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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (33750)	3/6/2009 1:21:04 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71588

The Republicans are still stuck between anger and denial. You can see it with virtually every post by any of them here. In a while they'll feel depressed. Then finally they'll come to accept their failure and start taking productive steps forward. Seems like it's going to take a while though... Here's a good article on the economics of taxation, if you haven't seen it yet: forbes.com Higher Taxes: Will The Republicans Cry Wolf Again? Bruce Bartlett, 02.27.09, 12:01 AM EST History, hypocrisy and Obama's first budget. Yesterday, President Obama issued his first detailed budget. Among its most controversial proposals is a significant increase in taxes, especially on those with upper incomes. Obama also proposes a cap-and-trade system to reduce pollution that is in essence a broad-based energy tax. Republicans will undoubtedly make extravagant claims about the detrimental economic effect of these higher taxes. When one hears these claims, however, it is worth remembering that they said the same things in years past and none of their dire predictions came to pass. ... Lots more after that including lots of supporting data... SD