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Monday, April 17, 2006
Washington Post On Congress' Tax Gimmickry
Following up on a OMB Watch Budget Blog posting late last month, the Washington Post has an excellent editorial in this morning's paper criticizing Congress for "resorting to a [tax] gimmick that is even more egregious than their usual tactics."
The only way for the folks over at the Post to improve this editorial is to correctly identify this gimmick as a GOP proposal and not hide behind the general moniker of 'Congress.' As important as it is for all members of Congress to be honest about the impact of their policy proposals, it is equally important for the media to call a spade a spade. This tax gimmick is a purely GOP idea to finagle passage of a GOP tax cut that Democrats do not support.
It is still possible for the Senate parliamentarian to rule against this tax gimmick when Congress returns next week, then forcing the Senate to muster a more difficult 60 votes to approve the bill rather than simply 50. Unfortunately, that is the only way this bill won't eventually pass into law.
Washington Post: Tax Gimmickry
Posted by Adam Hughes
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