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Chart: Republicans reject their own ideas

Ezra Klein digs up this chart from Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee -- March, four months ago.
What Republicans proposed in March and now reject.
What Republicans proposed in March and now reject.

Ezra Klein digs up this chart from Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee -- March, four months ago. They wanted a fiscal austerity plan that would be 85 percent spending cuts and 15 percent revenue increases. Ezra writes:

And then, when the Obama administration agreed to an 83:17 mix, the Republican leadership walked out of the room and demanded that taxes be excluded from the deal altogether. How do you negotiate with that?

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