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In reply to the discussion: What am I supposed to be outraged about? [View all]Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)29. Yeah I can't see why people would be upset
unless they know something we don't know? ???
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Of all the compromises that could be made to get the GOP to budge, this is fairly inoffensive.
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#1
Because the whiners need to whine, otherwise they would no longer qualify as whiners
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#2
It is all this whining that has started driving me toward the center...
Comrade_McKenzie
Dec 2012
#3
They'll let us know. I am in the process of getting rid of old outrages
TwilightGardener
Dec 2012
#8
A 15% cut in the inheritance tax rate and a $4M increase in the starting point,
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#11
We should not do this. It is stopgap, and the Republicans will demand cuts to Social Security
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#17
Unemployment extension, no tax hike on <$250k/year and pushing off the sequester
jeff47
Dec 2012
#22
So you want to raise taxes on everyone in order to raise taxes on whatever you define as "rich".
jeff47
Dec 2012
#30
The rich have not had 'zero taxes' and this deal only raises the very rich by 4.6 %
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#62
Much better to let the ALL the tax rates on rich go back up then pass tax cuts for middle class
ErikJ
Dec 2012
#33
I agree and would add the republicans get 80% of what they want in this deal. n/t.
airplaneman
Dec 2012
#43
Seems to me like the Republicans doubled the income level to be taxed that Obama campaigned on.
world wide wally
Dec 2012
#38
Agree 100%. Glad to see someone look at this deal in a rational way instead of.....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#41