Would you support extending all of the tax cuts for 1 year in return for

[Tony_FLADEM]

getting the "Disclose Act" passed?

The Democrats really really need to get all these donations made public. Perhaps this could be the basis for a deal.

[gkhouston]

1. No. That's extortion. I'll pass. n/t

[ProdigalJunkMail]

37. um...that's how it's done in DC

for a while now...like a couple hundred years...

quid pro quo...

sP

[gkhouston]

38. Quid pro quo implies things of relatively equal worth are being conceded.

It works well when both sides are dealing in good faith. This "trade" would be a fail on both counts.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

39. not how they would see it...otherwise it wouldn't happen.

hence the use of the phrase.

thank you for your attempt to correct me.

sP

[Marrah_G]

2. No

[Warpy]

3. No. They'd only sue and bring the legislation in front of the Roberts Court

so that any advantage gained would be temporary, at best, and the less Citizens United becomes settled law, the better.

The reckless tax cuts have poisoned this country. Starving the government for another year (starving us in the process) should not be on the table. Ever.

[Tony_FLADEM]

4. Scalia said he is in favor of full disclosure

If this was brought to the Supreme Court the Democrats would prevail.

[abelenkpe]

5. No

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Throw in Hanley Ramirez and we might have a deal. nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. Like it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Good luck with him.

If he can return to 2009 levels, he's a worthy investment.

But that's a big if.

[cherokeeprogressive]

40. 2 for 3 so far with an RBI and a run scored.

Sometimes simply a change of environment does wonders... Remember Jim Plunkett?

[Avalux]

8. Absolutely not. We need BOTH.

And both are possible, it just may take longer with the discose act.

[TheKentuckian]

9. Probably not. It is something but barely tangible.

[PoliticAverse]

10. What about in return for extending unemployment insurance benefits ?

[leftstreet]

12. Only for a Guaranteed Basic Income

If rich people aren't planning to be 'job creators,' they can let us keep some of the wealth

[Autumn]

13. No. Hell no. Enough of the fricking deals

[backscatter712]

14. No. We need to win this November, and throw as many teabaggers as possible out of Congress.

Let them obstruct, and let the Democrats in Congress screw their gonads on and fight tooth and nail, calling out the GOP on their obstruction every single damned day over and over and over.

[rurallib]

15. And we could trust the Republicans to make this promise good?

BTW I own a bridge in a metropolitan area that I have to let go due to some unexpected turn of events.

[Tony_FLADEM]

16. You would put both measures into the same bill.

[arely staircase]

17. no. here is a counter proposal

Tax cuts for the wealthy stay for one year in exchange for publicly funded elections and single payer Health insurance (not just for one year, indefinitely.)

[JustAnotherGen]

18. No

And all tax cuts will be kept on the first 200K for single people and 250K for smug marrieds.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

20. Two different top to bottom tax tables depending on taxable income?

Just not sure what you were trying to say.

[JustAnotherGen]

42. No

Everyone gets to keep the tax cut on their first 200K (I was single until April so I'm familiar with the single limits) and the first 250K if they are married. This is what is in place today.

The difference - my husband and I would be paying a higher tax rate on every single penny we earn over the first 250K.


Trust me - it's not going to hurt us. And we live in Central NJ in a community with an extremely high cost of living.


Doesn't matter - let them all expire if Boehner and CantDO Nuthin' are unwilling to help the couple that only makes 100K in our community.

Then put them back during the next congress for those who are under the limits.

It's simple.

[tritsofme]

19. Moot point, Republicans would never accept that deal. nt

[Johonny]

21. I would need a lot more than that

[grantcart]

22. No more one years

Then the following year there will be another deal, a deal for something we shouldn't have to dea for.

This is the end of the line.

Jump off the cliff. If it costs us seats then so be it.

It will trigger massive defensive cuts and the cuts to the social programs we will have to bear.

In the future the Republicans will be much more likely to come to a reasonable agreement because they know that we have limits.

Right now we are enablers. We enable the Republicans to be crazy.

Now is the time to make them pay for their insanity.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

23. Allowing the tax cuts to expire is completely separate from sequestration n/t

[grantcart]

24. They are separate pieces of legislation but they are going to be part of a 'grand deal' and will be

negotiated at the same time.

There is no possibility of getting the Democrats to agree to the cuts necessary to stave off sequestration without increasing taxes on the very rich, so while they are separate bills they are part of the same equation.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

28. The Democrats don't have to agree to any cuts

Sequestration is currently the law, and unless it's repealed, it's going to happen.

I can very easily see the Republicans allowing sequestration to occur if they know that the tax cuts will all expire.

[jberryhill]

33. Let's Roll

[grantcart]

41. I have talked to Republicans who are secretly hoping that it goes to sequestration.

They say that it was the only way to reduce an out of control military budget.

They think that it is the only way to get the deficit in order.

[former9thward]

25. No.

Tax cuts should be ended for all income groups. Tax cut mentality that has been pushed for decades has led to a greed mentality in this country. End for all.

[Motown_Johnny]

26. Are you sure they won't find a way around it?

I'm thinking it is time to end these freaking Bush tax cuts and I would need some serious convincing to support anything else.

[bluestateguy]

27. No, not enough in return

For getting Citizens United repealed lock, stock and barrel? Then we would have something to talk about.

[rustydog]

29. No, tax them, they are Americans, they live here, they drive our roads...

I am sick and tired of hearing the wealthy, GOP and conservatives bitch about taxes, having to pay a pittance (in comaprison percentage wise) and they get to say on Fox and any other conservative media thatt they don't want THEIR tax dollars funding abortions, feeding poor people, welfare!!!
I don't want MY tax dollars funding these senseless goddamn wars!

[Smilo]

30. Absolutely not........

I, for one, have had enough of their games and run arounds.

Yes, we do need the Disclose Act to pass, but this suggestion would make the price would be too high.

[jberryhill]

31. OFF THE CLIFF

OFF THE FUCKING CLIFF

I am tired of this distortive shite being negotiated away for a handful of magic beans.

1. WE GO OFF THE CLIFF

2. WE INTRODUCE A MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT

3. WE MAKE THE FUCKERS FIGHT IT

Period. End of story. All she wrote.

[Chan790]

32. No deal on the tax extension.

Where I would be willing to make a deal is on the mandatory cuts to military spending that have their briefs twisted up their arses currently. We'll take the Pentagon cuts off the table...in exchange for a tax-hike on the wealthy. They get their bombs and planes and they get to pay for them too.

It's a Salome moment and I want Grover Norquist's head on a platter and his pledge gutted like a fish.

[jberryhill]

34. A more detailed explanation of why this is a bad idea

Guess what. When the hammer falls, the cuts end, and sequestration starts... we aren't going to NEED the disclose act. Because those mountains of money aren't going to be backing the GOPers who let it happen.

[Warren Stupidity]

35. No. This shit is fucked up and bullshit.

Every time the fucking bush tax cuts - the ones that drained the treasury and caused a tsunami of debt - come up for renewal the bidding starts on what we will take as a bribe to not shit our pants when our party folds again.

Fuck that. Die tax cuts die.

[Octafish]

44. + 1

Red Ink is good for holders of Treasury notes. Other than them, not so much.

[stlsaxman]

36. "Off The Cliff! is, in the long run, a much better deal. n/t

[TBF]

43. No. nt

[Reasonable_Argument]

45. No

The country needs revenue and cannot afford to keep the Bush Tax cuts any longer. To be honest we couldn't afford them in the first place, but that's water under the bridge at this point.