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SELLOUT! This is NOT what we voted for! He ran on $250k and now is pushing $450K. Guess who is going [View all]

to pick up the difference. Yes, you guessed it, the working class will.

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SELLOUT! This is NOT what we voted for! He ran on $250k and now is pushing $450K. Guess who is going [View all]	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	OP
I hope you have someone to help you change your diaper.	phleshdef	Dec 2012	#1
How does this childish response add anything...	Wind Dancer	Dec 2012	#35
My response was no more or less childish than the post I was responding to.	phleshdef	Dec 2012	#39
+1 ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2012	#83
I'd call it just a bit more than an inch, really	Bake	Dec 2012	#115
You really don't understand, do you ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2012	#132
I understand math.	Bake	Jan 2013	#163
At least he's using his words this year...	freshwest	Jan 2013	#162
Oh goody.	bunnies	Dec 2012	#2
C'est la lutte finale!	BeyondGeography	Dec 2012	#3
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Comrade_McKenzie	Dec 2012	#4
classic! insult and attack the messenger. Lame asslicking stenographer apologist!	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#8
That's not an insult. It's a good suggestion.	NYC Liberal	Dec 2012	#10
bwahahahahaha	CatWoman	Dec 2012	#72
(spits cranberry juice on keyboard) +a million	Number23	Dec 2012	#120
I'm far less concerned with the income tax rate than with those of capital gains and inheritance.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#5
NBC reporting	alcibiades_mystery	Dec 2012	#19
No, not really	Report1212	Dec 2012	#25
Cliff = 55% over $1M inheritance, 25% cap gains from $0.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#26
if you're measuring against the cliff	alcibiades_mystery	Dec 2012	#29
Well, that's the crux of the biscuit, isn't it? The whole thing is another in the series of	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#63
You assume that Congress won't reinstate middle-class tax cuts. They will. That much is certain.	leveymg	Dec 2012	#112
I don't think it's certain at all	alcibiades_mystery	Dec 2012	#114
They just announced UI has been extended for a year without offset. They'll extend the middle-class	leveymg	Dec 2012	#116
As part of the very deal you're otherwise shitting on...?	alcibiades_mystery	Dec 2012	#118
The Grand Deal included SS "reform". That won't happen - the measures will be considered separately	leveymg	Jan 2013	#156
Exactly.	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#159
Cliff = two million cut off from UE	SpartanDem	Dec 2012	#33
There is no public housing out here and block grants = another few hundred thousand bucks in a	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#45
And Yet it was rejected because good is dumb	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#40
The President has not even reached the podium yet.....	monmouth3	Dec 2012	#6
Yes, this post was somewhat premature	CJCRANE	Dec 2012	#12
Wacth out!! The Obamnapologists are out in force!!	bowens43	Dec 2012	#7
Seriously Bowen! Classic blame and ridicule the messenger tactics! Pathetic! Probably paid trolls!	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#9
This message was self-deleted by its author	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#14
Who are you to assert that anyone	bama_blue_dot	Dec 2012	#32
Welcome to DU. We need more blue-bloods from your part of the country.	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#93
YEAH! Democrats on a board for Democrats are.. paid... trolls...	dionysus	Dec 2012	#129
so apparently, are the pamper filling despair trolls.	dionysus	Dec 2012	#128
Kick The Can.....nt	global1	Dec 2012	#11
Your despair is noted.	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#13
No need to negotiate! He has a mandate. Only a Chamberlain would negotiate with fascists. I'm suppos	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#16
Ooh lookee me! I'll end every sentence with an exclamation point! And spout off nonsense with no...	phleshdef	Dec 2012	#18
You're ridicule is noted. I will refrain from responding in kind as it serves no purpose to	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#22
Its more difficult than you could ever imagine.	phleshdef	Dec 2012	#27
+1 LOL!!!!	FSogol	Dec 2012	#24
BOOM! Some people really need to sit their asses down and read the Constitution.	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#95
Good luck with that, considering the gerrymandered districts we ceded in 2010.	MH1	Jan 2013	#167
!!1!1!1!! eleventy!11!1!	dionysus	Dec 2012	#61
Yes, you're correct.	billh58	Dec 2012	#84
Where have I heard this shit before?	JTFrog	Dec 2012	#119
Because 450k is middle class!	Marrah_G	Dec 2012	#15
Oh	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#155
$400/$450 is a cave? Republicans cave on the principle, on the rate level, and on additional rates!	alcibiades_mystery	Dec 2012	#17
Please no logic	SpartanDem	Dec 2012	#21
+a gazillion	peacebird	Dec 2012	#28
It is a good deal given	Harmony Blue	Dec 2012	#23
Thank you for your response. While the details haven't been released I am wondering what your source	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#34
your original post was written like "squat"	Kolesar	Jan 2013	#151
What? Happy New Year to you too.	In Truth We Trust	Jan 2013	#165
Perhaps ypou should read Robert Reichs take on this:	In Truth We Trust	Jan 2013	#169
Here's my reply, already posted elsewhere	alcibiades_mystery	Jan 2013	#170
Blame Chuck Schumer and other Senate Democrats	frazzled	Dec 2012	#20
In Schumer's state, $250,000 per year for a family of four is not excessive earnings.	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#97
That's a Dentist or a Plumber married to a nurse in NJ.	Walk away	Dec 2012	#113
The difference between 250k and 450k is not worth extending unemployment to you	Recursion	Dec 2012	#30
Never expected $250.000 number to stick. It was always subject	kiranon	Dec 2012	#31
That is how negotiations work.	Harmony Blue	Dec 2012	#36
Some on DU don't understand the art of negotiation. The world is simple to them. nt	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#99
That's because everything is cabitchalation...get ha	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#160
And another episode of HairOnFireUnderground begins.	JoePhilly	Dec 2012	#37
obama crushed out a cigarette in my kitteh's eye. he wants us all to die too Joe. he is a very evil	dionysus	Dec 2012	#60
I have a feeling I'll be using "Trash This Thread" a whole bunch tonight.	GoCubsGo	Dec 2012	#94
What did you expect. There are some here that only see a black and white world.	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#100
People on the left who refuse to compromise are identical to teabaggers who refuse to compromise.	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#38
Exactly!!	polmaven	Dec 2012	#41
It has been a one-way process whereby the people on the left continually "compromise"	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#43
Can I offer you a bucket of water	babylonsister	Dec 2012	#46
I would hope for a FDR leasder...don't know what you hope for? Keep the water, you may need it.	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#48
FDR had a massively Democratic House AND Senate	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#49
Well said.	randome	Dec 2012	#54
Obama better leader then FDR? Really? Wow. just fucking wow. You are talking about a man who led us	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#58
About 20 times better leader, in fact.	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#64
bush accomplished more than obama albeit all terrible. To even push such gibberish is very revealing	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#68
Actually, no. Bush didn't.	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#69
Obama, had he been the leader you portend him to be, then we wouldn't be having this discussion at	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#82
If Obama was the piss poor leader YOU CLAIM	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#85
Doesn't come close to FDR who cleaned up wall st, created the SEC, created jobs through the TVA, WPA	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#96
Ahhh, now it becomes clear.	billh58	Dec 2012	#90
You see nothing but the brilliance of your own suppositions and that is in itself pathetic. You know	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#104
Aww, now it's an	billh58	Dec 2012	#123
"anyone but Obama" sect who are currently swarming on DU."	Number23	Dec 2012	#121
Too true, and they're	billh58	Dec 2012	#125
LMAO	NYC Liberal	Jan 2013	#147
FDR governed during a time when patronage was still big and rebels could be punished	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#103
My pony just drank my half full glass of water!!!111	greatauntoftriplets	Dec 2012	#107
This guy is totally bald by now.	DevonRex	Jan 2013	#142
Again, you apparently do not understand what the word "compromise" means	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#47
see my post 43	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#50
The post you just replied to was a REPLY to post 43	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#51
The may I suggest you actually read it.	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#56
I read it	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#57
you obviously have reading comprehension issues.	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#66
Apparently, you are politically naive.	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#67
Apparently you are a condescending individual. Yes, lets compromise. Lets have "peace in our time".	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#87
And again, I say your stance is the same as a teabagger's stance.	RomneyLies	Dec 2012	#88
I was looking for a tea party taliban meme. I found this, it's close to what I've heard lately:	freshwest	Jan 2013	#143
It is called a negotiation for a reason.	Jennicut	Dec 2012	#42
Please see my post 43 above.	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#44
This is not an argument. It is a macro.	Shivering Jemmy	Dec 2012	#79
Will someone, anyone,	billh58	Dec 2012	#131
I'm kinda busy too.	DevonRex	Jan 2013	#141
Well I guess you should have voted for Nader	still_one	Dec 2012	#52
The poster voted for Nader in 2000. That is what got us where we are. nt	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#105
Yeah it was all the Progressives fault that we continue to have DLC/3rd way bullshit.	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#108
I would have no idea	still_one	Dec 2012	#110
NOW who doesn't want to compromise ever ever?	Pretzel_Warrior	Dec 2012	#53
it's concern trollery at it's finest.. or a complete lack of understanding of reality...	dionysus	Dec 2012	#62
I don't think it has to be just one or the other.	Robb	Dec 2012	#81
ok pal.. time for IGGY!!!11!1	dionysus	Dec 2012	#127
Compromise is Required in Best of Political Environments	Indykatie	Dec 2012	#55
your bitter tears are nectar to my soul.	dionysus	Dec 2012	#59
really? whatever floats your boat. seems kinda pathetic to me though. good luck with getting a life	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#70
what's pathetic to me is the Pamper Filling Outrage™ based off of bullshit...	dionysus	Dec 2012	#117
That $250,000 figure	fadedrose	Dec 2012	#65
Oh, the drama...	SidDithers	Dec 2012	#71
Hmmmmm	Hekate	Dec 2012	#73
why did I come into this fucking thread?	CatWoman	Dec 2012	#74
You thought it was satire:-)	CitizenPatriot	Dec 2012	#77
It's practice for The Onion, really amazing parody!	Hekate	Dec 2012	#91
you want I should kick your ass, Midori?	Skittles	Jan 2013	#144
Okay, admit it. This is satire.	CitizenPatriot	Dec 2012	#75
That may explain the OP, but what about the 15 special souls that rec'd this dreck?	Number23	Dec 2012	#124
i'm late in replying	CitizenPatriot	Jan 2013	#172
Oh, noes!	Ian David	Dec 2012	#76
Let me play a song for you on the world's smallest violin.	tritsofme	Dec 2012	#78
You forgot.	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#109
Don't look now, but it looks like you might have pissed your pants.	MjolnirTime	Dec 2012	#80
HOFU	Trajan	Dec 2012	#86
$450,000 is not bad. It is not a sellout. There is such a thing as negotiating.	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#89
Get the poor man a hair extinguisher!	Hekate	Dec 2012	#92
I'm recommending this thread.	Robb	Dec 2012	#98
I knew it!!	Number23	Dec 2012	#126
He said no increase on incomes below 250K, and this includes that	jberryhill	Dec 2012	#101
But once again, the Dems appear to be reasonable while	ZRT2209	Dec 2012	#102
I'm ok with bargaining on the numbers,	JoeyT	Dec 2012	#106
I agree with the general sentiment of what you've said. What we've seen thus far is a moving to the	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#111
You have taken self-parody to new heights.	Hekate	Dec 2012	#122
Evidently that makes you an insulting apologist! Wheres your justification? Care to explain	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#134
Yep destroy the Country wheh ALL WE"VE complained about was lack of	DainBramaged	Dec 2012	#130
It's what I voted for.	Zoeisright	Dec 2012	#133
Ladies and gentelmen, I give you the distilled essence of DU's "General Discussion."	WilliamPitt	Dec 2012	#135
lol Will....Go Pats! Happy New Year to the distillery too!	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#137
Prayers to the distillery	WilliamPitt	Dec 2012	#139
Hyperbole. I vehemently disagree with the op.	xxxsdesdexxx	Dec 2012	#136
What specifically in the original post do you disagree with. That this is not the deal we voted for	In Truth We Trust	Dec 2012	#138
Don't make me pull this car over!	NYC_SKP	Dec 2012	#140
So, he's Dictator in Chief now ?	steve2470	Jan 2013	#145
It is ok a person with a D after their name is doing it so it HAS to be Good!	stultusporcos	Jan 2013	#146
Hello stultusporcos. Welcome to DU.	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#148
You sure do!	stultusporcos	Jan 2013	#150
What we don't detect is "complete sentences"...eom	Kolesar	Jan 2013	#152
If my reply were verbose, would that make you happy?	stultusporcos	Jan 2013	#166
I'll prove you wrong...	trumad	Jan 2013	#149
I have an R after my name! ... eom	Kolesar	Jan 2013	#153
Oh, come on. Did you really expect any more?	bitchkitty	Jan 2013	#154
How do you figure that?	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#157
This is how via Robert Reich:	In Truth We Trust	Jan 2013	#168
I love Reich, but he has never held an elected office. and gets rather fanciful in his solutions.	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#171
Obama is damned if he do, damned if he don't.	serbbral	Jan 2013	#158
Purist nonsense from the TeaLeftParty. ....YAWN...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...	RBInMaine	Jan 2013	#161
Well, my taxes went up. That's what I voted for. nt	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#164