Tag Archives: Bruce Bartlett

Regardless of what you’re being told, the deficit is due to Bush’s tax cuts, not Obama’s stimulus spending

By Mark | July 28, 2011

Ann Arbor-born economist and historian Bruce Bartlett, who served as domestic policy advisor to Ronald Reagan, and in the Treasury under George H.W. Bush, joined Chris Mathews on MSNBC’s Hardball yesterday, talking about the true origins of our nation’s current deficit. It should be required viewing for all Americans… Here’s the video, followed by an […]

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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 […]