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Originally Posted by zimmy
I have seen it reported several places. The "admittedly extreme" scenario was the authors opinion, but according to the congressional analysis, it is actually what was proposed.
The following is directly from the Joint Economic Committee (10 rep., 10 dems) report
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actually, according to the cover page of the report and as noted on the bottom of every page after that, it was prepared by Sen. Bob Casey's staff...who are the 10 republicans and 9 other democrats that signed on to this?
The 30-second spot cites two liberal sources for the claims: the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
and a report prepared by the staff of a Democratic U.S. senator active on budget issues.
Roberton Williams, senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center, said Baldwin’s mixing of the two studies is a problem.
"They are not even apples and oranges," Williams said. "It’s more like apples and toast."
Both Williams and McBride expressed some concerns with the Democratic study because it assumes Ryan would eliminate major tax deductions that greatly benefit the middle class and below.
"We had no basis to decide what Ryan would pick" to eliminate, Williams said. He also criticized the Democratic study as using questionable estimates.
PolitiFact Wisconsin | Baldwin says Thompson wants to give millionaires a tax cut while raising taxes on the middle class