Tax Cuts are a Real Turkey for the Economy

[Omaha Steve]

President Bush's beloved tax cuts have neither grown the economy nor created new jobs. So why should we extend them?

On Thanksgiving Day, families across the country will sit down to turkey dinners and contemplate what they have to be thankful for. One blessing that everybody needs is a good job -- or jobs, in this day and age -- to put bread on the family table. President Bush agrees that creating good jobs is a priority. He has repeatedly promised that his large-scale tax cuts will grow the economy and create new jobs. So should families planning their Thanksgiving feasts be giving thanks to the tax cuts for having created a plethora of new jobs?

Full story: http://www.alternet.org/story/28626/

[cornermouse]

1. I think Bush's support for creation of good jobs is mostly lip service.

The "tax cut creates new jobs" thing is little more than a placebo for John Q. Public.

[bklyncowgirl]

2. GOP Goal: Take money from middle class give it to their contributers

This has been thier primary goal, and they have been spectacularly successful.

Politics is about the redistribution of wealth. Nothing else matters. Once we understand this it all becomes easy.