do. In addition Republicans really seem to think that the richest among us make the best role models for government. While it may be true that the rich spend less when times get hard they also save for a rainy day when times are good.
I bring this up because while I'm not excited about the Obama tax cut deal I understand it from the standpoint that now is a good time for stimulus and tax cuts are stimulus. The problem is that when times were good we also cut taxes. Well that is not what the rich would do, so why did Republicans support an idea that flies in the face of the fiscal ideas of the Americans that they canonize. If we should act like the rich then we should do it when times are good and when times are bad. We are in trouble because of the Bush tax cuts from 2001-2008 not the ones from 2008-2010.
Republicans have shown time and time again that they don't support the average American, they support the rich and manufacture rationale for how that support helps the rest of us. Americans need a big can of smelling salts because you're clearly dreaming if you think the Republicans have your interests in mind and these tax cuts are just the most obvious form of that hypocrisy.
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