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Baucus bill follies: the public option is anti-progressive
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Aziz Poonawalla
I’ve been reading Tyler Cowen, Ezra Klein, and the League on the matter of the Baucus bill and am frankly bothered by the way in which progressives seem to be losing sight of the main goal of health care: to bring affordable coverage to 100% of all Americans. This is a goal that the vaunted…
The case for a VAT
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Aziz Poonawalla
Megan McArdle lays out the grim outlook for the future, pointing out that tax revenues are plummeting, spending is up, and our national credit rating is in danger. Looking at the landscape ahead, especially the challenges that we as a nation face at home and abroad, I conclude that we need bold change instead of…
Obama tax cut calculator
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is pretty handy, in terms of cutting through the misinformation campaign by the McCain camp in trying to argue that Obama will raise taxes on the middle class: a tax cut calculator. According to our family data, we will save $1000 on our taxes under Obama’s plan, and $645 under McCain’s. Plus, I also…
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