Evan Bayh: Best Friend Of The Rich

[Joanne98]

This Jason Linkins' post describes Evan Bayh's preposterous posing as a deficit hawk. But it leaves out the most important part of the story - Evan Bayh is a profoligate budget buster through other means - namely his obsession with cutting taxes for the wealthy. Ezra Klein described it back in April 2009:

What politicians say or think they want is less important than how they actually vote. <. . .> Sen. Evan Bayh cast a difficult vote against Obama's first budget, "Under this budget, our national debt skyrockets from $11.1 trillion today to an estimated $17 trillion in 2014."

<. . .> Sens. Jon Kyl and Blanche Lincoln <. . .> sought to reform the tax to exempt estates valued below $10 million and lower the rate on holdings above $10 million from 45 percent to 35 percent. This change would cost $440 billion over 10 years and accrue entirely to the wealthiest 0.28 percent. <. . .> The Kyl-Lincoln amendment, however, was quickly passed. Ten Democrats crossed the aisle to vote in its favor. Among them was Bayh. <. . .> Bayh cut $300 billion of revenue-neutral money for health reform from the budget. He then promised to find $440 billion in the budget and, rather than directing it toward debt repayment, cut taxes on the top two-hundredths of the income distribution.

(Emphasis supplied.) Evan Bayh is no deficit hawk. He is first and foremost, the wealthy's best friend.

Speaking for me only

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2010/2/2/91351/62386

[WI_DEM]

1. His dad, Birch, was a great liberal. I wonder what he thinks of his son's policies?

[invictus]

2. +1

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. EB = DB

Just my own personal opinion.

[rhett o rick]

4. It isnt just butthole bayh. Almost all of the Senate are wealthy and members in good standing in th...

ruling class. To expect them to support the working class is folly. The sooner we realize, they do not represent us, the sooner we can take appropriate actions.

[Yurovsky]

5. As are most House members...

somewhat less so than the Senate, but not much. An average American has ZERO chance to get elected to Congress. When they do, it's huge news. Not exactly what Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams had in mind...