Reid’s Super-Com picks: Tax lovers and earmarkers

‘Reid Leads Senate as Compromise Avoids Fiscal Catastrophe’—That’s the laughable title of a video parked at Sen. Harry Reid’s official government website. Had Reid actually led the Senate from November 2006-November 2010 when Democrats had full control of Congress, the politics of the debt ceiling fight could’ve been avoided. The fiscal catastrophe was not, by the way, averted. It’s still there. (Screen snip from video at US government website)Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) picks for the new Super Committee share one thing in common. They’re all tax and spend progressives. Two are champion earmarkers.

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