Cut The Deficit: Raise Taxes On the Rich And Corporations
Digby descibes Joe Biden answering Andrea Mitchell (a/k/a known as Mrs. Alan Greenspan - I think she should have to disclose this whenever she "reports" on economic and financial matters):
The Vice President actually came to the set to be grilled by Mrs Alan Greenspan. Here's her first question: ["]First of all the budget ... and these deficits.. Deficits, red ink as far as the eye can see! [. . .] Have we reached a point where our deficits have become a national security issue?" Joe Biden said no, but it could happen if we don't bring down spending.
(Emphasis supplied.) Here's a thought - Mr. Vice President - why not address the deficit by raising taxes on the rich and on corporations? As it is, if you are going to exempt 80% of the federal budget from cuts or freezes, then "cutting spending" as a way to reduce the deficit is all just empty rhetoric.
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