Reconciliation
Recap: John Boehner's strategy for the Bush tax cuts; Andy Stern's plan to create 12 million jobs; and no one listens to the president.
Elsewhere:
1) On Peter Suderman's list of health-care reform's empty promises, Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 are clearly wrong, at least as written, and No. 1 is misleading. No. 4 is arguable. More on this tomorrow.
2) Steve Pearlstein makes the case that we're moving into a structural unemployment problem.
3) Fine, I'll say it: McDonald's is delicious.
4) Everything you wanted to know about infrastructure banks.
Recipe of the day: Southwest potatoes.
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September 9, 2010; 6:25 PM ET
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Ezra says: "Fine, I'll say it: McDonald's is delicious."
Waiting for the universe to collapse on itself...
Posted by: mezcalero | September 9, 2010 6:36 PM | Report abuse
Ezra,
can't wait until tomorrow on how we hear how #7 is wrong. I'm still waiting for the $2500 a year I (and everyone else) was promised.
Kind of surprised you're not trying to argue that MA is not Medicare and thus medicare's not being cut in relation to #4.
Most of the rest honestly also can't be answered yet. We'll see in 10 years where we're at.
Posted by: visionbrkr | September 9, 2010 6:44 PM | Report abuse
McDonald's french fries are delicious, but you need to bring your own ketchup.
The rest of the menu, not so delicious.
Posted by: bgmma50 | September 9, 2010 10:20 PM | Report abuse
The wild berry smoothie is yummy.
Posted by: ania8 | September 9, 2010 11:51 PM | Report abuse
"can't wait until tomorrow on how we hear how #7 is wrong. I'm still waiting for the $2500 a year I (and everyone else) was promised."
The only way I see #7 as 'wrong' is if you include the subsidies, and not everyone is elligible for them.
Will be interesting to read what Ezra has to say about this list.
Posted by: justin84 | September 10, 2010 8:29 AM | Report abuse
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