Ezra Klein lays it out on unemployment benefits vs. repeal of estate tax

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Not stark enough for you? Here's how that spending breaks down by year:



Not only do estate tax cut proposals add much, much more to the deficit in the medium-term than unemployment benefits do, they continue to grow more expensive over time, at least for as long as we have estimates. Supporting estate tax cuts but not unemployment benefits indicates something about a politician, but it's hardly proof of a deep, serious interest in cutting the deficit.

By Ezra Klein
July 14, 2010

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/07/research_desk_compares_whats_t.html#more