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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:34 PM Original message |
At this point let the damn tax cut ENTIRE program expire |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. It will be bad for middle class families with children. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I am willing to sacrifice to reverse the Republican juggernaut... |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Would it really affect anyone until tax time? |
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Wounded Bear (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Yes....withholding from paychecks would increase. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's going to be worse if we have to keep funding these tax cuts for the wealthy |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. How are the tax cuts for the wealthy hurting you, personally? |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Some of us are more concerned with the national debt. It hurts |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. What he said |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. This - also, the rich having so much money fuels speculative bubbles which mean |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. That's a large leap of logic for you to conclude that I'm not concerned with the national debt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. By sending trillions to Chindia as investment in their industrial base... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. And raising taxes on some people would automatically fix that? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. The increase in foreign investments since EGTRAA... |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. Really? You're going to pull out such a blatant right-wing argument? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Apparently Hugabear doesn't know the difference between making an argument and asking a question |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It would be bad for productive, working middle-class divorced empty-nesters like me, too |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. When push comes to shove |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. $12 per month is too much to pay |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Let them expire |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I find it odd how many DUers are willing to take pain if wealthy people get hit harder |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Maybe people are already in pain |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Pain? My god a return to the Dickensian 1990's. The horror! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Huh? It's not a desire to hit wealthy people harder. It's a desire to do what's functional, i.e. pay |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Spending hundreds of billions of dollars prosecuting futile wars screws me over |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Well then, you're like me. I don't understand why "Pro-Lifers" get to object so effectively to tax |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. The story would be different if the rich had been a little less active at fucking us over |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. "It doesn't bother me much that wealthy people don't pay higher taxes than they do." |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. It troubles me a little, but not as much as a lot of other things do |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. I am with you, Lynne. Doubtful middle class benefits are that |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. taking money out of the pockets of everyone who pays |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I agree, let them all expire if that's the alternative. |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. Americans love strong presidents |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. I agree! I'm tired of being blackmailed! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. It wouldn't matter to the un-employed. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. that is better than the rich getting |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's also better for the Deficit. nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. I thought Obama was wrong-headed about this from the first time I heard it. It's as though he |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. yes, but that too won't allow for work on DADT, Dream, or UI. |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. hmm.... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Because they can count |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. the pukkkes have declared they will do nothing till tax problem is resolved. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. +1 |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. You're right! $12 per month more for median income... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. I agree, let this bill expire and then introduce a new, Democratic |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I like that |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Obama + Bush Tax Cut Extension = Toast |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. If Repugs were actually serious about deficit spending, they'd let this happen, |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. Let them all |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Let it expire, and tell the people EVERY DAY, the repukes did it. |
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Left coast liberal (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. I am with you! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. That is what I prefer. |
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