From prepared remarks to staffers at the Department of Energy earlier today: In the last few days, we’ve seen proposals arise from some in Congress that you may not have read but you’d be very familiar with because you’ve been hearing them for the last 10 years, maybe longer. They’re rooted in the idea that …

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From The Washington Independent via Josh Marshall: The amendment submitted by Senator Jim DeMint of SC as a replacement for the Democrats’ stimulus bill consists solely of these items: Permanently repeal the alternative minimum tax once and for all; Permanently keep the capital gains and dividends taxes at 15 percent; Permanently kill the Death Tax …

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