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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:08 PM Original message |
There it is: "Let's Make a Deal: Obama Poised to Break Campaign Promise and Extend Tax Cuts" |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. If he let middle class tax cuts expire, he would also be breaking one of his biggest promises. n/t |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. We'll get about 500 bucks. Bazillionaires get big bux, no sacrifice. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Hell, that wouldn't even pay for half a dental crown |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. This is pure media speculation |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. It's 310 billion per year. A family of 4 making 40k total would lose over 2500/year. |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Your facts were a little off.. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I'm not sure why you pick a completely different example, and then claim my numbers for my example |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. The savings are CREDIT for people with kids... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Oh yeah, I don't disagree with you there. My examples were for families, not single adults. |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Exactly... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. No he would not |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Obama could introduce his own middle class tax cuts and have the Republicans vote |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nope. Rec'd n/t |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, it's a helluva deal that sensible Democrats should support |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's some hefty spin. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Here's some non-spin: |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Shit. |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. +1 |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. gah! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. Shocking. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. No. I am no longer what I voted for.....but it was not this... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Somewhere in D.C., an olive forest has been clearcut and denuded. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. Yes he can. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think the average person would be happy that the wealthy did not make out like bandits, even if |
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blueknight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. i told you guys |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Yep...how right you are. I think of all the work I did to help get this guy elected... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. In theory, yeah, but when you have not one single dollar in your wallet to feed |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The economy is not improving. It will be worse in the spring, then he can ram it down their throats. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. On the upside, he's running out of promises to break. n/t |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
66. Love your optimism! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. Even though I HATE this, there's no way he'd go for it without assurance of Unemployment |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. This price is way too high. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It was going to come to this |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Obama thanks you for your blind support. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. And most of us will pay for the huge loss of revenue from the billionaire tax GIVEAWAYS later! |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. But Wait, There Is More |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Wait |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. What do you call someone outwitted by a clown? |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Yes, inded they are all clowns and laughing their heads off at Obama. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. No. But, it's what I expected from a centrist professional politician. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
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ThinkerFeeler (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. Did you see Glen Ford's article? |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Good find |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Welcome to DU |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. A very sad +1 for the truth. n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. He never campaigned on that if you were paying attention! |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hold fire until he actually does it. (nt) |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Actually, that's the wrong approach |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I would suggest that in the case of health care it wasn't a good strategy. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Voted for torture Ford said it all last month... |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. So Yertle the Turtle and his merry band of fuckheads |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. Oh, House of Representatives! |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Why? So the next Republican house can pass the tax cuts, but this time without unemployment? n/t |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yep. n/t |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Come on, people...McConnell is negotiating in public |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'll bet the 'unemployment benefits extension' |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. I don't think the republicans will allow the extension of UE Benefits. It is something |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
51. And they will expire in 2013 just so they can be a 2012 campaign issue |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
53. Do the f'n math Dems... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. So, 33 billion for the poor in exchange for 800 Billion for the uber rich |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
57. What will happen when the republicans renege on the extension on UE Benefits |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. It'll still happen. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
59. the sell out continues. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
63. Do You think he Really Cares? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Well, we officially know know who's side he's on. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. I can't believe this is what I voted for. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
67. "Tax cuts don't matter if you don't have a job." |
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