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TheMastersNemesis

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1. The GOP Actually Wanted ALL THE CUTS Be Made On The Domestic Side. All $85 Billion Plus -

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 10:15 AM

Mar 2013

they wanted Social Security and Medicare cut or privatized, Medicaid sent to the states, permanent Bush tax cuts and an INCREASE in the Pentagon budget. They said they WOULD NOT INCREASE THE DEBT LIMIT UNLESS IT WAS DON 'THEIR WAY". Sequestration was a "fall back" position just to get the debt ceiling raised.

The GOP position now is that they want MORE CUTS and NO NEW REVENUE PERMANENTLY!!!!

The media is letting the GOP hide its agenda.

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We need more tax increases or there will be more painful cuts. [View all] kentuck Mar 2013 OP

The GOP Actually Wanted ALL THE CUTS Be Made On The Domestic Side. All $85 Billion Plus - TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #1

But that was before the Bush taxcuts were set to expire. kentuck Mar 2013 #2

Actually They Wanted The Bush Tax Cuts To Be Permanent TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #3

???? kentuck Mar 2013 #4

They Were Caught In A Box On The Bush Tax Cuts - TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #5

That is true but kentuck Mar 2013 #12

If You Dig Deep Enough The True GOP Agenda Reveals Itself. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #7

What? oldhippie Mar 2013 #6

Yeah.....pretty sure he meant "below"....nt Wounded Bear Mar 2013 #8

Yes The Taxes Were Raised Above 450K. But - TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #10

Sorry kentuck Mar 2013 #13

If we stopped our quest for world domination, that would save much more that cutting any domestic RC Mar 2013 #9

The GOP Wants ALL Domestic Problems Given To The Churches And Private Charities. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #11

Once again, this piece by Lakoff is essential reading nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #14