What's this I hear on Morning Joe that Chuck Schumer

on the subject we have a--holes on our side caving in.

Even Bernie Sanders said he was willing to negotiate if they raised taxes on the rich.

The problem is congress and yet Americans keep voting the same people back into office. In the end what the president says doesn't amount to a hill of beans. What matters is whether or not he has democrats in congress who can fight and get the job done.

I have some sad news. Since Reagan the democrats in congress have been bending over for the republicans.

is rich most every place else in the US. It really does cost a lot to live around here, and Schumer knows that.

you can afford a few more bucks. I am retired on SS and a small pension and less than 1/6th of that and I am willing to pay 4% more to cut the deficit as long as there are spending cuts.

but people around here who make $250,000 are living in $700,000 to $800,000 homes, driving $60,000 to $70,000 cars, not to mention the fact that everybody around here owns a boat. It's time to stop investing in expensive cars and boats and start investing in our people.

you have to have a $70,000 car and a boat, it just wouldn't look right. Have a heart for god's sake.

It's one of the reasons that I hope we don't enact any more of the Bush tax cuts. It is the only guaranteed way we have of getting the rich to pay more, since it doesn't involve any new legislation that needs to be hammered out, with compromises favoring the best lobbyists. I can afford a few more bucks if it means that the wealthy finally cough up their fair share.

I was only trying to explain Schumer's motivation. It's folks like him we need to look out for, who think that $250,000 is middle class.

I hope his message was WH approved

The dems have no idea how to push their negotiations.

Repukes start at crashing the economy

and the Dems start at:
"I'll kiss your ass if you promise not to hurt me too much..."

We need to start writing some letters to bolster their nerve!

When negotiating for ACA they should have started with universal healthcare. Instead they didn't even mention it. Now they start the negotiating on taxes at 35%?

I think even if it's misfounded it will have an psychological affect and may have a negative affect on the economy. However if they are going to come from a place of weakness on the negotiations I would prefer doing nothing. Or, they could use the do nothing option as a starting point. I know I've heard at least a few people mention doing nothing including my own senator Patty Murray. Maybe this could be a good negotiating starting point.

And said "the Thirty-Nine Six" (39.6%) that the President is looking for. which was the Clinton level.

once it's done? That sounds like something Romney would do..

regardless, it's because of this kind of propensity among many elected Democrats that I'm looking for ways to organize with others to fight the right, yes, AND to keep pressure on the Dems.