Joel Friedman
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Joel Friedman
bill brought investment jobs maybe money overseas raising revenue short stimulate unclear
I can see the bill raising revenue in the short run, and maybe some revenue from overseas will be brought back. But there's no guarantee, and it's unclear that the money would go for new investment or anything that would stimulate jobs in the short run.
burden cutting folks income involved onto shifting tax
The trade-offs involved are shifting more of the tax burden onto middle-income folks or cutting programs.
budgets piece visible
They've been so unabashed about making them permanent. Now that it's a visible piece of their budget, it makes it more front-and-center.
artificial clean create deficit question whether
The question is whether you're going to get a clean read of the deficit out there anyway. They're going to create an artificial picture.