2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Insane Scenario Unfolding Before Our Eyes [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)"Democrats want to end the Bush tax cuts for those making over $250K"
Well, lah-dee dah.
If you like facts, check this out http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxcompromise2010.pdf
Note where it shows the distribution of the "original Obama plan"
Note the details
13.3% of the benefits to the TOP 1%
13.9% of the benefits to the bottom 40%
26.5% of the benefits to the TOP 5%
26.4% of the benefits to the bottom 60%
It's pretty clear, to me, that both options, including the Original Obama plan, heavily favor the rich.
Oh, and lest we forget. When push came to shove, when the country needed Obama to stand up and fight for his crappy proposal, he refused even to do that. Insread he negotiated a 98% surrender and then gave a speech where he said "I know some people want me to fight, but I am not going to."
Some people, yeah, you know the people who voted for you, the guy who promised "yes, we can" deliver "change you can believe in".
And let us not forget, it was Obama who created the Simpson-Bowles commission and it is Obama who has not refudiated its results, but instead embraces things like the odious "gang of six" debt ceiling proposal.
But I realized later, it was wrong to make them equal in the metaphor. Republicans want to break my left LEG, whereas Democrats only want to break my right arm. But that kinda ruins my ending line.