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General - Bipartisanship - View Post

Weeks ago I remember Obama claiming that his economists were suggesting that the stimulus bill should be (roughly) 40% tax cuts, so the bill ending up being (roughly) 40% tax-cuts can hardly be called the result of a bi-partisan effort.

In relation to the stimulus bill, it can (at best) be considered a 1/10 in terms of bi-partisanship because it was created and forced through the system so quickly no efforts could be made to get real support from the republicans. Real bipartisanship takes time in order for people to find the middle-ground and to make compromises because the bill as a whole is more important than winning or losing on one small clause.

Calling the stimulus a bi-partisan bill would be like calling a bill that devoted $20 Billion to the arts and $100 Billion to unknown republican priorities a bi-partisan bill ...