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15 Sep 2010 16:26

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Politics: Breaking: Republicans aren’t as fiscally responsible as they claim

  • $3.9 trillion cost of extending all of the Bush tax cuts source
  • ยป And that’s not even including an additional $950 billion in interest payments. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who supports extending all of the cuts, says we can offset this massive increase in the deficit by instituting a $300 billion spending freeze. This would pay for about 6% of the cost, which is sort of like if I take your iPhone and offer you a DVD of “Corky Romano” in exchange.