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CSPAN replaying Harkins floor statement now. 12:42p eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #1
Tell that to the unemployed... nt kelliekat44 Jan 2013 #60
I am not seeing the reason to be outrage. No cuts to SS or Medicare and some tax increases on rich stevenleser Dec 2012 #2
It's a tax cut for the rich Report1212 Dec 2012 #3
What the OP says is contradictory on that point. It says taxes on the rich are being raised to 39.6% stevenleser Dec 2012 #5
When did $400,000 a year become "middle class"? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #9
It hasnt. It is a negotiated point. nt stevenleser Dec 2012 #12
it is an abject surrender, is what it is. hfojvt Dec 2012 #15
No, chain CPI would have been an abject surrender. No tax increases on the wealthy would have been stevenleser Dec 2012 #18
It's a surrender versus waiting 10 hours nt Report1212 Dec 2012 #22
Exactly. Owl Dec 2012 #25
Cuts to medicare are on the table JimDandy Dec 2012 #24
well, i call taking $2.5 trillion in automatic tax increases on the rich hfojvt Dec 2012 #26
Another fine "deal" by our entirely bought-and-paid-for American government. Chan790 Dec 2012 #42
So you want taxes to go up for the top 40% ? Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #32
why not? hfojvt Dec 2012 #34
Just asking... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #44
How many hours do we work a week. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #20
"almost too low" hfojvt Dec 2012 #29
OK, so I barely earned a (on edit, small) fraction of it (in my best years), but . . . . JDPriestly Dec 2012 #55
US Government says the median income in NYC metro area is 80,000 Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #59
Most people that I know Aerows Dec 2012 #48
True, but it is a good number to work with. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #54
because if there is no deal - taxes aleady go up to 39.6% hfojvt Dec 2012 #10
See hj's point Report1212 Dec 2012 #11
You just don't get it ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #56
huge tax cuts for the rich do not bother you? hfojvt Dec 2012 #4
See my #5 nt stevenleser Dec 2012 #6
How about permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and lies from Obama? bowens43 Dec 2012 #30
okay, but is he going to use his power to block the deal? hfojvt Dec 2012 #7
I agree with you.. bama_blue_dot Dec 2012 #16
actually I wonder if his little speech isn't part of the Kabuki hfojvt Dec 2012 #21
Just read the AP story on the deal being worked out... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #8
unfortunately hfojvt Dec 2012 #13
+ 1000 JEB Dec 2012 #17
My sentiments also. Owl Dec 2012 #27
How right you are. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #23
Yep, and you better vote in 2014! Otherwise it's all your fault! Doctor_J Dec 2012 #41
I Agree Billsmile Dec 2012 #49
Yep malz Dec 2012 #14
Yep. Screw the unemployed. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #19
Obama is screwing us all..... bowens43 Dec 2012 #31
but we NEED to pass these tax cuts for the rich to help the unemployed hfojvt Dec 2012 #39
So a congress with Elizabeth Warren Report1212 Dec 2012 #35
Sure, let the unemployed starve for a month. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #38
Sources are saying that an extension of unemployment benefits will be a part of this deal. totodeinhere Dec 2012 #51
Senator Tom Harkin is right: No Deal Is Better Than The Deal Being Negotiated Owl Dec 2012 #28
If Obama is stupid enough to think Americans will forgive him for iemitsu Dec 2012 #33
What are we gonna do, vote against him? CranialRectaLoopback Dec 2012 #47
Why does Harkin have to read about it in the paper? Doctor_J Dec 2012 #36
He had to read it in the paper Report1212 Dec 2012 #37
Does anyone know if the president has even met with the progressive caucus about this? Doctor_J Dec 2012 #40
His fist met with our gut. CranialRectaLoopback Dec 2012 #46
we need to start over and have the American people start calling the shots No Compromise Dec 2012 #43
Senator Harkin can stop the deal CranialRectaLoopback Dec 2012 #45
I think it more likely that a Republican such as Rand Paul or Mike Lee might stop it. totodeinhere Dec 2012 #52
Here is what irks me about this kind of deal. airplaneman Dec 2012 #50
let me see daybranch Dec 2012 #53
That's why politicians invented back rooms and "closed door" meetings. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #57
WOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Skittles Jan 2013 #58
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