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Night's vote, neither side was pushing #40dollars. so joining us now from washington to make sense of all this is msnbc policy analyst ezra klein of "the washington post." how are you doing, ezra? happy new year. >> good afternoon, thank you for joining me. >> i've been reading my blog, as, of course, everyone should do every day. one of the things that's interesting is everyone is asking is this a good deal, but i think just from reading your blog, it's different for different people. i want you to break it down for me a little bit. let's start with deficits. if you care about deficits, was t...

200,000 people $1,000, they are putting somewhere around $200 million, give or take an employee into pockets in the economy. how does the democrat go against that? >> they buy a television for the holidays and put food on the table. in 2012, barack obama in the election year, of course, was talking about a one-time tax rebate that was small. $40. #40dollars. you probably remember this. and democrats saying this is going to make a big difference. that was nothing compared to this. the average middle class family of four will get a tax cut of $2,000. that puts the $40 to shame. and by the way yo...