tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826806328399358366.post3686642206030681176..comments2023-05-30T04:11:57.894-06:00Comments on Steam Powered Opinions: and The American Prospect agrees...Steve Balbonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05238259030777462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826806328399358366.post-25335346501834609782009-12-29T12:19:30.654-07:002009-12-29T12:19:30.654-07:00Funding is one area where a split the difference c...Funding is one area where a split the difference compromise between the House and the Senate, as opposed to a my way or the highway approach that favors the Senate bill, seems possible and even likely.<br /><br />While the cost of the bill has been a political hot potato, rheotric in opposition to the bills has not focused much on the sources of those revenues, and the positions of the key players on revenue sources are not deeply entrenched.<br /><br />For example, the House high income taxpayer rate increases could be cut in half, in return for a big cut in the Senate revenue raisers (such as the excise tax on expensive health insurance plans, perhaps by make it a revenue raising as opposed to a punitive tax by reducing the tax rate).Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.com