February 17, 2013

Republicans Try To Intimidate Nonpartisan Accounting Office For Debunking Their Economic Theory

Republicans Try To Intimidate Nonpartisan Accounting Office For Debunking Their Economic Theory: Last September, the non-partisan Congressional Research Service released a report showing that tax cuts for the rich — contrary to GOP orthodoxy — have minimal effect on economic growth or job creation. Instead, they simply increase income inequality. Republicans pressured the CRS to pull the report down; it was eventually re-posted with the same conclusions. [...]/p