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In reply to the discussion: Obama Tax Cuts Rejected In House [View all]jmowreader
(50,557 posts)38. You know how this is going to work already, but I'll tell you anyway.
How Repubicans create jobs:
1. They cut spending, allow tax breaks to expire, etc., which causes...oh, let's say 1000...jobs to be lost.
2. They then do a little Keynesianism, which causes 600 jobs to be created--jobs that pay less than the 1000 they killed, with fewer if any benefits and worse working conditions.
3. The Repubicans then run to the nearest TV camera and tell the world that we should vote for Repubicans (I left out the "L" by accident, then realized it looked so appropriate this way I decided to keep it) because they just created 600 jobs.
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Not a slap, more like they pulled their pants down and told us to kiss their 1% ass. nt
cstanleytech
Aug 2012
#5
And if they theft the White House that will be the first of many slaps to come.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Aug 2012
#9
Time is running out with only THREE months left to introduce anything that resembles a tax plan
may3rd
Aug 2012
#8
I think most Americans would support a higher bracket for the ultra rich.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2012
#33
These are the same tax cuts APPROVED by Democratic Congress and signed by Democratic prez in 2010.
Psephos
Aug 2012
#23
I think you don't understand their SOP argument that the media will back them on enough
TheKentuckian
Aug 2012
#44
There's a fucking surprise..hey Boner, anyone making over $250k a year can swap checks...
truebrit71
Aug 2012
#30