does adjusting for inflation make this a good deal?

TeWooding

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Tuesday January 01, 2013 · 1:53 AM PST

2013/01/01 · 01:53

ok, first of all as a progressive i wanted more. i was fine with raising the threshold from $250k to $450k to get a deal, i just wanted some concessions. extending unemployment was a good start, but i was pretty pissed that we didn't get one of either A) a stimulus/infrastructure package, or B) a continuation of the payroll tax cut. now i still think that we could have held out for a few days/week and let the republicans hang themselves publicly/politically defending rich people's taxes while refusing to budge on the payroll tax cut -- it's the same politics as them not cutting taxes on those making less than $250k. so while i agree with everyone who wants/thinks we can get a better deal, i also started to think about this deal in terms of inflation adjusted dollars, and guess what i found...?

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