{"id":630,"date":"2013-02-27T14:36:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T19:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=630"},"modified":"2013-03-08T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T20:21:59","slug":"chait-gop-north-star-rich-people-should-pay-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/chait-gop-north-star-rich-people-should-pay-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Chait: GOP North Star: Rich People Should Pay Less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve recently discovered Jonathan Chait and find that his insights are routinely worth reading and re-reading. \u00a0His writings on the GOP&#8217;s sequester madness have been valuable in putting some pilings underneath what was a bottomless swamp of unreason.<\/p>\n<p>If they&#8217;re as concerned as they say about the debt and deficit, then why have they sworn off the entire revenue side of that equation? \u00a0If they&#8217;re willing to consider closing loopholes, then why won&#8217;t they accept that deal? \u00a0Etc. \u00a0These cuts endanger a fragile economic recovery and threaten lots of regular Americans. \u00a0And for what?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pixel.nymag.com\/imgs\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/02\/26\/26-boehner-republicans.o.jpg\/a_560x375.jpg?w=150\"  \/>Chait&#8217;s insight here is that we can understand at least some of what they are doing if we understand that they&#8217;ve reverted to form, &#8220;with low taxes for the rich dominating all other considerations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s his piece making that case:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/02\/republican-sequestration-plan.html\">The Republican Sequestration Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here are some other related pieces, by him and by others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/02\/logic-of-boehners-crazy-sequester-strategy.html\">The Perfect Logic of Boehner\u2019s Crazy Sequester Strategy (Chait)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2013\/02\/false-equivalence-the-master-class\/273505\/\">False Equivalence: The Master Class (Fallows, on the failure of opinion leaders like the Washington Post editorial board to accurately describe the situation)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2013\/02\/26\/the-morning-plum-the-false-equivalence-pundits-are-part-of-the-problem\/\">The false equivalence pundits are part of the problem (Sargent, on the same problem)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" 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