Why was it good policy back in December to eliminate special interest tax breaks for the wealthiest individuals and large corporations, tax breaks, advantages in the tax code that regular folks don't get and small businesses don't get -- why was it good policy then in the name of deficit reduction but not now?

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It was our objective to go through and explain why this was not a good idea and, of course, reverse the constraint that Congress had imposed.

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I'm sure that's why Republicans in Massachusetts, and even at the Heritage Foundation, thought it was a good idea when they came up with it.

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Since dislike of being governed by a minority of Tories was a big reason why many people thought devolution was a good idea, many Labour voters may now think it is not worth the bother.

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To understand why, you need to consider both the text of the Good Friday agreement and the political context in which it was signed.

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