>>> dhenwood at panix.com 01/03/01 04:50PM >>>
Charles Brown wrote:
>CB: On the Bush tax cut, does it really matter ? The rich are
>already so rich and what is there to cut in social programs ? There
>isn't much federal money left for the working class , is there ?
Be even less if there were a tax cut. Still, you could imagine cuts in Food Stamps, Medicaid, and public housing.
> Welfare is abolished as we knew it. HUD is reinvented into
>oblivion. etc. What do we care about the federal government ( sorry
>) ? Have the rightwing and the caps almost reached diminishing
>returns with respect to redistributing wealth upward by manipulating
>the federal government ?
No.
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CB: The Dems will be in cahoots with the Republicans , yet it would seem the Left has to lobby the Democrats to do anything about more cuts. There doesn't seem to be any other effective avenue for the Left to fight more cuts in benefits to the working class out of the federal budget.