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"The very real possibility that defense programs will suffer deep, across the board spending cuts early next year has major defense contractors and their allies making an unusual plea to members of Congress: Put everything on the table to avoid the so-called sequester — including higher taxes.
That might not sound like an extraordinary ask. But it's typical for incumbent interests to leave all questions of ways and means to Congress. And given the defense industry's enormous power and historic alignment with the GOP, it could have enough force to finally break the GOP of its anti-tax absolutism...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down."
From The Young Turks
This doesn't surprise me. There are plenty of Neoconservatives, who used to be center-right Democrats in the 1970s and 80s, who are now center-right Republicans, who've always put national security over tax policy, including lower taxes on everyone, to make sure that the defense budget is always as high as they want it to be. Higher taxes are never their preferred option, but they would take that, if it's the only way they can preserve their giant sized, American defense budget. If Cenk Uygur knew anything about Neoconservatives and neoconservatism, perhaps he wouldn't be flipping out so much over this.
