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former_con

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41. Yes not yet anyway

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:14 PM

Jan 2013

but how is it going to look the Pubbies are now going to go on the offensive and say look we gave Obama what he wanted, we taxed the rich but the deficit is still over a trillion per year, they will demand increasingly painful cuts to SS and Medicare and they will demand the Democrats give in....

Personally I think this is all one big game that they are all up there laughing at us as they play in this Kabuki theater...

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The 250K pledge is important [View all] ProSense Dec 2012 OP

yawn. How did that Ralph Nader thingy work out in 2000 for the whiners then? graham4anything Dec 2012 #1

How's the weather on Mars? ProSense Dec 2012 #2

you remind me of the writing of graham4anything Dec 2012 #5

You remind me, ProSense Dec 2012 #6

yet another ad hominem how quaint graham4anything Dec 2012 #7

Why are you allowing this thread to ProSense Dec 2012 #9

honestly ProSense (and I have thought this for some time now) he vaguely reminds me of Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #17

Oh my! kentuck Dec 2012 #20

... SammyWinstonJack Dec 2012 #23

LOL Skittles Dec 2012 #4

Desperate and despicable. This is entirely representative of the biggest problem we have faced for Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #11

You really have no clue whatsoever, do you? RomneyLies Dec 2012 #8

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #15

Are you somehow insinuating that... former_con Dec 2012 #25

However, the Job Creators have signed a pledge to create 20 million Angry Dragon Dec 2012 #3

Lesson learned: Promises are for suckers. n/t L0oniX Dec 2012 #10

Aw, c'mon. You don't seriously expect President Obama to do what Candidate Obama promised, do you? kath Dec 2012 #12

maybe, but $450,000 isn't much worse bigtree Dec 2012 #13

So nineteen50 Dec 2012 #14

I don't recall Obama making a $250,000 "pledge." kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #16

It's conflating with the "if you make 250k or less, your taxes will go down" bit. Robb Dec 2012 #22

That's how I recall it. I ALWAYS expected the $250k to go up, that it was a negotiation starting Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #26

Thank you! nt kelliekat44 Jan 2013 #39

Excellent OP Prosense. Thank you. In another thread many people seem to be saying In Truth We Trust Dec 2012 #18

Agree. (link) Atticus Dec 2012 #19

$450k is fine railsback Dec 2012 #21

+1. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #27

Actually, you want to know the specifgics instead of this generality stanch because Coyotl Dec 2012 #31

$450k isn't that much in today's terms railsback Jan 2013 #42

The millionaires and billionaires get the same tax cut JoeDuck Dec 2012 #35

Yes, everyone gets the same cuts up to $450k (married) railsback Jan 2013 #43

The revenue we gave up is negligible anyway. The GOP was fighting for ~$1500 in tax cuts per year high density Jan 2013 #40

It is true that Democrats former_con Dec 2012 #24

+1000 Myrina Dec 2012 #30

I ALWAYS thought the $250k would go up, that it was a negotiating starting point. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #28

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It has not always been like this Omaha Steve Dec 2012 #32

it was only a starting point. Obama had to compromise a little. Don't sweat the small stuff!!!! NewEngland4Obama Dec 2012 #33

In Case You Missed It... former_con Dec 2012 #34

But the revenue generated would've come from those who could least afford it. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #37

Yes not yet anyway former_con Jan 2013 #41

Great article Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #36

I have to agree with this article my father is on social security he makes 789 a month that's 9,468 Arcanetrance Jan 2013 #38