Thursday, October 2, 2008

What is Dodd after?

From the WaPo:

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, acknowledged last night that it was tempting to oppose a bailout and "stick a finger in the eye of the bankers and the tycoons whose greed brought us to this crisis."

"But after the rush of righteousness fades, what then?" said Dodd, an architect of the package. "We can take a cut at Wall Street, but Wall Street won't feel the brunt of the pain."

From this we might conclude that Dodd is for reducing the capital gains tax. Or we might conclude that he just wants to spend more money. I wonder which it is.

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