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Van Jones: Stop worrying about the deficit. The government can just take more money from rich companies | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment:

DETROIT - JUNE 16: Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, White House Council on Environmental Quality, sits on the panel of a Town Hall meeting on the topic of "Vision for America" at the National Summit June 16, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. The National Summit is a three-day gathering of business, labor, government and academic leaders designed to develop and promote America's competiveness in a global economy. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NV — While the federal government sinks deeper into debt than any time since World War II, former White House “green jobs” adviser Anthony Van Jones said it was time to stop worrying about budget deficits and pressure Washington to take more money from American businesses to fund larger social and infrastructure projects.

“This is a rich country. We have plenty of money, and if you don’t believe me, ask Haliburton,” Jones told a group of progressive bloggers and activists at the Netroots Nation convention Friday. “There’s plenty of money out there; don’t fall into the trap of this whole deficit argument.”

“The only question is how to spend it,” he added.

American corporations currently face the second-highest corporate tax rate in the world, according to the Tax Foundation.

Jones, who rejoined the Center for American Progress after resigning from his White House post amid criticism for signing a petition calling for an investigation of the Bush administration’s prior knowledge of the September 11 terrorist attacks, also urged progressives to ease up on the criticism of President Obama.

“This is harder than it looks,” he said. “Having spent six months in the White House, it’s a totally different experience when you’re sitting there and the missiles are coming over the horizon at you.”

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The absolute hypocrisy of these socialists is so transparent and one sided it makes me physically ill. In one breath Van Jones tells people to ease up on the critisim of Obama because it is harder than it looks .. he knows because he spent 6 months in the white house. In the next breath he takes pot shots and plays the favorite game of the socialist liars "Blame Bush" by stating: “I can’t stand it, President Obama volunteered to be the captain of the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.”

To be honest I can't stand it either. The man is such a one sided, socialist he can not apply his own advice to himself. ~~ The Munz