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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:38 PM Original message |
Why should Obama have to tell people they got a tax cut? Shouldn't they already know? |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. They don't know cause the American people are idiots! |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep we're idiots |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. He should have said the majority are idiots. I agree wholeheartedly. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yep, the majority don't have a clue. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. They have a clue whether their income taxes went up or down. |
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smitty (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Including yourself? |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. They believe what they see on the tube. Tha TEa Party fools have been |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. exactly. that said, |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because they don't do their own taxes |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Crazy, ain't it? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Several reasons for this: |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. You are decidedly correct on 1 thru 3...The Dems need a humongous PR Lesson...They absolutely |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. several reasons |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. ONLY $400 or $800? Who is it that makes so much that $400 |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. lots of people actually |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Scraps. Tax the rich at Eisenhower levels and then we'll talk. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. . |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. But the additional $400 was on top of the Bush tax cuts, so |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. It's insignificant in terms of overall budgeting if you are not EITC eligible |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. No, it isn't great. Anyone who would change their yearly budget on that basis really would be |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You are right, it did not change many lives. But it was nice and |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. All I know is that I triple checked my tax return because I couldn't |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. The average person doesn't know their ass from a hole in the ground. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. "The American people are stupid" OR the tax savings were so damn minor they didn't make a dent. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. They know.. they just don't really care... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Most people are idiots. Most people need to be told. (nt) |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think you are mistaking the average person for the average DUer |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hate Radio/Big Media |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Everything has to be repeated over and over. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. They don't know because the cuts were too piddling to make any difference |
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