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All the Bush policies failed. The narrow group at the very top won. The rest of us, we all failed. The results were awful.

The two rounds of tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, including tax cuts in capital gains and dividends, slowed the economy so much that Americans made $1 trillion less income with the cuts then if income stayed at Clinton levels in 2000. [And you wonder why we had a housing bubble]

So why the debate? Johnston points out a mega-rich group determined to use Washington, through private meetings and contributions, called the POLITICAL DONOR CLASS. Remember that term. They are willing to distort the truth for personal gain, and pass the expense on to the rest of us.

They may be rich, but they’re morally bankrupt.