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humbled_opinion

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18. Judge a man by actions not words...

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 08:47 PM

Jan 2013

Answer me this...

Where was the discussion on ....

1. a VAT?
2. Actually Rasing the tax rates not just letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the rich?
3. A banking and trading transaction tax?
4. An annual tax on gun ownership?
5. A wealth Tax?

Not a single word by the President on anything like those......but he did come up with the brilliant SS chained CPI.....

Why?

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Boehner is presenting the House GOP caucus with 2 options. [View all] aaaaaa5a Jan 2013 OP

This is getting interesting. TDale313 Jan 2013 #1

Not according to some on DU. As far as they are concerned, Obama caved before negotiations started. n bluestate10 Jan 2013 #2

Then they can Echo that for Senator Bernie Sanders, too.. Cha Jan 2013 #7

So Bernie voted to cave?? JoePhilly Jan 2013 #13

What does that tell you? aaaaaa5a Jan 2013 #25

Bernie traded his vote for dairy price support arendt Jan 2013 #27

So what you mean is Bernie, just like all of them, can be bought. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #39

No, what he means is that Bernie is looking out for his CONSTITUENTS. n/t Tempest Jan 2013 #45

But Obama isn't? JoePhilly Jan 2013 #48

Not sure where that came from since I made no such claim. Tempest Jan 2013 #49

Others have. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #50

And newly re-elected, noted "most liberal" Sherrod Brown ... zbdent Jan 2013 #14

Sanders is a Capitalist running dog of the international bourgeoisie!!! Odin2005 Jan 2013 #31

I knew that.. Cha Jan 2013 #32

With due respect, we have some critics who simply don't know what they are talking about. aaaaaa5a Jan 2013 #10

Exactly, and, it's not just Arianna's cue that is clueless. Cha Jan 2013 #17

Thanks! nt aaaaaa5a Jan 2013 #24

Joe's smile freetrucker53 Jan 2013 #28

He's like everyone's favorite grandpa! Odin2005 Jan 2013 #35

Ariana is a RW opportunist and HuffPo is a tabloid rag. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #33

HP is getting worse Tempest Jan 2013 #47

THANK YOU! Tempest Jan 2013 #46

Oh Noooo! longship Jan 2013 #34

What are you typing with? My mind is racing. nt DCKit Jan 2013 #44

Under the first scneario, they get ZERO Dem votes, so the caucus has to get at least 216. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #3

If Boehner can't get a few Republicans to form a majority with Dems PDittie Jan 2013 #4

Option 1 will included 300 billion dollars in spending cuts. aaaaaa5a Jan 2013 #5

except that they haven't proposed anything like that bhikkhu Jan 2013 #9

They'll put tons of spending cuts in there to get the caucus united geek tragedy Jan 2013 #6

that sounds about what Koch would want. Cha Jan 2013 #8

Agreed. CakeGrrl Jan 2013 #11

Judge a man by actions not words... humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #18

+100 Myrina Jan 2013 #19

If you had seen his presser yesterday, CakeGrrl Jan 2013 #26

I did watch his presser... humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #43

Agree freetrucker53 Jan 2013 #30

Boehner is wasting his time with the first option to strengthen his position among the far-right PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #12

LOL humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #15

It's going to be a long 4 years for them Major Nikon Jan 2013 #16

Let's hope it's an up and down vote on the bill as passed by the Senate. Cleita Jan 2013 #20

The Republicans are in a non-winnable position..... plethoro Jan 2013 #21

I have to say this is a smart move by the orange man. DCBob Jan 2013 #22

The House is irrelevant now. Coyotl Jan 2013 #23

It's about time our side uses Divide-And-Conquer on the GOP. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #29

Bing-Bing-Bing-Bing! longship Jan 2013 #36

The concern trolls are as predictable as a cold winter in Fargo. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #37

Go PO! ReRe Jan 2013 #38

tsk, tsk... SoapBox Jan 2013 #40

We're ALL screwed! James48 Jan 2013 #41

A definite win for Obama RedstDem Jan 2013 #42