The " Cliff " vote is being controlled IMO by the 1 %

[goclark]

The Rethugs are trying their best to say it is the view
of the " more conservative members of their party that don't want to make a deal." Leaving the impression that they are speaking about the
" TeaBaggers."


WRONG! Most of the TeaBaggers ....exception for Judge Thomas and his wife etc.) are not RICH.


They may be crazy to be Rethugs but they know what not having a dime to rub against a quarter looks like -- they may be on food stamps and they sure need their Social Security.

The sticking point that I have heard in the last hour is that the Rethugs are not going for the " tax on the 1%."

Did anyone else hear it another way?

Why is that important, it's because the 1 % is Running the Show! They are funding all the Congress members campaigns and giving them money under the table and over the table.

What a wonderful New Year it would be to have the Rethugs stop kissing up to the 1% and kiss up to America.

[DJ13]

1. the Rethugs are not going for the " tax on the 1%."

Fine, then it goes up all on its own a a couple of days.

No problem.

[goclark]

4. I couldn't believe my ears

when I heard that CONGRESS was getting a pay raise --- I had to take my Blood Pressure Pill early.

Think it was Joe Johns that said it.

[John2]

2. Or it could

mean something else. They have kept this drum beat up about cutting entitlements. Spending like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. I think cutting those might mean more to the top percent than raising taxes by a few points. If they can get rid of those programs, it would be a big wind fall for the Top percent. Wall Street has been after those programs for years. The more they chip away, the more those programs will disappear. The most people I see complaining about these programs are the very wealthy. They seem to want to make the American people peasants.

[goclark]

3. Thanks for giving us your prospective

I have a friend that is in the "1 %."

He was almost at the point of tears when OBAMA won.

He had been telling everyone that "nobody better try to mess with a dime of my money- not a DIME!"

Have any real Teabaggers said anything about wanting to give to the 1 % ?

I am still waiting to hear them say it.