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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:06 AM Original message |
Poll question: Would you prefer to see Obama create a major jobs program |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why does it have to be either or. How about doing both |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. That's the right answer!!! n/t |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. My vote |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. I+1. Write in lunatica's idea. nt |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. while ending the phony wars! would be nice as well |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, we really do need to end the wars. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. We unemployed deserve at least as much help as the bankster. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. Large-scale jobs program, but we've got to let those $250K+ tax |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. More a new GI Bill For All rather than another WPA - emphasize education, small biz loans |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yep. Jobs program with a 1 trillion dollar budget, paid for by the F.I.R.E vertical |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. How hard is it to vote for someone else paying for everything? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No danger the middle-class will be exempted from paying most of the taxes - unless we're no longer |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. My point is that if Americans could vote to have someone else pay for everything they would. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You're right - not a chance in hell that we'll get a truly progressive tax structure - look who |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well, why not? Those at the top have been voting to let the workers carry the burden for 30 years |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yet when you don't pay anything benefits requested have no ceiling. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes, that's what they've done, alright. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I agree the payroll tax increase was a scam. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Did you realize that prior to Reagan you could deduct any amount you put in retirement funds? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I know that before Reagan wages were going up and the middle class was growing. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Investing is investing. They don't differentiate if it goes to foreign or domestic investments. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Sorry, there is a difference in foreign investment and domestic. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. There are no difference in escaping income taxes in retirement plans based on where there funds were |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The ONLY people who "don't pay anything" are those at the top. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Don't pay anything in federal taxes I mean. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. "It's easy to want more from the federal government if you yourself don't ... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Actually there is a ceiling on this, |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Please start using my expression "The Deadbeat Rich" from now on. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. +1,000,000 nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Wealth is so heavily concentrated, there's only one place to get it. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That would actually be pretty fair. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. It is true |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. All well and good once the bottom 98% get back some of what the top 2% have stolen. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. Why not use unemployment insurance money to hire people? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. 100-200 billion program should be sufficient, with two caveats - |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. I want the President to dump this "free trade" nonesense, |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I don't mind free trade but as you imply, we import more than |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I don't think that it is possible under current trade circumstances for us |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yes, and it should be a trillion dollar program. |
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