Yesterday in the Senate Evan Bayh, a Democrat from Indiana, voted no on the budget, saying it cost too much. Okay; principle understood.
But then, later in the day, Bayh voted yes on something called the Kyl-Lincoln bill, which reduces estate taxes for the wealthiest 0.02 percent of Americans. That would cost $250 billion over 10 years.
How can you vote against one thing which would benefit a large number of your fellow citizens because it costs too much, and turn around an hour or two later and vote for something else which would benefit an infinitesimal number of Americans and would cost a smaller but not-insignificant amount of money?
Does not compute.
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Posted by Linkmeister at April 3, 2009 12:53 PM | TrackBack