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In reply to the discussion: Photos: Michigan Doctor: 'Bernie, what are you doing here?!' [View all]questionseverything
(9,654 posts)62. Thanks for the snark
I think 80,000 is the number some democrats were hoping would replace the 10,000
To be clear I think property taxes on a modest home should be deductible but properties valued past a certain point should not have their taxes be deductible
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I don't know if you're joking, but it took me a while to figure out "TFG" means
C Moon
Dec 2021
#130
I thought he was supposed to be working on the SALT deduction compromise for BBB.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#4
It's not an amendment. It's a section of the bill. The responsible thing for legislators to do
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#14
What are you talking about? According B. Sanders capping SALT at $10,000 was regressive and unjust.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#44
$20K or 30K is reasonable. 80K is just a gift to the richest 10-20%, and in reality a huge chunk of
Celerity
Dec 2021
#100
According to Bloomberg News, Sanders walked away from a previously agreed-to SALT compromise.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#67
"Neither you nor I know what's going on outside of occasional news coverage."
George II
Dec 2021
#77
The $80,000 salt limit is what the house passed according to the bloomberg article you posted
questionseverything
Dec 2021
#63
There was a tentative settlement agreement already reached on Thursday. Plus, yesterday and today...
George II
Dec 2021
#19
Is Bernie's presence going to help any of the fired workers to get rehired?
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#40
Considering that Kellogg's was going to replace the union workers with scabs
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#43
We did the same at my house. Every car that I ever drove was made in the USA.
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#68
Middle and working class families bearing the burden of unjust, regressive taxation
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#46
$80,000 was the number every Democrat in the House voted for in their version of BBB.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#66
The people elected Joe Biden president, and Jen Psaki made it clear in her briefing
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#96
The entire Congressional Progressive Caucus voted to raise the deduction cap to $80,000.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#141
Ask the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Every single member voted in favor of it. N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#145
The union workers were working under an expired contract that was being renegotiated.
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#87
If that is the case, then Bernie's trip was useless beyond providing solace to the strikers.
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#107
Ah, another snarky bullshit comment from you. I guess you had to meet your quota?
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#225
Well, I guess that I could have returned home to live with my father and been an unemployed bum.
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#230
Some people get themselves worked up into a tizzy anytime a progressive does anything progressive.
PTWB
Dec 2021
#26
The union and Kellogg's reached an agreement on Thursday, the day before he left.
George II
Dec 2021
#30
The bill isn't being held hostage. BBB hasn't been introduced because it isn't fully written.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#56
BBB hasn't been fully written because right wing obstructionists have made unreasonable demands.
PTWB
Dec 2021
#119
A fiery indepenant senator walked away from an agreement that the SALT cap be budget neutral,
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#139
Bernie was not my preferred candidate this past cycle. How does that gel with your imagined pattern?
PTWB
Dec 2021
#83
I apologized for distracting you because you kept repeating that you were feeling so distracted.
PTWB
Dec 2021
#160
Actually, I have encouraged you to continue revealing your many personal concerns.
Nixie
Dec 2021
#163
It's not shocking to know that some people actually admit to "break off" tangents.
Nixie
Dec 2021
#165
All you do is post about me. You don't need to project. We can talk about anything you like.
PTWB
Dec 2021
#178
No, and I can't vote for anyone either outside California, even those that voted with Republicans,
Nixie
Dec 2021
#203
My post was about certain people displaying a pattern of attacking progressives leaders.
PTWB
Dec 2021
#215
Actually, you've explained what your strategies are and you continue to explain yourself,
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2021
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PTWB
Dec 2021
#316
My eyes aren't what they were when I was a teenager but they're still pretty sharp.
PTWB
Dec 2021
#325
I wonder if the doctor might have been wondering if Bernie was having another cardiac arrest
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#131
If people believe that Bernie is unhealthy and a heart attack waiting to happen
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#273
So I messed up and typed cardiac arrest rather than heart attack. My bad.
TexasTowelie
Dec 2021
#341
"What are you doing here" is exactly what the doctor said. The location was Michigan,
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#191
Well then I'm glad I could clear that up for you. "Here" could mean Michigan, a city in Michigan ,
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#198
Yes, "here" could mean any of those things. But, you changed the "here" in the quote to "Michigan".
sl8
Dec 2021
#207
I didn't change a quote. Nor did I even quote anyone. It would be simple to sort out any difficulty
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#212
Wasn't he taking the lead, as head of Budget Comm, to pass as much through the reconciliation
JudyM
Dec 2021
#92
According to your link, it's unlikely that Sanders is on a tour to advance the President's agenda..
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#143
JudyM, so he wasn't in Michigan on December 18 to promote Biden's BBB plan? N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#193
Not sure what you're asking. Our party leadership switched gears from BBB to voting rights.
JudyM
Dec 2021
#197
Ok, I see what you are getting at but I personally don't see this as slacking off.
JudyM
Dec 2021
#210
Agreeing to disagree the reasonable and collegial thing to do. The world would be a better place
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#214
50 Senators just like Bernie, and President Biden's agenda would already be
Roisin Ni Fiachra
Dec 2021
#147