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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 08:10 AM Original message |
Krugman: Is Obama relying too much on tax cuts? (questions Obama tax cuts) |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. tax cuts make little sense when there`s no money to pay for them |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. How are we going to pay for these tax cuts? |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. It pisses me off because some knew of what was to come and are still making profits as well as large |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "Obama's Perilous Compromise with Wall Street Looters" |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. I agree with Barney Frank on this one -- tired of post-partisan rhetoric |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I suffer from post partisan depression. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Krugman may understand economics, but he doesn't understand politics |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I hope we don't have to listen to that crap for the next 4 years. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Get used to it |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Oh really. |
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EconomicLiberal (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. A pipe dream. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. They're Republicans |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Don;t forget that Olympia Snowe will often vote with us. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. My thinking is that he is trying to make the Republicans look bad when if they try a filibuster |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Let them filibuster! No problem. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Exactly, if they filibuster |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Exactly! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Krugman understands the politics of surrender to Republicans |
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EconomicLiberal (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Amen. Obama and the Democrats are giving the GOP far too much credit. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The filibuster kills the package |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. if Obama is the Leader he has advertised himself to be |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. Another snip... |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. He's right. Dems always make concessions to appease the GOP and it always bites us |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Agree n/t |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. Sigh. Expect being blasted by people who will not even bother reading the article. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Did I Miss Something, Mass? |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. While the political effect is, as noted here, |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. a lot of the tax cuts in this proposal are aimed at businesses, |
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