The great DU debate, in a nutshell

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3. ironically, you provide a good example of a move to the right

A basic Republican talking point about taxes is "tax cuts = good".

So when a Democratic President and his Democratic supporters start bragging that Obama and the Democratic Congress passed "the largest tax cut ever" then it sure seems like any difference between Republicans and Democrats on taxes has been blurred. Now both parties agree that tax cuts are good, that Reaganomics works, that tax increases would hurt the economy.

So tell me again how the debate has not shifted to the right.

Obama got 85% of what he wanted to accomplish? Then apparently what he wanted to accomplish was not very progressive in the first place. And four more years of the Bush tax cuts, plus payroll tax cuts for the rich, are just part of that insignificant little 15%.