tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671848.post6109316683422701277..comments2023-11-03T08:23:55.100-04:00Comments on Global Review: Democrats Refuse to Raise RevenueMacro Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01735930711259574574noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671848.post-10405478556407800812011-06-17T13:22:04.139-04:002011-06-17T13:22:04.139-04:00Now it heads to the House, where Tea Partiers like...Now it heads to the House, where Tea Partiers like Steve King (R-Iowa!!!) might be the margin for getting it passed.<br /><br />What's inexplicable is that alleged conservative Grover Norquist is making a major campaign against this. He apparently thinks that removing a major distortion from the tax code is bad. That kind of foolish dogmatism is more like anarchy than conservatism, and will do more to make Norquist irrelevant in the bigger debate to come than to further his brand of Republicanism.Macro Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735930711259574574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671848.post-58239690897198373222011-06-17T13:19:58.257-04:002011-06-17T13:19:58.257-04:00Mercifully, the Democrats now introduced the Cobur...Mercifully, the Democrats now introduced the Coburn measure on their own terms, and it passed with flying bipartisan colors.<br /><br />Story: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/17/ethanol-subsidies-senate-votes-to-sacrifice-a-sacred-cow.htmlMacro Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735930711259574574noreply@blogger.com