Comments on: Not so fast http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2009/02/not-so-fast Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tas http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2009/02/not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-49595 tas Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:54:47 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=7769#comment-49595 Thanks. On the point of letting them filibuster if the bill didn't get 60 votes, I think that would have also shown the Republicans to obstructionists too, especially coming off an election cycle where they were roundly smacked down and basically told not to govern for a while. As for the tax cuts, those won't cover Obama -- the only thing Republicans will say is that he didn't cut enough taxes. And they will say that even if he cut more taxes than Bush did. Thanks. On the point of letting them filibuster if the bill didn’t get 60 votes, I think that would have also shown the Republicans to obstructionists too, especially coming off an election cycle where they were roundly smacked down and basically told not to govern for a while. As for the tax cuts, those won’t cover Obama — the only thing Republicans will say is that he didn’t cut enough taxes. And they will say that even if he cut more taxes than Bush did.

]]> By: A Giant Slor http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2009/02/not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-49590 A Giant Slor Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:35:51 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=7769#comment-49590 Great post. I would take issue with a couple of things, though. First, would the bill have gotten 60 votes if it hadn't been rewritten? We might have had to deal with a filibuster. I know, "Let 'em filibuster," people say. OK -- then what? Second, while I agree that tax cuts will have little stimulative effect, they will still provide political cover. Lots of people like them and think they stimulate the economy, and they can hold that check in their hand and say, "Goody! Maybe Obama and the Democrats aren't so bad..." Great post. I would take issue with a couple of things, though. First, would the bill have gotten 60 votes if it hadn’t been rewritten? We might have had to deal with a filibuster. I know, “Let ‘em filibuster,” people say. OK — then what?

Second, while I agree that tax cuts will have little stimulative effect, they will still provide political cover. Lots of people like them and think they stimulate the economy, and they can hold that check in their hand and say, “Goody! Maybe Obama and the Democrats aren’t so bad…”

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