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Monday, September 7

Excise taxes and health care reform

Ezra explains how Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-ND MT) plans to do a good thing in an inefficient way. Ah, politics.

posted 5:18 PM

Labels: ezra klein, healthcare, politics, senate

2 comments:

AnonymousTuesday, September 8, 2009 at 1:16:00 AM CDT
Max Baucus is not (D-ND) He is from MT. Just for the record.
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Gherald LTuesday, September 8, 2009 at 1:18:00 AM CDT
Doh, right.
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