Why Should Increased Tax Revenues Be On the Table? Because Americans Support More Tax Revenues.

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Really, if you have been paying any attention at all to the deficit discussions over the past 6 months or so, you will know that the only people who are against increasing tax revenues -- whether that is from increased taxes on the wealthy or closing of unneeded loopholes) -- are Congressional Republicans. There has been a decent amount of polling about this over the past 6 months, polling that Bruce Bartlett has rounded up at his blog.

Independence Day?

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So I wonder what these people will be celebrating on Monday? According to a new poll by Marist, more than a quarter of Americans couldn’t correctly identify the country from…

Who is your favorite living national Republican?

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This is a thoughtful crowd. If there are any decent national Republicans out there, I'd expect DL readers to know about them. But as I see it, Republicanism is in sad shape. Even the so-called moderates are ideological zealots who want to trash the nation's economy so that their candidate can have a better shot at winning the White House.