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DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav

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19. You nailed it!

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #17)

Sun Jan 6, 2013, 03:53 PM

Jan 2013

Our elected officials are paid to represent us. I have no one in the senate or congress representing me and my family. When the biggest part of us are given a little financial breathing room it trickles down because we are out of necessity forced to spend that extra few bucks. The top 20 percent move their extra to a Cayman Islands account where it won't be taxed or spent in the US. There's no trickle down there and we all know it.

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fiscal cliff deal gives $1.3 trillion in tax cuts to richest 5% [View all] hfojvt Jan 2013 OP

And yet we're told we must work to elect more 'progressives' leftstreet Jan 2013 #1

maybe with a few more in office hfojvt Jan 2013 #8

How can Americans know whats going on if these deals are very sneaky AZ Progressive Jan 2013 #2

I think it could have been known before hfojvt Jan 2013 #3

Is this some strange parody of tax policy? sweetloukillbot Jan 2013 #4

"When has the top 20% ever been in discussion?" hfojvt Jan 2013 #7

It is revolting to say the least..nt and-justice-for-all Jan 2013 #5

the other revolting part hfojvt Jan 2013 #14

kick samsingh Jan 2013 #6

K&R But nobody could've predicted... Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #9

well I was predicting it hfojvt Jan 2013 #10

Yeah, I know. There were a few of us shouting into the wind. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #11

okay I was wrong to subtract the $600 billion hfojvt Jan 2013 #12

We need more than progressives - we need a new system TBF Jan 2013 #13

same thing on the Democratic side hfojvt Jan 2013 #18

Absolutely - TBF Jan 2013 #20

it's called shilling the rubes datasuspect Jan 2013 #15

Spin. Yes, these are the Obama tax cuts. But one thing NashvilleLefty Jan 2013 #16

no, the facts are the facts hfojvt Jan 2013 #17

You nailed it! DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #19

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #21

Is THIS Post..What Yu Said? KoKo Mar 2013 #22