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Paul Ryan, deficit hawk -- (link)

Posted by jar jar trump (aka chris) Dec 16 '15, 14:04

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/us/politics/budget-deal-raises-spending-and-the-deficit-through-tax-breaks.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 (www.nytimes.com)

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He did score a decent political tweet, though. -- (link) - Be Be 8 Dec 16, 14:53
eh, most of it is making existing tax breaks permanent, I doubt any Republican is losing sleep over that. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 14:33 1
- and really, baking in the long-term costs of the existing tax breaks now, gives him more leverage to try to cut entitlements later -- nm* - znufrii Dec 16, 14:54
The minority is yelling about the deficit and the majority is increasing it. Never woulda guessed that. - spamlet Dec 16, 14:12 2
- well, one party actually balanced the budget when they had power -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 14:16 1
  - The split government in the late 90s? -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 14:18

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