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Political mystery, a.k.a. naive question

I am trying to figure out why the likes of Senators Ben Nelson and Kent Conrad combine (a) opposing the extension of unemployment benefits on the ground that this adds to the deficit with (b) supporting extension of the Bush tax cuts by reason of the weak economy. These arguments can't really be made together in good faith.

Full post as published by Start Making Sense on July 22, 2010 (boomark / email).