Wednesday, November 19, 2003

Oh fer the love of Gawd!

Yes I realize that there are more interesting stories out there, but can we please pause to roll our eyes at this ridiculousness?
Policy analysts across the political spectrum yesterday denounced the energy bill that Republicans in Congress hope to push to approval this week, saying it represented micromanagement of the economy and would open vast new opportunities for tax cheating.

Many experts said they were taken aback by the size of the proposed breaks, estimated by Capitol Hill staff members at $25.7 billion over 10 years. That is more than three times the $8 billion in tax incentives that the Bush administration said last year in a letter to Congress that it wanted for energy producers.

Can these people do anything without adding massive tax cuts?

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