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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:55 AM Original message |
Does anyone really think extending unemployment benefits for 6.7 million people is a bad thing? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. No, but in the face of the "deficit commission" BS, it does seem like pure crap. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
73. Thank you! eom |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. For a minute there I thought you were being serious |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. DU stands for... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
70. LMAO!!!! nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Edit: self-delete; I reacted before I read. nt |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. The only right economic answer would have been to let the ... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. So you would prefer that millions lose their unemployment benefits |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Please reread my post, the answer is there... n/t |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
64. But the benefits would not have been extended |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #64 |
112. You are looking for a yes or no answer... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. But the reality is that they are all bundled together |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. I stand by my grading of the whole bill. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #122 |
134. So you're saying the extention of tax cuts for the middle class is bad nt |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #134 |
174. Once again, read my posts. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Can you respond to the issue of "defunding" of SS.....as stated in |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. So now we are going to borrow money form China... |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. SS currently runs a surplus. It takes in more than it pays out. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Yes. All stimulus "comes from China" (or actually US Banks, which put much of their money in bonds). |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
66. So you would prefer that millions lose their unemployment benefits |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #66 |
111. Again, Please reread my post (#3), the answer is there... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. I've read it and don't need to read it again. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
140. SS will be defunded because it relies on that payroll tax to payout benefits |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #140 |
164. well said! thanks. nt |
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True_Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. I agree |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
69. Good for you |
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True_Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
135. I'm not "just trying to win a political fight" |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #135 |
147. What's going to happen in this country when ALL of that stuff goes 100% under Republican power, so |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #147 |
155. Huh? |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #135 |
154. Sounds like you are |
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True_Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #154 |
167. Reread my post then |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. National state of emergency??? |
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True_Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #168 |
175. We're talking about millions of people here |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
144. It's the Un-Employed and, by extension, the Unions who are in the driver's seat now. I approve of |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
145. BTW, Agree. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Social Security isn't being defunded. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
149. Thanks for this bit of truth! nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. Terrible! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. lol. oh, yes, of course, everyone is upset about the extension of UE. In Backwards-Land, that is. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. lol |
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Write Left (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. No, Americans support those things. Thus the folly of "compromise." |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. no |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
88. The past few months Warren Buffett & other rich have been lobbying against this disgrace. n/t |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. it`s better than nothing but.... |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. The choice was not dictated. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. $200 Billion to build the Dick Cheney Library???? |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
108. Replace building the Cheney Library... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. But building a library would employ people |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. YES when it comes at the cost of 140B in tax cuts for the rich that could be used to EMPLOY |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. How? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. They need to stop with the welfare for millionaires shit.... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yes. Chocolate is a good thing, but chocolate at $4,000/lb. is not. n/t |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Ah, the sacrifices we'll be needing to soon make for chocolate explained: |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. No, it's not a bad thing. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
24. having rich people buy expensive brandy and snort more cocaine |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I'm so laughing...... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Just don't defend any of the future Catfood austerity shit based on "the deficit" |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #67 |
121. That will happen soon enough, not doubt. nt |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Well done... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. Stick it to rich people!? You mean the 1%? Oh man...what a laugh. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
26. You've got it backwards. Unemployment benefits were held hostage |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Maybe so |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
28. Economists from WH and from those who advise Congress |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. It is not about "sticking it to the rich". It is about hamstring the capacity of the government |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. So you would prefer that millions lose their unemployment benefits |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
177. It isn't a preference but you are talking a big ass hole in resource as a trade. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
31. Won't say it's a bad thing. But, another 4.5m pissed off people... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. So cut off their benefits and hope to get their votes? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
176. Not quite. Let what's going to happen eventually, happen now. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. I think that a good WPA program would be better than extending |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. WPA Program??? |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
141. Love this idea. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
157. Worked back in the 1930s. *smile* |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
36. A Democratic majority with sense and strength would have never allowed |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. True but the GOP won the election |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. They had plenty of time to sort this out before Nov. 2. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. True. The President wanted to deal with it then nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. +1000 |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. For some on this board |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #52 |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Just read some of the posts |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. You know what makes me sick to my stomach |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Cake or Death? |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. Wow, you are so shallow in your thinking. It was blackmail that will continue. Get it? |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Unfortunately that is how government works nt |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. That's how government 'works' for about 3% of the population |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #59 |
79. But things that have nothing to with each other is how deals are make in Congress |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
123. Really? You should have explained that to Bush jr. He got everything he demanded |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #123 |
153. Actually he didn't |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
43. You're conflating several things |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. You're very naive. |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #55 |
71. you're conflating several things |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. No I'm not |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Progress. At least you don't find my second reply naive. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Just cause I didn't say it |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #91 |
100. This *does* sound naive. Let me explain what I was thinking... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. And how many of the Republican base are unemployed? |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. I'd love to know that, too! Seems like they have few by comparison, but... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. I think many in the Repubican base |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #106 |
152. The emergence of the Tea Party indicates that there's a schism... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. So you think the tea party are allies? nt |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #156 |
166. I wasn't thinking that... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #166 |
169. One thing they are in lockstep about is hating this President |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. The Tea Party people have eaten their own (Republicans) |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #170 |
173. Not to support a Democrat nt |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
46. Its really stupid to make us choose between the two as if |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Apparently, this is the binary world of the poster. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Really? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. But that is how deals are made in congress |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. I hate it. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #62 |
92. I'm sure their are Republicans that hate it too nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #92 |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
47. They should extend benefits with no strings attached. That would be doing their job |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
63. No, no one thinks that |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
65. Just don't defend anything in the future based on "the deficit", please. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. He'll defend that shit, too. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #65 |
78. So you think helping the unemployed is a bad thing |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #78 |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
75. "Stick it to rich people" - nice spin. It's wonderful to see the DLC so concerned about the |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Actually they tried to close that loophole |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #82 |
89. Absolutely not - but as I detailed in my own OP this morning - |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #89 |
94. I'm not a member of the DLC and |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Well maybe you ought to look over their materials - |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
77. No, and no one says it's bad. What is bad is that some of |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
83. I support maintaining our road system, too. But I don't think it's something that requires |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. +1 ...nt |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #83 |
93. You have any proof of your accusations? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #93 |
101. What a silly question. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. So you admit that |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #109 |
125. you'd find some way to explain it away or excuse it anyway |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
84. I seriously wonder what DUers in the President's position would have done. I'm pissed, but I also |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #84 |
95. Exactly. |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
85. Actually, I do. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #85 |
90. You ought to report scamsters. |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #90 |
103. I have. It isn't always as easy as you would think. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
86. Do you get that not collecting taxes from billionaires and corps will create MORE unemployment? |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #86 |
97. But extending benefits for million of unemployed and tax cuts to the middle class |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. It hasn't "stimulated the economy" thus far.... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. So you'd rather that the unemployed starve? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. It's not an either or proposition. Although you're presenting is as such. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. At the moment it is unfortunately is. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. "That is how government works. ... |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #110 |
117. Then we've been failing for 200 years. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #117 |
128. If everyone had YOUR "additude", we'd still be curtseying to a king. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
114. ... |
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JoseGaspar (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
116. You realize the linkage was pure bullshit, don't you? |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. The linkage is reality and how government works. nt |
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JoseGaspar (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #118 |
130. That's it? That's how "government works"? |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #130 |
158. No I mean that often two unrelated bills are linked so that |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
119. When it comes attached to a provision that will only cause MORE unemployment |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
159. Get your facts straight |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
124. It's a bad thing done by a bad man. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
126. Deleted message |
JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #126 |
160. Not a strawman |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
131. I don't like shooting puppies either. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #131 |
161. Blame the media. They help the GOP frame the argument nt |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #161 |
178. You're helping to frame it right now. eom |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
136. Nice Try . . . |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
137. It's nowhere near as good as having them all find good jobs would be, but it's better than nothing |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
138. Everyone in this thread needs to step up and say what they did in the fight for Un-Employment |
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VeryConfused (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
139. Those in need should be the first priority |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #139 |
142. Precisely!! Anything else is the same thing as the worst stuff that we accuse the Plutocrats of, jus |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #139 |
150. BTW, did you get your clearance from the Professional Left to say that? ... just kidding! |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
143. You are counting on a bird in the bush. It hasn't happened yet. |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
146. Republicans do. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #146 |
162. Very true nt |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
148. Sorta |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. I'd settle for that if I was confident it would end in 2 years, but with the way things are going, w |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
163. it should have been routine and not a political debate |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #163 |
165. +1 |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
171. It's ludicrous to think the only two options |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
172. Fool me once... |
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