[lbo-talk] Kucinich? Come on!

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Oct 30 09:29:44 PST 2003


Seth Ackerman wrote:


>Yeah, but in the US, 'fiscal conservatism' is usually a code for restraining
>spending and cutting entitlements. In the 90's, Dean supported the atrocious
>proposal to cut the Social Security COLA by 1% a year. The deficit-hawk Dems
>are against cutting taxes for the rich, but not usually for raising taxes on
>them, and certainly not for dramatically expanding social spending.

Yup, Dean is no social democrat, but I was disputing Max's love for red ink.

Doug



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