1.0emptywheelhttps://www.emptywheel.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FfoJwn2EPP"><a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2009/02/11/senate-stimulus-more-to-the-upper-middle-class-than-the-poor/">Senate Stimulus: Steal from the Poor to Give to the Affluent</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.emptywheel.net/2009/02/11/senate-stimulus-more-to-the-upper-middle-class-than-the-poor/embed/#?secret=FfoJwn2EPP" width="600" height="338" title="“Senate Stimulus: Steal from the Poor to Give to the Affluent” — emptywheel" data-secret="FfoJwn2EPP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> ProPublica has done a comparison of the House and Senate stimulus packages which shows in stark fashion the degree to which the Senate bill steals from the poor to give to the affluent. The Senate bill gives more in tax cuts to the upper middle class--in the form of the AMT patch and the house flipping subsidy--than they give in all the programs targeted to the poor.https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Web-backup.jpg448448