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It really may have been a scandal after all. and believe me, no one is more surprised than yours truly. we've been reporting for months now that every official non-fox news investigation into the case concluded that there was no wrongdoing. when congressional republicans demanded an investigation, the government accountability office agreed to look into it, to see if taxpayer dollars that went to a.c.o.r.n. were used improperly. the gao conducted its report. they released their preliminary report haas month. it found that the nonprofit group did not misuse government funds. back in april, jerr...

Jobs and desperately need money. they need to be able to spend that money. it goes into the economy, it drives demand, it helps the whole country's economy. tax cuts help a tiny little bit, but nowhere near as much. this is one of those easy cases where the right politics and the right policy and the tasty drink line up together for democrats. republicans complaining about the deficit is hereby negated forever as long as they're still pushing for tax cuts for rich people to be added to that deficit. democrats can do well politically in this case by going for policies that are actually right fo...

Surely congress has the authority and it would be right to, if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. you do need to offset the cost of increased spending. and that's what republicans object to. but you should never have to offset the cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on americans. >> tada! remember, jon kyl's one of the republicans blocking unemployment benefits for people who have lost their jobs because that can't be added to the deficit. but nearly $700 billion of tax cuts that benefit people who make m...

Just not the bogus one that fox news and conservative activists promoted. last september a conservative website posted seemingly incriminating undercover videos taken at a.c.o.r.n. offices around the country. two young conservative activists, james o'keefe and hanna giles appeared to be dressed up as a pimp and prostitute in a.c.o.r.n. offices, pretending to seek legal advice. the heavily and selectively edited videos were aired around the clock ad nauseam on fox news. what those tapes seem to show, a.c.o.r.n. employees seeming to give advice about illegal activity, caused a gnt anti-a.c.o.r.n...

Then the deficit isn't really a big deal to you. those two things are equally important. the taxes coming in and the money going out. disregarding one of them would be like saying, hey, let me make you a gin and tonic. all right. here's a glass with some ice in it, right? i'm making a gin and tonic. here's the gin and tonic. here you go. here's your gin and tonic. you ready? there's your delicious gin and tonic. that's it. taxes and spending are the two ingredients that combine to make the deficit and you're just going to not count the taxes part of it? that's like saying this is your gin and ...