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Proud Liberal Dem

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10. Sounds good to me

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 05:09 PM

Dec 2012

I still can't get over how Congress approved the BCA and didn't see this coming- though I suspect that they did but figured that they'd either never have to go through with it or could quickly fix it later.

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Report: White House Considers Smaller Fiscal Cliff Deal [View all] ProSense Dec 2012 OP

That might actually be the best proposal yet. Skinner Dec 2012 #1

Yup, everyone should push for this ProSense Dec 2012 #4

So...put something out there that was designed to expose Boehner for the teabagging douchenozzle Fridays Child Dec 2012 #2

that's what I was hoping for lasttrip Dec 2012 #3

This is what should have been done all along frazzled Dec 2012 #5

If he lets it pass on mostly democrat votes, then it is passing against GOP votes. julian09 Dec 2012 #12

I'm just sitting her enjoying the implosion of the conservative movement. jrobbi Dec 2012 #6

Thats what I expected to happen. DCBob Dec 2012 #7

then it will just move the fight to debt extension.... gov't shutdown will be the new hostage.. n/t Mr Peabody Dec 2012 #8

No, it will not. ProSense Dec 2012 #9

he/she is talking about the debt ceiling Enrique Dec 2012 #23

Right, and Republicans will have no leverage ProSense Dec 2012 #24

ha, they'll have no leverage Enrique Dec 2012 #27

Huh? ProSense Dec 2012 #29

Sounds good to me Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2012 #10

kick bigtree Dec 2012 #11

It's a 'band aid" approach, but it's not bad. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #13

this I can live with magical thyme Dec 2012 #14

This I could go for Liberalynn Dec 2012 #15

Sounds like a damn good idea to me. Autumn Dec 2012 #16

Repubs are rushing to the Greyhound station... kentuck Dec 2012 #17

well that plan favors the rich hfojvt Dec 2012 #18

The plan allows the tax cuts for the rich to expire. ProSense Dec 2012 #19

I suppose the plan woud be to pass with mostly Democratic votes? kentuck Dec 2012 #20

Possibly, but ProSense Dec 2012 #21

I don't see it passing the Republican House. kentuck Dec 2012 #22

Tea Party will own the ultimate destruction of the Republican Party as we know it. Panasonic Dec 2012 #36

no, actually it keeps many of those tax cuts for the rich hfojvt Dec 2012 #26

Please cut the nonsense. ProSense Dec 2012 #30

I'd like to have Obama cut the nonsense hfojvt Dec 2012 #39

You can ProSense Dec 2012 #41

the tax brackets do NOT apply to everyone hfojvt Dec 2012 #45

Don't be absurd! n/t ProSense Dec 2012 #52

Those numbers are OUTRAGEOUS. woo me with science Dec 2012 #34

I've been posting those numbers like a broken record now hfojvt Dec 2012 #40

Everything we get now favors the rich. It's a given now. woo me with science Dec 2012 #25

"We won the election by a landslide" ProSense Dec 2012 #31

No. woo me with science Dec 2012 #32

Your graph doesn't make your point. ProSense Dec 2012 #35

Bullshit, Prosense. woo me with science Dec 2012 #37

Bullshit, woo me with science ProSense Dec 2012 #38

aha, so you admit "nothing" is an alternative hfojvt Dec 2012 #42

Admit? ProSense Dec 2012 #44

but going in the wrong direction is bad hfojvt Dec 2012 #47

Progress isn't the "wrong direction" ProSense Dec 2012 #50

It's like arguing in a funhouse, isn't it. nt woo me with science Dec 2012 #53

P is for propaganda. n/t ProSense Dec 2012 #54

I wish that graph would include the baseline of "going over the clifff" hfojvt Dec 2012 #43

Actually, it's a ProSense Dec 2012 #46

I didn't know that the health care law hfojvt Dec 2012 #49

Regardless! ProSense Dec 2012 #51

It's stunning that they get away with this, and claim to represent us. woo me with science Dec 2012 #55

Yeah, This One AndyTiedye Dec 2012 #28

K & R Scurrilous Dec 2012 #33

Sounds tentatively encouraging. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2012 #48

never seen government so dysfunctional in the good ol usa spanone Dec 2012 #56