Wednesday, June 29, 2011

If Anyone's Hung Up on Taxes, It's the Democrats: It's Their Price for Spending Cuts

So says the much trumpeted Reuters story today:

Democrats say the $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion in spending cuts that the two sides have tentatively identified must be augmented by $400 billion in new tax revenue over the coming 10 years. That money would come by closing a range of tax breaks for hedge-fund managers, private jets and specific business sectors.