Tag Archives: Austan Goolsbee

Yet another post about Obama’s capitulation on taxes for the super-rich

By Mark | December 9, 2010

Unable to make the case himself, a rapidly aging Obama loosened the Goolsbee on the American left this morning. While some bought the explanation, a great many didn’t. And, unfortunately for the President, a good many of them were members of the House… The following clip comes from the Sam Stein: …In a meeting on […]

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Job growth and tax cuts under Obama, and the inability to acknowledge either

By Mark | October 19, 2010

I’m curious to know if there’s anyone out there who doesn’t buy this, and, if so, why not. My sense is that some will say it’s unfair to lay the massive job losses that began in January 2007 at the feet of Bush, pointing to the fact that Congress was in the hands of the […]