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sabrina 1

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1. I just used your 'Fiscal Bluff' in another thread and couldn't remember your name

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 03:16 AM

Dec 2012

to you credit. Then I remembered, but spelled it incorrectly. Now I will edit to correct the spelling.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1954002

Re your OP, it's clever how they do this. They lower expectations so we keep accepting less and less and feel like we won something.

Disgusting. And they wonder why Congress has a 13% approval rating.

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Raising tax rate on the rich a mere 2% (to 37%) is a total victory for Republicans! [View all] grahamhgreen Dec 2012 OP

I just used your 'Fiscal Bluff' in another thread and couldn't remember your name sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #1

You know, that gives me an idea. Scootaloo Dec 2012 #7

And capital gains goes back to 20%, a 5% increase. And most importantly, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #2

+100 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #4

I'm all for going back to the Clinton era tax rates, but from 15% to 20% is more like a 33% tax No DUplicitous DUpe Dec 2012 #5

You're right, I wrote that badly. Five total percentage points would be a 33.3% increase. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #14

K&R ReRe Dec 2012 #3

Damn straight. Jamaal510 Dec 2012 #6

we don't know that is the deal BainsBane Dec 2012 #8

elimination of deductions does not raise near enough in the long term hfojvt Dec 2012 #11

Thanks for the excellent breakdown. grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #12

not to mention the tax cuts they still get on their first $250,000 in income hfojvt Dec 2012 #9

The tax rate Scam is that Capital Gains will not be effectively raised billy_j Dec 2012 #10

Hegelian dialectic grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #13

I agree. Don't compromise, allow ALL the Bush tax cuts to expire. nt Pryderi Dec 2012 #15

Ironically, it may be the radical teabaggers that will get us to go "over the cliff". nt Pryderi Dec 2012 #16