If McConnell and Co keep Obstructing, they can kiss their jobs good-bye in 2014. The People have spoken and will again!

in that 67 percent, even though I have not been Polled. I think the American people will revolt on Congress if they do such a thing. That is why any Congressman or woman were cowards, even to run on such an idea. It is why Romney ran from Ryan's ideas too. Too many Americans in the middle class and poor depend on those entitlements and especially Social Security for retirement. They paid into it and deserve it. I paid into Social Security and medicare for years, with the expectation of retiring at a certain age, if I wanted too. Now the wealthy on Wall Street and in congress, want to change the rules! They can forget it and steal the money from somewhere else. I suggest, they start with paying their fair share of taxes.

wall street and corporate welfare! They want everything and don't want to contribute anything. It's a bunch if BS they sling and more and more Americans are waking up and looking behind their 'show and tell' curtain.

and they should

is why do they keep getting elected?

It goes back to Republican controlled state legislatures who do the redistricting. We've got to change that. Otherwise, we'll get nowhere with a recalcitrant federal Congress...

their first $250,000.

EVERYBODY will get that break (if it goes thru)

Sheesh

agree with the American majority on these issues are free to leave the administration now.

All these posts about 'stand firm' and 'don't back down' ... have we ever stopped to think for a minute that his position is - and always has been - that all these things are negotiable?

He is NOT a progressive/liberal. He's a centrist/right leaning pro-business Dem.

We've got to stop fooling ourselves.

If we saw this from both sides a little more often, the ship of state would tighten up and the people would be doing a hell of a lot better.

People don't all operate like me and I'm ok with that. Strength for the center.

Remember what he said after he was elected in 2008 - he can't do this alone. Many people, myself included, sat the first term out for the most part. Sure, I signed online petitions and made a few phone calls to congressional reps but generally I sat on my ass and complained a lot about what was going on. I am NOT going to do that for Obama's second term. I take him at his word that he is the President of the whole country and if he hears more from the right-wingers than he does from his own supporters he has to compromise. If we all get out and get active like we did for the election, I think we'll see him stand up for what WE want and be less open to compromising our - and what I truly believe are his - ideals.

They are like the buzzing of flies to them!

to make up for the Bush Tax cuts that gutted America,
social programs, tax fairness.

I'd be more in favor of Eisenhower rates.

Well, remember Clinton imposed an Minimum Mandatory Tax on big business.... it was about what the corporate tax rate in Europe was (16%? 17%?). That along with the moderate tax rate is where the surplus came from.

We should revisit that.

The rich need to pay more, but if the tax rate were raised to 100% on every dollar earned above $250,000 it would not be enough to close the annual budget deficit. What then?

wrapped up as a Christmas Gift with the tag "This is the best we could do, America. Thanks for voting for us. Love, The Democrats" attached.

If you raised it enough, you could even keep the rate cut Obama put in place.

...why not just eliminate the cap entirely? Why should any income be exempt from Social Security/Medicare taxes? Raise the maximum that can be collected for the mega-bazillionaires if/when they claim benefits. That would shore up the programs for generations to come!

Answer me this:

Since the top 1% already own wealth equal to 90% of the rest of us, then why do they need more wealth before they'll create any jobs?

ANSWER: They aren't the job creators - We, the 99% are!

WE are the job creators when WE buy ourselves or our friends and family gifts.

We are job creators when we buy cars, golf clubs, fishing poles, kayaks, Halloween candy, a night out on the town, new computer, office supplies, furniture, clothes and everything else that we need to sustain ourselves comfortably.

We are the job creators when we are educated enough to design, build, teach, invent, advise or help others to expand their wealth.

We, the 99% are the job creators.

The big corporations only lay people off when we the 99% do not have the money to spend to buy Big Corps' products. So what good are Big Corps anyway.. really? To prop up Wall Street? Right, thought so..

The "To Figure This Out, You Had To Do A Freaking STUDY?" category.


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between the Republican position of raising retirement age to 69 and a Democratic position of lowering it to 60. Make it 64.5, and there's your compromise.

No shit. Nothing like have the rug pulled out from under you at the last minute and then the GOP will start pointing fingers and say we should have planned better.

... are those who have massive amounts of money and idiots who idolize those who have massive amounts of money. Anyone (including myself) who has put into the system for 35 years or more (between the ages of 50 and 64) and is now being threatened with diminished and/or eviscerated Social Security/Medicare benefits who has half a brain in their head is more than a little upset over the discussion taking place around so-called "entitlements". Entitlements, my ass! Social Security and Medicare are more accurately described as pension plans that we all have contributed to over our lifetimes. I find it interesting that this fact quite often brushed under the rug by many politicians and pundits.

are both funded by payroll deductions, they are not part of the deficit at all. They are called "entitlements" because people that paid in over the years are entitled the retirement money. RepuliCONs are using "fiscal cliff" as a smoke screen to cover decreases in Social Security. RepubliCONs have been itching, ever since FDR, to eliminate or modify the program.

did only possibly succeed at damaging those successful programs instead of building on their success.

That's $40B a year out of Medicare and Vet. Programs. Here's a link to an HP article.

The results here will show the principles of the present-day Democratic Party.

The results will show who the present-day Democratic Party actually work for: the rich or the middle class -- and lets not forget the poor, hungry, ill, and homeless.

And I mean TAX the fuggers, not even a compromise by not increasing their taxes less than what was called for.

If they go ballistic, then I say Eisenhower (a Republican!) their bidet-fresh asses. 91% should help clear up our deficit nicely, and if they want to 'go Galt' or move to lets say a nice tax free place like Somalia -- GOOD! They're far from irreplaceable. I'll personally pack them a lunch. Buh-bye. Don't write.
We'll need and miss them as much as we'd need and miss leeches.

even thought about.