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Showing Original Post only (View all)Howard Dean says he would prefer we went off the "fiscal cliff"... [View all]
He said it was more of a slope than a cliff but this is probably the only chance we will get to cut the defense budget, he said. Also, if we did not raise taxes now, we will be making more cuts later and those cuts will be on those least able to afford them. All in all, he said he would prefer the "fiscal cliff" to compromising away too much.
Governor Dean has earned our respect and deserves a listen.
He was just on Lawrence O'Donnell's show.
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So we all go back to Clinton era tax rates, big deal. Plus we cut the military, hooray!
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#29
he said the tax rates need to go back to the Clinton tax rates for everyone. n/t
Horse with no Name
Dec 2012
#10
I'm thinking this may be best. You can't let the GOP blackmail us, or there will be no end to it.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#3
Obama's proposal does include capital gains going back to 20%, for those above $250k
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#39
It might be the momentum, the push, needed to do real budget adjustments.
TheProgressive
Dec 2012
#6