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struggle4progress

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41. Yes. Because. No. No, and dunno. Not applicable

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Were you against the Bush taxcuts of 2001 and 2003? [View all] kentuck Jan 2013 OP

99%? Hyperbole much? Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #1

Where is that hyperbole? kentuck Jan 2013 #4

No. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #5

correction: kentuck Jan 2013 #11

Yes, I do. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #12

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #14

Then why donco Jan 2013 #15

May I suggest the ignore feature? nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #20

actually it isn't hfojvt Jan 2013 #37

Cutting taxes while going to war was a recipe for disaster. think Jan 2013 #2

^^^^___^^^^^ this nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #22

Beautifully said. Let those who benefit from the wars pay their fair share of the taxes. I have DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #36

How do you ever expect Congress to be willing? hfojvt Jan 2013 #38

Congress may never be willing. But if they chose to they could. think Jan 2013 #44

It shows me that corporate $ has pushed both parties further right RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #3

+1 CrispyQ Jan 2013 #16

Yes, I said at the time the government was giving away the rainy day money... Historic NY Jan 2013 #6

Yes. You were correct. /nt think Jan 2013 #8

I believe the second one sealed our fate. Historic NY Jan 2013 #34

Yes. We had a huge debt still to pay down when those cuts were enacted. LonePirate Jan 2013 #7

yes me too ThomThom Jan 2013 #18

Personally, I think it's a terrible economic move to defund our revenue sources when preparing to JaneyVee Jan 2013 #9

i opposed the original cuts BECAUSE the benefit went disproportionately to the top unblock Jan 2013 #10

+1 kentuck Jan 2013 #13

except they did not expire for the rich hfojvt Jan 2013 #40

Yes, I was against those tax cuts.... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #17

Of course I was. I knew Bush was installed by the corporate owned SC for 2 purposes. tjwash Jan 2013 #19

You mean the only two wartime tax cuts in history? Yeah, it did not take much wisdom to see Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #21

Middle class tax cuts increase demand. CJCRANE Jan 2013 #23

Yes, I was against them. I thought that depleting our surplus was a bad idea Arkansas Granny Jan 2013 #24

All he cared about was getting re-elected, I think. LisaLynne Jan 2013 #25

GWB had to be re-elected so he could show Poppy Arkansas Granny Jan 2013 #27

Yeah, that is true. LisaLynne Jan 2013 #28

it put more trillions into the hands of his base hfojvt Jan 2013 #42

Against against against. dkf Jan 2013 #26

Absolutely against davekriss Jan 2013 #29

I don't know that this is a fair comparison librabear Jan 2013 #31

Against them then and against them now. Chathamization Jan 2013 #30

How many were in favor of them in 2010? hughee99 Jan 2013 #32

I can't recall anything that Bush did Turbineguy Jan 2013 #33

Yes Gothmog Jan 2013 #35

Of course. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #39

Yes. Because. No. No, and dunno. Not applicable struggle4progress Jan 2013 #41

Yes--after working so hard for a surplus, it was being flushed away Maeve Jan 2013 #43

Yes, because it was apparent then, as it is even more apparent now, that we had not addressed Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #45

Worthwhile questions...and you'll get tons of blowback. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #46

No, always against. I do favor a permanent reduction for the bottom bracket TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #47