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democrattotheend

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19. It's more complicated than you think

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 12:01 PM

Dec 2012

In theory, I think it's a great idea. But you have no idea how powerful these corporate interests are in DC...even if we had 60 votes in the Senate and a huge margin in the House it would be tough to get the votes to go after the corporate interests.

Plus, you have to remember that one man's special interest is another's livelihood. Tax expenditures that benefit special interests also benefit their workers, and often the unions will fight cuts to particular industries as well because it means losing their jobs. And with the economy struggling to recover, any cut to special interests that will cost a lot of jobs could be a serious blow.

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