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Republicans Against Payroll Tax Cuts?
The Corner on National Review Online —
Saturday, February 07, 2009 [image] Republicans Against Payroll Tax Cuts? [ Mark Hemingway ] Matt Yglesias: Payroll Tax Cuts as Stimulus It seems that J.M. Keynes himself thought this was a good idea . And, indeed, it strikes me as indefensible that a stimulus package featuring hundreds of billions of dollars of tax cuts doesn t include any FICA provisions. Payroll tax cuts wouldn t be my first choice of stimulus measures, but there s a strong case for including some tax-side measures in the package and they d probably be my first choice of tax cuts to include. ...
MATTHEW YGLESIAS on payroll tax cuts: “It seems that J.M. Keynes himself thought this was a good id…
Instapundit —
... MATTHEW YGLESIAS on payroll tax cuts: “It seems that J.M. Keynes himself thought this was a good idea. And, indeed, it strikes me as indefensible that a stimulus package featuring hundreds of billions of dollars of tax cuts doesn’t include any FICA provisions.” Yes, ...
