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In reply to the discussion: Why I really hate this deal [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)41. nice Republican talking point
Yeah, right, people making $200,000 can't afford to pay more in taxes.
Oh, the poor babies are just scraping by.
Same with people making $120,000. Just scraping by. Almost in poverty.
Republicans ALWAYS say that tax increases on the rich are gonna kill the economy.
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"I don't considere members of the top 20% to be part of the middle class either."
ProSense
Jan 2013
#4
it's an awful deal, totally unnecessary except to set up the next manufactured crisis....
mike_c
Jan 2013
#8
Thank You, and Welcome! It's ridiculous, but like John Boehner, the left can't take "yes".....
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2013
#36
Hey! Write a long letter to Bernie Sanders and Dennis Kucinich about it! Oh wait...........
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2013
#46
It's awful ain't it? Why, oh why didn't we elect Jill, or Roseanne, or Rocky? WHY?
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2013
#37