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hfojvt

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3. yep, the Norquist anti-tax mentality is coming from Obama

Reply to dkf (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:09 AM

Jan 2013

and many other Democrats

and the ATRA betrayal was a tax cut for 100% of Americans. Even the top 1% got $600 billion in tax cuts. Because their $1.2 trillion in tax cuts was reduced to "just" $600 billion, it is being called a tax increase.

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Do average Americans get suckered into the anti tax mentality of Norquist and Mickelson? [View all] alp227 Jan 2013 OP

What do you think making the vast majority of the Bush tax cuts permanent was about? dkf Jan 2013 #1

yep, the Norquist anti-tax mentality is coming from Obama hfojvt Jan 2013 #3

If they're low-information voters, all they are generally exposed to is effective right-wing memes. Selatius Jan 2013 #2

"If we need to raise taxes in California ... then so be it." Make7 Jan 2013 #4