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vroomvroom (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:59 PM Original message |
82% Obama Voters Will Vote To Reelect Him If He Raises Taxes On The Rich |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Have you noticed he can't do this by himself? |
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Mr Deltoid (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. No |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. So he automatically drops back and punts. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. How is tax cuts not expiring the same thing? It would |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. If Bush taxcuts expire, WE ALL PAY MORE |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. the tax code needs to changed to the ultra rich and catch offshore tax dodgers |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. The BEST tax reform will look like this.. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. have to find a way to stop loopholes so that multimillionaires seem to use |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I don't know the math well enough ... |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Actually my tax reform proposal encourages capitalism but is also fair |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. It may ... |
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Shrek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Huntsman is proposing something close to that |
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Mr Deltoid (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. And the economy achieves primary balance in about 4 years |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Sadly ... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. The problem is that he CAN'T raise taxes on the rich. He can't change the tax code |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The fight is still important. To try but fail is sometimes more important |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Obama said his grandmother taught him that. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. You're right. We need a better Congress. I'm going to campaign for Congressional Dems instead of... |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. He could have raised taxes on the rich right before the midterms. He could have |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. You need to throw your lot with Governor Goodhair. |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You don't scare me, I have just been told a President can't do much of anything, |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It has nothing to do with scaring anyone but |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Supporting false flag Republicans is not going to help, it only weakens opposition in congress to |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. There was a point when we had the House, Senate, and WH, and Obama still |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Forty one percent of respondents said that they would be less likely support his reelection... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. ok graham, now explain to us how to pass that through a teabagging House. |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. BULLY PULPIT!!! |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That would just be a "pretty speech" |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Oh, there you go asking a reality-based question. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. To raise taxes on the rich, all he had to do was to do nothing, and the cuts would have expired. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've come to realize he's not caving to Republicans. He's doing what be believes is right. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. He's doing what he thinks is politically expedient |
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notGaryOldman (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. 82% ? |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. He won't do it because that's where he gets his campaign money. Small donors aren't going to |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
35. Hell, I'd be thrilled if he'd fight for just this one thing. |
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