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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:57 PM Original message |
How is Obama's tax compromise and unemployment extension going to ruin your life? |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I assume that on January 1st the world will stop revolving |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. hahahaha. nt |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. some type of fluid just came out of my nose. n/t. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. If it leads to the unraveling of SS, it could very well ruin my life. eom |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. That makes about as much sense as wingnuts saying health care reform will lead to death panels. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm sorry but you need to educate yourself |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. That is one misguided comparison. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
49. Perfect! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
56. You need to do a LOT of reading on the subject. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. For one thing, it's the first step in the dismantling of Social Security |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:01 PM Original message |
Amen. -eom |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Where is this insane idea popping out from? |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Good question. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Right here |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. And here: |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Did you notice the response? |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Hardly "insane." It reduces the payroll tax -- a move never done before. |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
65. And this is exactly what FDR was against. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Long acquaintance with the aims of the disloyal opposition. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Obama's prior statement that extending tax cuts for the wealthy would lead to painful cuts? |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Game, set, and match. n/t |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
66. Obama never loved Obama |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. If only Congress had the sense to take care of the tax cut issue sooner, this wouldn't be a problem. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. They can start now for getting rid of it in 2012. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because 18 years of compromise has worked out so well |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. And are you doing anything IRL to make a difference? |
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MadamAB (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Yes |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. let me clue you in to reality. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. My cousin has used that meme on me... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Obviously you don't know any star throwers n/t |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Yep. That about sums it up. Great post. n/t |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm v. concerned about SS; but also, the tax cuts for the rich & interest thereon |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. You don't get it or are being willfully obstinate. |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:06 PM Original message |
And virtual screams on DU is going to change this...how? |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. So we should not talk about it?? And some of us have also been busy on the phone... |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. How are taxes going up for under $40k? |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. LINK |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:45 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. That's OK |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
70. So no response??? Nothing??? Crickets??? |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. You're going to make yourself sick with all this anger if you don't take a break. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You talkin' to yourself? n/t |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. Let me guess: you're a long way from collecting SS & Medicare. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Replying to yourself in your own OP? I think you might want to take your own advice. n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Talking to the windmills of your mind? nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. Teabaggers want only land owners to be able to vote. I'm a land owner. |
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sokar101 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Tax deal |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. Not much of an argument. How did you manage to get to this conclusion? |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. uh...jobs... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. It will increase the debt for no good reason. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. Taxes on the rich need to go up, and SS needs to stay fully funded. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. +1 on your headline. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Some of us take the long view of politics and economics |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Eventually it |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. As the New Years Eve ball begins to drop... |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. I don't believe our country can afford the tax cuts |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Keeping in mind that the thugs hate FDR's New Deal & want to dismantle all of its |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. stupid question |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. This was more than just the Bush tax cuts. Your statement is stupid. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Your thread is stupid. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
44. Nearly everyone on DU was adamantly opposed to an |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
45. it is the death knell of social security |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's not going to fix the fundamental economic and political problems. |
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Rincewind (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
50. Won't ruin my life, |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
51. They are going to usher in a GOPpresident in 2012. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
54. The same way trickle down economics have been destroying lives for 30 years. nt |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
55. Good question, Pryderi. However, and as expected though, no answers. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:59 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Someone answered "If it leads to the unraveling of SS, it could very well ruin my life." |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. They have their heads buried in the sand |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. IF is not HOW |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. There are a dozen answers in this thread. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
61. The tax cuts in this deal will cause more debt increase |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
64. Sometimes the poison works quick and sometimes it is so slow you think it can't touch you. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
67. It will clearly WEAKEN social security during a time when he CLAIMS social security is weak. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
69. You really need to educate yourself on how the rich getting richer is ruining the bottom 98%. |
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