CTB Show 522: The Joke of Baltimore
3 days ago
Thursday, December 2, 2010
KFTCTTBFO: GOP
I never thought I would use this godforsaken acronym, but BMR already had these guys banging poultry today (with good reason) and I just couldn't wait until tomorrow to post this.
This is, in one chart, what the debate over the Bush tax cuts is all about:
The blue is what everyone saves per year under the Democrats partial repeal, which passed the House today (and I think is a bad idea anyway, though obviously not as bad as the GOP plan). The red is what would be tacked on by the GOP's full extension, except that the last bar, for those making $1 million or more a year, which actually should go up over $100,000 - there just wasn't room to fit it without destroying the rest of the graph.
And we're arguing about this when either policy would hugely increase the national debt, while at the same time freezing federal pay, letting unemployment benefits expire, and receiving new deficit-reduction proposals virtually every day.
Wow I fucking hate U.S. politics sometimes.
This is, in one chart, what the debate over the Bush tax cuts is all about:
The blue is what everyone saves per year under the Democrats partial repeal, which passed the House today (and I think is a bad idea anyway, though obviously not as bad as the GOP plan). The red is what would be tacked on by the GOP's full extension, except that the last bar, for those making $1 million or more a year, which actually should go up over $100,000 - there just wasn't room to fit it without destroying the rest of the graph.And we're arguing about this when either policy would hugely increase the national debt, while at the same time freezing federal pay, letting unemployment benefits expire, and receiving new deficit-reduction proposals virtually every day.
Wow I fucking hate U.S. politics sometimes.
KFTC: GOP
"Republicans, who won control of the House in the Nov. 2 election, have opposed legislative efforts to regulate carbon emissions as a tax on energy. When the panel convened today, Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, said that the hearing “will be the last of the select committee.”
Oh, that should be effective. We should definitely put off resolving the climate issue and suck the oil teet for another decade or so. Sensenbrenner, could you BE more of a fat worthless fuck? What would your committee be about, should you start one? Cheese? Brett Favre? How you haven't seen your johnson since the series finale of 'Kojak'?
KFTC. I hope your arteries choke your fatass out.
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