Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Fear the debt?

TPM is looking at an interesting fact about some of the Blue Dogs that are so bothered about the financial impact of a public option in health care, and other entitlements. They were all for cutting into the estate tax, which would have cut a quarter of a trillion out of the funds available for the budget...no big deal...wait...
Yesterday, I posted this letter, signed by a dozen moderate and conservative Democrats, which raises concerns about the national debt. ... How does one square a vote to diminish the estate tax with fiscal discipline? ...


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