let the bush tax cuts expire

Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude

patriot and widower
no tax cuts for the top 2% period

if the reps want to play hard ball, let all of the tax cuts expire and help the deficit
 
Schadenfreude said:
no tax cuts for the top 2% period

if the reps want to play hard ball, let all of the tax cuts expire and help the deficit
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After pledging to not raise taxes on anyone who makes under $200k you think Obama is going to let everyone's taxes rise? Politically speaking the man isn't suicidal.
 
Wealth and Inequality in America

Schadenfreude said:
no tax cuts for the top 2% period

if the reps want to play hard ball, let all of the tax cuts expire and help the deficit
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I agree with you, I only hope Obama makes a stand on this issue and does not compromise with the arrogant asshole reps!
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Wealth and Inequality in America
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I especially liked the bullshit given to us by
Signalmankenneth, better known as the biggest pinhead on JJP

He gets his lies from "businessinsider".....
It actually sounds like a legit source until you read their DISCLAIMER


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cawacko said:
i still don't understand what you are saying. Republicans are getting a free pass on not cutting taxes? Is that what you are trying to say? I don't understand what that means.
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the reps are holding up everything in the senate in order to get taxes cuts for the upper 2% of taxpayers

they are claiming (falsely) that the majority of the voters want tax cuts for all so they can get a pass on holding up everything else
 
Schadenfreude said:
the reps are holding up everything in the senate in order to get taxes cuts for the upper 2% of taxpayers

they are claiming (falsely) that the majority of the voters want tax cuts for all so they can get a pass on holding up everything else
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You do remember Obama's pledge to not raise taxes on anyone who makes less than $200k? So there is no chance he is going to try your strategy in your opening post. That would be close to just handing the Republicans the White House in 2012.

As far as the Republicans strategy if they have misread the voters they will get their *ss kicked in the 2012 elections like they did in 2006 and 2008.
 
Schadenfreude said:
the reps are holding up everything in the senate in order to get taxes cuts for the upper 2% of taxpayers

they are claiming (falsely) that the majority of the voters want tax cuts for all so they can get a pass on holding up everything else
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Nooo... Democrats are being dragged kicking and screaming to renew the Bush tax cuts, by stonewalling with yet another plea to class envy. They think good ole John McCain or Lindsay Graham will come along and form a Coalition of Cavers on the Republican side, who seem to be content with Democrats committing further political suicide by increasing everyone's taxes. There's no Gang of Goodoers left, just a GOP intent on showing the Tea Party they understand how things are going to be done now...they got the message.

The majority of people without their partisan head up their ass, understand that we shouldn't raise ANY taxes right now, it would be bad for the economy. You don't have to be a Republican to understand this, you just have to use your fucking brain, and stop parroting like a hack.
 
Id love to run on the campaign that during this recovery the I stood up against a tax give away to the top two precent instead of a larger cut for the middle class.
 
I thought they still had the majority till Jan 1? In any regards they should have taken care of this business prior to the election. Now he will have to bend some. I would suggest that they make the under 250K permanent and 2year extension on the over 250k.
 
Chapdog said:
I thought they still had the majority till Jan 1? In any regards they should have taken care of this business prior to the election. Now he will have to bend some. I would suggest that they make the under 250K permanent and 2year extension on the over 250k.
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Now see, that is a decent compromise. The question is, will either side bend any?
 
Remember the movie Dave? When they were sitting around the table crunching the numbers trying to keep a jobs bill or something like that and all his handlers (political advisors) were sweating bullets at what he was doing...and in the end they worked it out so a good thing happened. Wouldn't it be great if something like that could actually happen in Washington? I don't want to get into the politics of the movie...I mean I barely remember the details, but I'd love to see some cooperation like this really happen.
 
leaningright said:
Remember the movie Dave? When they were sitting around the table crunching the numbers trying to keep a jobs bill or something like that and all his handlers (political advisors) were sweating bullets at what he was doing...and in the end they worked it out so a good thing happened. Wouldn't it be great if something like that could actually happen in Washington? I don't want to get into the politics of the movie...I mean I barely remember the details, but I'd love to see some cooperation like this really happen.
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I think that is how it use to work in Washington, there was compromise all the time and compromise that benefited the people! I liked that movie!
 
Chapdog said:
I thought they still had the majority till Jan 1? In any regards they should have taken care of this business prior to the election. Now he will have to bend some. I would suggest that they make the under 250K permanent and 2year extension on the over 250k.
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as a reasonable compromise, i agree, but the repubs are not reasonable
 
Schadenfreude said:
as a reasonable compromise, i agree, but the repubs are not reasonable
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After yesterday's events (forcing a vote on keeping the tax rate the same for those under $250K) I have to say that the democrats look as unreasonable as the republicans. The only reason that vote was taken was to try to gain political leverage for future elections.

I am not saying that the republicans wouldn't do/haven't done the same sort of thing but you know, I have to call a spade a spade and both sides seem very unreasonable. The democrats could have offered something like chap suggested and the republicans could have counter-offered such a deal. Neither did and we all lose.
 
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