2012 Mass. Senate Debate: on Budget & Economy


Elizabeth Warren: Balanced approach to deficit reduction

Warren said she favored a "balanced approach" to deficit reduction--one of President Obama's favorite euphemisms for tax increases. Brown sought to depict Warren as a tax-increaser, and he deflected her attacks, saying: "Her criticism of me is that I'm not gonna raise taxes, and that's an accurate criticism." He said of Professor Warren, "she's obsessed with raising taxes. The first thing, every single time, is to raise taxes."
Source: FutureOfCapitalism.com on 2012 Mass. Senate Debate Sep 21, 2012

Scott Brown: Stop dividing Americans into haves and have-nots

Brown rejected Warren's attempt to divide Americans into the top 3% versus everyone else, or billionaires and oil companies versus everyone else. "Fingerpointing, us versus them, the haves and have-nots," he said.
Source: FutureOfCapitalism.com on 2012 Mass. Senate Debate Sep 21, 2012

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