variations on a theme
David Cay Johnston: The Administration has scared the markets and some key legislative leaders, but it has not laid out a coherent, specific and compelling need for this enormous proposal, which is the equivalent of a one-time 55 percent income tax surcharge. (Instead the money will be borrowed, so ask from whom and how this [...]
How much is 700 billion?
Hint: it’s a whole f***ing lot.
fox, meet henhouse
This is insane: Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency. Because heaven forbid a $700 billion handout from the pinnacle of integrity that is the Bush administration to the notoriously [...]



