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In reply to the discussion: Obama, how DARE you cave on tax cuts for the rich & then raid Social Security to pay for them [View all]FirstLight
(13,360 posts)1. I hope to god he isn;t gonna go there
what happened to mandate?
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Obama, how DARE you cave on tax cuts for the rich & then raid Social Security to pay for them [View all]
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2012
OP
Huh, a conscience and some balls would keep him from following through on with such a bad plan.
iemitsu
Dec 2012
#59
It really shows how far to the right the Democratic Party has shifted, doesn't it?
CrispyQ
Dec 2012
#91
Shifted my ass! They are bought and paid for, that is the only explanation!
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#104
He hasn't fucking done anything yet because the Republicans haven't agreed to it yet
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2012
#10
I wanted to "contact" Pelosi, who endorses this legislation, to let her know I emphatically disagree
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#105
It is far far more than the usual subjects and of that I am completely delighted. After all the
plethoro
Dec 2012
#21
All he has to do is nothing, and the tax cuts expire.... Which he failed at doing last time
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#68
Let the Bush Tax Cuts expire! Negotiate a tax cut for the middle class in the upcoming year.
RickFromMN
Dec 2012
#24
if the GOP agrees to the cuts (but why would they, they believe he'll give them even more!) the DEM
Divine Discontent
Dec 2012
#27
What we should be doing is making it clear to the Democrats in Congress is that,
dflprincess
Dec 2012
#56
Point is, if Obama isn't going to threaten the GOP with going over the cliff or else
harun
Dec 2012
#88
I'll repeat something I just posted as a reply in the center of this thread
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2012
#84
Winning what? There is no winning. He put us in check by simply accepting the framing.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#89
He's done no such thing. Until I see a plan, all this whining is senseless. GOBAMA!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#101
I remember moderate Republicans. They weren't hostile to Social Security.
kenny blankenship
Dec 2012
#108
That is exactly what it is: an extreme RW ploy in which social security benefits are reduced
indepat
Dec 2012
#115
Stealing from the poor to pay the rich is "austerity". Socialized theft. Disaster capitalism.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#118
As we are seeing here, having a 2nd Term POTUS has it's DOWNSIDES as well.
99th_Monkey
Dec 2012
#126