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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:43 PM Original message |
Aren't 8 horrific years of Bush proof enough that his tax cuts should come to a screeching halt? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Apparently not. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. "The deal will, without question, give the economy a short-term boost." |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Big deal. All you care about is a short term boost? What good is that in the long run |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "All you care about is a short term boost?" Don't you? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. No I do not. I want a long term, more traditional Democratic solution. Haven't I made that clear? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Where's the plan? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Stand our ground. Repeal Bush's tax cuts. Use the revenue for what ails this country. Stop the wars. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. He didn't promise to repeal the tax cuts for the middle class |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. So there you go. Repeal ALL of Bush's tax cuts. It will be the best for the country and us. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. "We need to stop thinking in terms of putting a few extra bucks in our pocket " |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Rampant Speculation In The Securities And Real Estate Market Is What Brought Us To The Verge |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Hmm a bit of a simplification. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. We want a stimulus that gets real mileage for the amount of money |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm not sure "opposed to it" means what you think it does. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Stop cherry-picking Krugman |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. "cherry-picking "? |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Jumping out of a skyscraper window will, without question, produce a short-term sensation of flying. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. "Short term" = "just up until election time." |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Sort of like giving an addict in withdrawal a little more dope |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Republicans will say 2001-2006 were great |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I've heard that one personally... |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Indeed! |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Tell it to the Dem.-controlled Senate which REJECTED that reasoning. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. The people that benefited the most from the tax cuts did not |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Eight? Hell, it's been almost 30 years! |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. What Happens |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. He wouldn't be raising taxes. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Who Am I Going To Believe? You Or My Lying Eyes |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Can You Give Yourself a + 1 |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Interesting |
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crazylikafox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. There you go with those pesky facts again |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Worst argument ever. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. After reading your post, likewise. nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. If Being A Democrat Means Taxing The Hell Out Of The Poor I'm Retiring My Handle |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Obama's tax cuts are the same as Bush's tax cuts. Oh wait, that's right ............. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. One would fucking think so. |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. This damn capitulation just makes me so damn irate! |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes, of course. But what does that have to do with anything? |
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