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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-19-11 09:05 PM
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53. to make the analogy more accurate
we are only asking you to give up the Bose sound system in your 2nd mercedes, not the whole 2nd Mercedes, that, after all, would be class warfare.
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  -I don't mean to be disrespectful, but, "shared sacrifice" my ass... kpete  Jul-19-11 07:07 PM   #0 
  - knr nt  slipslidingaway   Jul-19-11 07:09 PM   #1 
  - I dont understand  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:34 PM   #37 
     - It means "kick and recommend." Kicking the thread = posting so that it will rise to the top.  yardwork   Jul-19-11 07:38 PM   #43 
     - Thanks :) nt  slipslidingaway   Jul-19-11 08:59 PM   #51 
     - Kay and Ray!!!  KansDem   Jul-20-11 12:21 PM   #137 
        - Hi KansDem nice welcome, but I think it was intended for the other poster ...  slipslidingaway   Jul-20-11 06:19 PM   #158 
           - oh!  KansDem   Jul-20-11 07:10 PM   #161 
     - where is recomend icon?  julian09   Jul-20-11 12:09 PM   #136 
        - Down on the left of the original post, near the Alert button.  Jackpine Radical   Jul-20-11 12:38 PM   #140 
        - Thanks  julian09   Jul-20-11 12:52 PM   #143 
     - In addition to what yardwork mentioned "nt" means there is nothing in the body of the post. nt  slipslidingaway   Jul-19-11 08:59 PM   #50 
     - Welcome to DU!  KansDem   Jul-20-11 07:11 PM   #162 
  - Kick and Rec x 5 billion!!  Parker CA   Jul-19-11 07:09 PM   #2 
  - Doohuh?  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:30 PM   #34 
     - Cute comment  tavalon   Jul-20-11 12:17 AM   #62 
  - Sure doesn't look like a shared sacrifice to me...k and r.  Stuart G   Jul-19-11 07:11 PM   #3 
  - its amazing  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:19 PM   #20 
  - More bullshit  MichiganVote   Jul-19-11 07:11 PM   #4 
  - It probably won't be inacted but, I heard Orrin Hatch was in favor of it.  Stuart G   Jul-19-11 07:13 PM   #9 
  - They are all sell outs as far as I'm concerned. Disgusted.  MichiganVote   Jul-19-11 07:18 PM   #19 
     - sell outs ?  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:21 PM   #22 
        - Put it this way... Republicans aren't asking for "shared" sacrifice n/t  AlabamaLibrul   Jul-20-11 05:58 AM   #80 
  - bs and more bs  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:22 PM   #25 
  - The wealthy are sacrificing NOTHING...my future is crumbling under my feet  Still Waters   Jul-19-11 07:11 PM   #5 
  - Rich people  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:35 PM   #39 
     - Here's "The Reap" for the Middle Class...  KansDem   Jul-20-11 12:29 PM   #138 
  - I would be disrespectful, if I were you.  CaliforniaPeggy   Jul-19-11 07:11 PM   #6 
  - $13 Trillion to save Wall Street..  girl gone mad   Jul-19-11 07:12 PM   #7 
  - Don't worry. They didn't 'save' Wall St., just bought them some time...  ixion   Jul-19-11 07:15 PM   #12 
  - Yeah. They bought them enough time to get a plan in place to loot the SS fund.  CrispyQ   Jul-20-11 10:41 AM   #120 
     - ..after they looted our 401k's (eom)  Loge23   Jul-20-11 12:38 PM   #139 
  - This BS budget debate is cover for Obama -- but also to confuse the public ....  defendandprotect   Jul-20-11 02:33 PM   #148 
  - K&R  Mimosa   Jul-19-11 07:13 PM   #8 
  - Agree  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:26 PM   #30 
  - Typical Beltway Garbage. It serves the True Masters, and the rest of us get the shaft  ixion   Jul-19-11 07:14 PM   #10 
  - K&R  woo me with science   Jul-19-11 07:15 PM   #11 
  - Classic cartoon about "shared sacrifice."  QC   Jul-19-11 07:15 PM   #13 
  - +1. Aint THAT right!  chill_wind   Jul-19-11 07:23 PM   #26 
  - Brilliant, isn't it? And it's what we're dealing with here in Florida,  QC   Jul-19-11 08:07 PM   #49 
     - That's shared sacrifice! EVERYBODY gets a cut!. nt  RaleighNCDUer   Jul-20-11 10:49 AM   #123 
        - Let's hear it for the job producers! n/t  QC   Jul-20-11 10:50 AM   #125 
  - Perfect!  Bozita   Jul-19-11 09:05 PM   #54 
  - Spot on  suffragette   Jul-20-11 01:11 AM   #70 
  - That is perfect.  Enthusiast   Jul-20-11 02:04 AM   #73 
  - Shared sacrafice, my ass!  TxVietVet   Jul-20-11 06:26 AM   #83 
  - +1  myrna minx   Jul-20-11 10:33 AM   #119 
  - Sure it's shared sacrifice  katnapped   Jul-19-11 07:15 PM   #14 
  - well said. once more, we have been pwned by our own.  bbgrunt   Jul-20-11 01:16 AM   #71 
  - oh my,  handmade34   Jul-19-11 07:16 PM   #15 
  - "Shared sacrifice"... what an insult to the majority who have already sacrificed enough  fascisthunter   Jul-19-11 07:16 PM   #16 
  - Americans have to understand this corporate/fascist push won't end with ...  defendandprotect   Jul-20-11 02:35 PM   #149 
     - exactly... we see the trend and its been going on since the 50's  fascisthunter   Jul-20-11 03:05 PM   #150 
  - agree  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:17 PM   #17 
  - The truth is never disrespectful. The lie is.  mmonk   Jul-19-11 07:17 PM   #18 
  - The poor are already sacrificing  CaliforniaHiker   Jul-19-11 07:21 PM   #23 
  - +1  woo me with science   Jul-19-11 07:22 PM   #24 
  - truth  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:25 PM   #29 
  - True, true.  Solly Mack   Jul-20-11 06:53 AM   #88 
  - LOL, I am a fed  Drahthaardogs   Jul-19-11 07:21 PM   #21 
  - Your a fed ?  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:24 PM   #27 
  - Why do you want to know?  Drahthaardogs   Jul-19-11 07:25 PM   #28 
     - just curious  probama2   Jul-19-11 07:28 PM   #32 
        - I don't mind telling you  Drahthaardogs   Jul-19-11 07:37 PM   #42 
           - they are always willing to shaft the federal employees first.  provis99   Jul-19-11 07:52 PM   #47 
           - Typical -- and did Obama take a cut? I haven't heard about this.  JDPriestly   Jul-20-11 01:06 AM   #67 
           - I really wish Obama would just shut his pie hole! He reminds me of bush who was always trying to  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-20-11 06:38 AM   #86 
  - Is the president taking a pay cut? Are the generals?  JDPriestly   Jul-20-11 01:05 AM   #66 
  - I know.  DeSwiss   Jul-19-11 07:26 PM   #31 
  - K & R  Raksha   Jul-19-11 07:29 PM   #33 
  - I'll give up my second Mercedes, and you give up your insulin! There ya go!  WinkyDink   Jul-19-11 07:31 PM   #35 
  - Now wait a second -- I *deserve* that second Mercedes....  Pholus   Jul-19-11 07:38 PM   #44 
  - to make the analogy more accurate  hfojvt   Jul-19-11 09:05 PM   #53 
  - that second mercedes creates jobs at the dealership  rampart   Jul-20-11 07:05 AM   #89 
     - "Job creators"!  WinkyDink   Jul-20-11 07:07 AM   #90 
  - Accidently un-rec'd  bikebloke   Jul-19-11 07:32 PM   #36 
  - This is basically what I wrote to my Senators/Representative a few days ago...  markpkessinger   Jul-19-11 07:35 PM   #38 
  - It is. We "sacrifice" and they "share" the wealth  Autumn   Jul-19-11 07:36 PM   #40 
  - K&R  yardwork   Jul-19-11 07:36 PM   #41 
  - Don't Believe Anything Coming Out Of Washington...  WillyT   Jul-19-11 07:39 PM   #45 
  - Obama is ahring nothing and neither are his republican friends in congress & dems too nt  msongs   Jul-19-11 07:45 PM   #46 
  - That's right and all the while Obama keeps speaking out of both side of his mouth.  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-20-11 07:21 AM   #93 
  - Whenever someone starts talking about sacrifice, run. Run very fast and very far...  Cool Logic   Jul-19-11 08:01 PM   #48 
  - We sacrifice, they share the loot gained.  hobbit709   Jul-19-11 09:00 PM   #52 
  - That would make a good bumper sticker. --nt  CrispyQ   Jul-20-11 10:45 AM   #121 
  - Can you donate a cool million to the Obama reelection campaign like Wall Street can?  NorthCarolina   Jul-19-11 09:10 PM   #55 
  - fucker. How dare he? (I know how. It's rhetorical. Right here on DU the support for  robinlynne   Jul-19-11 10:02 PM   #56 
  - Moreover...those who are hurt by the cuts are affected significantly and  wiggs   Jul-19-11 10:08 PM   #57 
  - Their inhumanity is stunning. --nt  CrispyQ   Jul-20-11 10:46 AM   #122 
     - The Rude One weighs in on the same point:  wiggs   Jul-20-11 11:28 AM   #132 
  - Rich politicians don't want to raise taxes on themselves  neverforget   Jul-19-11 10:17 PM   #58 
  - Including Obama. nt  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-20-11 07:23 AM   #94 
  - Exactly!  slay   Jul-19-11 10:49 PM   #59 
  - Exactly WHAT is Obama sacrificing?  Beacool   Jul-20-11 12:02 AM   #60 
  - His tenure in the White House? n/t  NorthCarolina   Jul-20-11 07:26 AM   #96 
  - Maybe, too soon to tell.  Beacool   Jul-20-11 09:35 AM   #110 
  - Progressive Support. He is trading it for support from the MIC,  harun   Jul-20-11 10:03 AM   #115 
  - It's not disrespectful, it's the truth  tavalon   Jul-20-11 12:15 AM   #61 
  - He's interested in playing the game better  hulka38   Jul-20-11 12:17 AM   #63 
  - it's partisan sacrifice..  pansypoo53219   Jul-20-11 12:52 AM   #64 
  - As usual, Obama did not really try to get a better deal for the middle class.  JDPriestly   Jul-20-11 01:00 AM   #65 
  - No kidding. Revenue is needed to pay our bills. What kind of household, business or government  earcandle   Jul-20-11 01:07 AM   #68 
  - We need to recall every asshole with this attitude. BE WISCONSIN! Be the rain, be the rain....  earcandle   Jul-20-11 01:08 AM   #69 
  - Yes shared sacrifice and while we are at it lets cut social security&Medicare just a handout right?  sce56   Jul-20-11 01:48 AM   #72 
  - I appreciate young people resenting paying into a system they don't have confidence in,  CrispyQ   Jul-20-11 10:57 AM   #126 
  - We're being conned, robbed, and ripped off.  blkmusclmachine   Jul-20-11 03:09 AM   #74 
  - I will not vote this guy.  bowens43   Jul-20-11 04:39 AM   #75 
  - Everyone should see this chart ..... more than once  divvy   Jul-20-11 04:42 AM   #76 
  - Interesting. I'm printing it out to save.  SheilaT   Jul-20-11 01:08 PM   #144 
  - Oh, look......  democrank   Jul-20-11 05:26 AM   #77 
  - recommend  xchrom   Jul-20-11 05:35 AM   #78 
  - Reminds me of this infamous quote:  pipoman   Jul-20-11 05:46 AM   #79 
  - I don't understand why it should be shared in the first place.  freedom fighter jh   Jul-20-11 06:10 AM   #81 
  - You're right......I don't know about you but I have little left to be sacrificed.  snappyturtle   Jul-20-11 06:28 AM   #84 
     - Thanks, Snappyturtle! (nt)  freedom fighter jh   Jul-20-11 09:45 AM   #113 
  - exactly kpete  florida08   Jul-20-11 06:18 AM   #82 
  - The pragmatist inside me  pecwae   Jul-20-11 06:35 AM   #85 
  - Not much sharing in that.  Somawas   Jul-20-11 06:49 AM   #87 
  - The BASIC and INSULTING flaw (lie): Until they HURT, there is NO "sacrifice" by the WEALTHY.  WinkyDink   Jul-20-11 07:10 AM   #91 
  - OK, let's see if I get this right.  ladyVet   Jul-20-11 07:15 AM   #92 
  - Still vote  NorthCarolina   Jul-20-11 07:25 AM   #95 
  - I've thought about doing that.  ladyVet   Jul-20-11 07:56 AM   #102 
     - If you fail to go and vote your conscience  NorthCarolina   Jul-20-11 08:03 AM   #103 
        - Voting no longer has real meaning...the system is finished.  Moostache   Jul-20-11 09:14 AM   #108 
  - Please don't insult Hillary.  Beacool   Jul-20-11 09:50 AM   #114 
  - How can 26% of revenue increases come from tax increases if net tax change is 1.5 trillion decrease?  eomer   Jul-20-11 07:27 AM   #97 
  - Voo doo economics is official policy.  mmonk   Jul-20-11 07:33 AM   #98 
  - The wealthy never sacrifice.  Marrah_G   Jul-20-11 07:33 AM   #99 
  - Huge K&R people need to read this info  jtown1123   Jul-20-11 07:34 AM   #100 
  - When they say "shared sacrifice" it means...  SHRED   Jul-20-11 07:44 AM   #101 
  - Lets write Obama and ask..  butterfly77   Jul-20-11 08:07 AM   #104 
  - K & R  cate94   Jul-20-11 08:08 AM   #105 
  - I am going to take your money and give it to the rich.  russspeakeasy   Jul-20-11 08:25 AM   #106 
  - k&r  Starry Messenger   Jul-20-11 08:31 AM   #107 
  - Not buying it, and Obama shouldn't be trying to sell it.  Pooka Fey   Jul-20-11 09:21 AM   #109 
  - What is to be done?  blindpig   Jul-20-11 09:38 AM   #111 
  - This is a sellout of Democratic ideas and Progressives.  CanonRay   Jul-20-11 09:42 AM   #112 
  - Why are we still at war? I called my senators office yesterday,  grahamhgreen   Jul-20-11 10:05 AM   #116 
  - one word...  humanityisfree   Jul-20-11 10:21 AM   #117 
  - While we were busy trying to get Bush and the neocons out,  Zorra   Jul-20-11 10:26 AM   #118 
  - The poor and the middle class have been doing all the sacrificing over the last 20 years.  avaistheone1   Jul-20-11 10:49 AM   #124 
  - It's just another Zell-out.  Hubert Flottz   Jul-20-11 10:58 AM   #127 
  - K&R.  Lucian   Jul-20-11 11:05 AM   #128 
  - The president lost my vote a long time ago & he just keeps digging himself in deeper.  CrispyQ   Jul-20-11 11:09 AM   #129 
  - I wish I could K&R your comment.  Beacool   Jul-21-11 09:37 AM   #164 
  - It's like it's not my country anymore.  Beavker   Jul-20-11 11:19 AM   #130 
  - I am tired of being afraid  Irishonly   Jul-20-11 11:22 AM   #131 
  - OK, Does anyone not see the 800 lb. Military Industrial Complex in the room ?  TatonkaJames   Jul-20-11 11:29 AM   #133 
  - $1,000 a gallon for gasoline in Afghan/Iraq paid to KBR ... keeps helicopter in air 1 min...!!  defendandprotect   Jul-20-11 02:27 PM   #147 
  - How's that Republican tax cut for the wealthy thingy workin out for ya?  mzmolly   Jul-20-11 11:35 AM   #134 
  - Just done  JohnnyHardhat   Jul-20-11 12:02 PM   #135 
  - Kicked and recommended.  Uncle Joe   Jul-20-11 12:39 PM   #141 
  - It's okay to be disrespectful to people who are spitting on you.  Jakes Progress   Jul-20-11 12:51 PM   #142 
  - Yep, I wrote about that last week  texshelters   Jul-20-11 01:36 PM   #145 
  - If Obama doesn't get rid of Social Security and Medicare this term ... he'll get it in 2016?  defendandprotect   Jul-20-11 02:25 PM   #146 
  - Not buying it either, and I wonder the same last questions you  Lifelong Protester   Jul-20-11 03:33 PM   #151 
  - For some reason  libodem   Jul-20-11 04:09 PM   #152 
  - You are not being disrespectful  jimlup   Jul-20-11 04:54 PM   #153 
  - It always drops on the backs of the poor, workers and middle classes.  nc4bo   Jul-20-11 04:59 PM   #154 
  - I have only had 3 semesters of college level calculus, differential equations and linear algebra  TexDevilDog   Jul-20-11 05:01 PM   #155 
  - Obama is certainly no Progressive. The Peoples Budget---->  Agony   Jul-20-11 05:19 PM   #156 
  - Shared sacrifice is a made up BS term so the rich sleep easier at night.  Initech   Jul-20-11 05:39 PM   #157 
  - Sacrifice is an inverse function to income. nt  hay rick   Jul-20-11 06:31 PM   #159 
  - SPOT ON!  Plucketeer   Jul-20-11 06:32 PM   #160 
  - why does the great USA need so much defense ?  TatonkaJames   Jul-20-11 11:05 PM   #163 
 

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