Putting deficit peacocks on notice: Let the Bush tax cuts expire

by Joan McCarter
from DailyKos
Tue Jul 06, 2010 at 08:18:03 AM PDT

From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Clusterstock, a reminder for the deficit peacocks, in graphical form.


Look at that massive chunk that represents the Bush tax cuts. As those tax cuts are getting set to expire, expect to hear a lot from those same deficit peacocks about the critical need to extend them, because, they will say (despite reams of evidence to the contrary) tax cuts for the rich is the go to answer for economic recovery and deficit reduction.

(Original here.)