Thom Hartmann - A tax cut Republicans don't like?

[thomhartmann]

Run time: 07:51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeFGV7LwcAM   Posted on YouTube: August 25, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 41   Posted on DU: August 25, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 1270

 
Neal Asbury, The Legacy Companies joins Thom. Republicans scream and holler about how we need more tax cuts...but when President Obama proposed payroll tax cuts - the GOP is suddenly opposed to the idea!

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[ooglymoogly]

1. Call this Hartmann's field day over stupidity and pug talking points.

A broken record is so easy to break with just a few diamond hard facts.

[stockholmer]

2. 2 points- In 2009, the Republicans pushed for payroll tax cut, #2- it's an attack on social security

Republican flip flopping:

Cut the Payroll Tax. It's the real pro-growth measure.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/086xkijy.asp

Why do Republicans support a payroll tax holiday?

http://www.jedreport.com/2010/12/why-do-republicans-support-a-p.html

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and general confusion

AP, NPR Launch Absurd Attack on Republicans Over Payroll Tax

http://bigjournalism.com/jpollak/2011/08/22/ap-npr-launch-absurd-attack-on-republicans-over-payroll-tax/
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its an attack on Social Security:



Payroll Tax Cut Opens Door to Republicans Attacks on Social Security

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-ted-deutch/payroll-tax-cut-opens-doo_b_796558.html

Democrats Are Right to Attack Obama Tax-Cut Deal: Amity Shlaes

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-14/democrats-are-right-to-attack-obama-s-tax-deal-commentary-by-amity-shlaes.html

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Wake up! BOTH parties are fighting for fightings sake, and BOTH are taking turns at DESTROYING the US social safety net.

[stockholmer]

3. a side point-14 straight months of net job creation?!? What planet is Hartmann living on, lolololol

Initial Claims Surge Far Higher Than Consensus, 1.2 Million Americans Have Dropped Off Extended Benefits Claim In Past Year

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/initial-claims-surge-far-higher-consensus-12-million-americans-have-dropped-extended-benefits-c


After taking a quick detour into pseudo-positive economic data, the BLS sends us right back into the depression, with an initial jobless claims number of 417, far higher than consensus of 405K (in fact higher than the highest number in the forecast range), and higher than last week's upwardly revised 412K. Naturally, the BLS is there to provide a justification for the spike, with 8500 jobs apparently "lost" due to the Verizon strike: "Special Factor: As a result of a labor dispute between Communications Workers of America and Verizon Communications, at least 12,500 initial claims were filed in the week ending 8/13/2011 and at least 8,500 initial claims were filed in the week ending 8/20/2011." In other news this is week 20 out of 20 with one or two exceptions of 400K+ prints. And to think that the August NFP number is due in just one week. In other news, continuing claims came below expectations of 3700K at 3641K, a number that will be revised higher as was last week's from 3702K to 3721K. The collapse in extended benefits, as the 99 week cliff claims more and more, means that 20K people fewer collected post Continuing Claims benefits, with those on EUC and extended benefits down from 5.8 million a year ago to 3.6 million: this is 1.2 million Americans that no longer can collect anything from Uncle Sam.

[PonyJon]

4. stockholmer definitely has the stockholm syndrome working for himself. nt

[stockholmer]

6. I am not the one identifying with my captors,......do you? I live in Sweden, about as fair shake of

a nation as you will find on the planet at the moment, can you say the same of yours?

[Darkhawk32]

5. omg. Who is this idiot?