What's Frist babbling about re: Estate Tax/Minimum Wage on CSPAN2

[Skidmore]

Just tuned in. He was saying something about they had arrived at a compromise? Who is they?

[acmavm]

1. Comprimise? With the repubs that probably means no raise

in the minimun wage but they will put an end to the estate tax.

I hope not.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Frist started talking after Reid. I just saw the end of Reid. He was

saying - "This isn't the Senate anymore, this is Alice in Wonderland, we have truly gone down the rabbit hole" (paraphrasing).

[Democrat 4 Ever]

3. Reid spoke right before Frist and laid into Frist and the neocons

about minimum wage, estate tax. Frist got up and just spewed KKKarl's talking points.

Another day, another dollar for Frist in the Senate. If Frist's mouth is moving than he is lying out his ass. Ignores deficits, estate tax is just wrong, wrong, wrong.

I'm so sick and tired of this bunch I could scream.

[babylonsister]

4. Repigs trying to JUSTIFY their crookedness. nt

[Skidmore]

5. Ah, jeez, someone found Judd Gregg's battery pack again.

He's throwing out "straw dogs" talk, and Frist is talking about "straw men," all of whom apparently are millionaire farmers or restraunteurs.

Frist just said that "this is hugh." Exclamation point.

[babylonsister]

6. Reid and Durbin, making the case. They're doing good, but

who's listening?

[Poppyseedman]

7. What the rethugs want to do is really pretty simple

Tie lower estate taxes to the minimum wage increase so the small business owners will be able to swallow a minimum wage hike ( political cover )and get a better deal in the future with lower estate taxes when they pass on their business.

Of course the devil is in the details so I'm waiting to see how they shake it out.

[babylonsister]

8. Sure. And there's absolutely nothing about what the repigs want

that smacks of putting more money into the pockets of the uber-wealthy.
If that were the case, make the lower/nonexistant estate taxes apply only
to small business owners.

[idgiehkt]

11. roflmao

good point, lol.

[Bandit]

10. Except this will only effect a very small percentage of Americans

less than a half of one percent...

[acmejack]

9. It is going to benefit 7500 people according to Thom Hartmann.