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30. she talks primarily about the EITC and raising taxes on the wealthy. But he also had the tuition

Reply to Sekhmets Daughter (Reply #29)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 05:10 PM

Feb 2013

tax credit which eventually got bigger than the GI Bill. The economic boom of course had a lot to do with it. But the down side was he played down the role of government in people's lives and that gave more strength to the republican argument, unfortunately. So much of this book made me sad because we suffered so much loss when Bush was selected prez by SCOTUS. I'm now in the last part of the book where she talks about the Obama-Hillary dispute in 2008 and how nasty that got.

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Holy entitlement program, Batman! Joe Scar getting some good info from Time mazazine [View all] CTyankee Feb 2013 OP

Thanks for the headsup PatSeg Feb 2013 #1

I tuned in for a bit this morning... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #2

Oh, I thought Steny did a good job in the short time he had to get his point across (and I CTyankee Feb 2013 #4

Steny started out fine, but they all ignore Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #7

well, Steny DID address revenue but in the "popular" way of reducing loopholes that CTyankee Feb 2013 #9

Perhaps... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #10

I have never doubted that what the rich essentially steal through these loopholes is CTyankee Feb 2013 #11

I'm old enough to remember when the vast Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #12

I agree that we have to have a more just tax structure and I think we'll get there but right now, CTyankee Feb 2013 #14

We shall see... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #17

Not in any organized fashion, no. I'm seeing some good signs of intelligent life, tho! CTyankee Feb 2013 #18

I do so hope you're correct! Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #19

They Need To Go After Corporate Loopholes As Well DallasNE Feb 2013 #13

That's really disgusting. amandabeech Feb 2013 #15

Amazing isn't it? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #16

And they just love the EITC which supports low income workers by a tax payer subsidy CTyankee Feb 2013 #25

Perhaps. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #27

Chris Hayes had a program explaining that last Saturday. It was wonderful. CTyankee Feb 2013 #28

I love Chris Hayes.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #29

she talks primarily about the EITC and raising taxes on the wealthy. But he also had the tuition CTyankee Feb 2013 #30

I don't watch this crap but the TIme piece truly is important AngryAmish Feb 2013 #3

Stangel actually made the point that REDUCING the Medicare age, not increasing it, was CTyankee Feb 2013 #5

This is the problem: this would be a temporary fix AngryAmish Feb 2013 #6

But women with breast cancer who have Medicare insurance aren't doing that to Medicare CTyankee Feb 2013 #8

You'll see the American Medical Association lobbying for all their worth (alot) xtraxritical Feb 2013 #21

Don't worry-- it'll slip right out of Scarborough's mind. Marr Feb 2013 #20

I dunno. This article is in Time, fer god's sake, not the Nation or another liberal mag. CTyankee Feb 2013 #24

Is this the story they are talking about? If so, here's a link. jtuck004 Feb 2013 #22

And Germany controls costs better than Medicare dkf Feb 2013 #23

Here's the article: The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2013 #26