“sugar-coated Satan sandwich”

“Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said early reports of the new deal appeared to be ‘a sugar-coated Satan sandwich.’ The Missouri Democrat said the CBC hadn’t yet made a formal declaration that the group would oppose it, ‘but this is a shady bill.'”

Within the limits of my knowledge of the details, I think I’ve been largely persuaded that this was a time for high-spending jobs programs, not for debt austerity.