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Evan Bayh: Let Them Eat Cake!

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics
Posted on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 11:48:41 AM EST
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Think Progress has the money quote:

BAYH: [A]ll these other issues involving, oh, fairness and things like that can wait.

Bayh is retiring this year from politics. Thank gawd.

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    Evan Bayh: Let Them Eat Cake! | 9 comments (9 topical)

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    Also from Think Progress (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by MO Blue on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 12:18:21 PM EST
    - Borrow and spend $830 billion on the richest two percent of households. Extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich will give a millionaire an annual tax cut of $128,832, which is nearly two and a half times the median household income.


    You know how sometimes (5.00 / 3) (#3)
    by Socraticsilence on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 12:37:34 PM EST
    when a Politicians not bound by re-election they do something incredibly brave because they aren't cowed by Voters anymore and thus political considerations are no longer an issue- yeah this is like that only the opposite.

    Hey you are too hard on (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by MO Blue on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 12:41:04 PM EST
    good old Evan. The man is seriously rich and is just protecting his tax cut.

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    I'll view it as simple (none / 0) (#5)
    by Socraticsilence on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 12:48:26 PM EST
    selfishness if he doesn't turn around and go into lobbying in 4 months.

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    Oh I believe he will be going into (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by MO Blue on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 12:52:18 PM EST
    lobbying as soon as possible after his departure from Congress. BTW, Evan was also a strong proponent of the "Cat Food Commission" so that cuts to SS could pay for his tax breaks. Nothing simple about his selfishness IMO.

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    So is there a (none / 0) (#8)
    by Socraticsilence on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 01:03:43 PM EST
    tangible differnce between Bayh and his state's current Governor Mitch Daniels at this point- there both bland fiscal conservative rich guys- does one occasionally wear a whacky tie or something so I can tell them apart.

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    About 8 inches in height. (none / 0) (#9)
    by steviez314 on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 01:11:11 PM EST


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    I guess the apple DOES fall far from the tree (none / 0) (#1)
    by steviez314 on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 11:57:54 AM EST
    after all.

    I thought the same thing (none / 0) (#7)
    by Zorba on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 12:55:26 PM EST
    Only this apple didn't just "fall" far from the tree, it was flung far, far away.  I wonder what Birch thinks of his son?  (As of this writing, he's still alive- he's 82 and lives in Maryland).

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