Finally, someone graphically illustrates the issue of extending the tax cuts.

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I like to think Goolsbee is making the point that I have been trying to make.

Furthermore, finally we have a Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers who understands that part of his role is to explain things to the voters. This White House White Board is a great idea.

The preamble to the video on www.whitehouse.gov/whiteboard is:

Today we’re trying out something new — White House White Board, in which one of our key players on the White House team will cut through the political back-and-forth you hear every day and break down an issue affecting American families into simple, understandable terms.  Today, Austan Goolsbee, the new Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers here at the White House, tackles the tax cut fight and what it means that Congressional Republicans are “holding middle class tax cuts hostage” as the President has said:

Here is President Obama addressing 26K Cheering College Kids in Wisconsin while 200 other colleges were linked in electronically. He really lays it on the line. How could anyone remain apathetic after hearing this speech?

Thanks to MardyS for posting this on his Facebook page as a reminder to us all.

You can also see this posted in an article on TalkingPointsMemo.com