The bottom line is this particular provision in the resolution before the Senate locks in as a matter of law a permanent tax cut that would gobble up all but 2 percent of the on-budget surplus that is available. No matter how much we talk about the desire to do something in terms of prescription drugs for seniors, after the stories we hear about choosing between food and medicine, the bottom line is we lock in a tax cut and we take all the money that would otherwise be available. Notwithstanding the expressed good intentions, it just won't work. This is a matter of priorities.
Charles Robb: “The bottom line is this particular provision in the resolution before the Senate locks in as a matter of law a permanent…”
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Discussing the implications of a tax cut provision in a Senate resolution.
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