“That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so. That's certain to be reversed, that's going to disappear. The Republicans are going to slash the rich's taxes.” MadeImportantCertainLevelsRichRepublicanTaxesMajorsBillsClintonRaisedDisappearInequalityAccomplishment Author:Jonathan Chait
“Republicans fighting back against changes Obama made means those changes are important, as with most of the major progress in American history.” MeanMadeImportantFightingProgressRepublicanMajorsAmerican HistoryFighting Back Author:Jonathan Chait
“I'm convinced in 100 years Obama will have an important place in the civic pantheon of American life.” YearsImportantConvincedCivicsAmerican LifePantheon Author:Jonathan Chait
“One of the things we've learned during the Obama era is how important norms are, because we've seen how the Republican Party behaved against Obama. So much of what they did was to smash pre-existing norms, which were nothing more than assumptions of how people would behave, which didn't have any real basis in rules or limits.” PeopleImportantRealPartyRepublicanLimitsBasesErasBehaveAssumptionRepublican PartyNorm Author:Jonathan Chait
