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In reply to the discussion: Report: Bush Tax Cuts Gutted Americans' Incomes 6.6 Trillion Dollars [View all]Cresent City Kid
(1,621 posts)The average voter needs this made clear. In 2008 with the whole economy blowing up at election time, they seemed to understand that the party in power for the previous 8 years was to blame. 2 years later in the midterms, voters seemed to forget all the lessons learned. This would be like the republicans running on Hoover economics in the 1934 midterms and being swept into power.
To your point, it is imperative that we get our heads around cause and effect with the Bush tax cuts in particular and the underlying economic model in general. This model is being sold to the average Joe with an easy to digest, sounds good on paper narrative. I wouldn't care except that average Joe is voting food off of my table or staying home on election day and letting it happen.