WH: A Balanced Plan to Avert the Sequester and Reduce the Deficit

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3. Thank you for this Plan from the Obama Admin, babylonsistah

David Brooks writing for the NYT stupidly Lied that Pres Obama didn't have a plan.. Ezra Klein calls him out on it.. and he admits it..

Ezra Klein (Washington Post): I had some issues with David Brooks’s column Friday on the two parties’ sequester positions …. A transcript of our conversation follows.

Ezra Klein: In the column, you said that the Obama administration doesn’t have a plan to replace the sequester. I feel like I’ve had to spend a substantial portion of my life reading their various budgets and plans to replace the sequester, and my sense is that you’ve had to do this, too. So, what am I missing?

David Brooks: First, the column was a bit of an over-the-top lampooning column about dance moves. I probably went a bit too far when saying the president didn’t have a response to the sequester save to raise taxes on the rich. In the cool light of day, I can say that’s over the top. There’s chained CPI and $400 billion in health proposals. So I should say I was unfair. I’m going to attach a note to the column, if it’s not up already.

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/22/david-brooks-lying-over-the-top-lampooning-good-grief/


It looks like an Excellent plan as usual.