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...Brendan J. Nyhan, a political science graduate student at Duke University and frequent blogger, points out that while Mankiw said he was “skeptical” of the claim that tax cuts could pay for themselves during his Senate confirmation hearing, Mankiw also denied that the administration had used “self-financing” arguments...
...Nyhan then lists on his blog specific quotes from then-Press Secretary Ari Fleisher, Vice President Dick Cheney, and President Bush, all of whom said in the early months of 2003 that the tax cuts would lead to more tax revenue...
...Mankiw failed to get the Bush administration to say things that were accurate about the effects of tax cuts on revenue and other economic issues,” Nyhan said. “That Mankiw is unwilling to acknowledge that the Bush administration made these claims is exemplary of White House experts who are unwilling to publicly contradict their bosses in the administration...
...propose Nyhan's corollary: As a foreign policy debate with conservatives grows longer, the probability of a comparison with the appeasement of Nazis or Hitler approaches inevitability...
...read more by Brendan Nyhan, visit his blog at www.brendan-nyhan.com