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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:18 AM Original message |
Gene Sperling: White House 'fine' with no new revenue until 2013 |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. But of course they are |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. And they're not sweating the high rate of unemployment in the mix |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. hey they have jobs |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. I thought the Bush Tax Cuts expired in 2012? nt |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. from bloomberg |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Last time they were set to expire, same thing |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Do you really think that Republicans will allow that to happen? |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. how will they do it? it is almost like they were stupid - they should |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Too early to tell how they will do it, but I am certain they will |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is disgusting. |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. yup....Income of the wealthy was 9% of all income in the 70s. It |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. China's middle class is growing. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think Sperling was great on Fox News Sunday today. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It was certainly Fox News Classic Style... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. The White House might be fine with it, but we're not |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. think you have to factor in the dismal economy and the effect of |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Republicans will never let those tax cuts expire. |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I understand -- just wondering how they could do it - only |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. haha. we've got the same posts, posted double. Ok...maybe |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. good article |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. It really doesn't matter what they want when it comes to the tax cuts. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. They do it just like before, they grab a hostage and get what they want in exchange for |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Because spending cuts will not do that? Seriously? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. Is there a transcript of what Sterling actually said? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
22. That's what Obama was saying to begin with |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The media never bothered to report Obama never proposed tax increases to go into effect before 2013. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I'm just curious as to how in the hell |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
23. Then they are fine with a Depression |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. Absolutely bassackwards. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. There was no way he'd get them anyway, so it's moot. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
29. Yup. That's because there's no way of getting any revenue as long as the House is in GOP hands. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. If we actually get it in 2013, I'm fine with that too. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Why would anything be any different then? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The unemployment situation is everything. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. That has been the plan all along, but is being mis-reported by the media to look like a loss |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Our media never fails to play right into the hands of the Republicans |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. OK, where's Robin Hood when you need him? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Probably many here don't know who Robin Hood Legend was....they |
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