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Showing Original Post only (View all)We can't afford any more of Obama's Grand Bargains. [View all]
http://presspass.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/05/22188348-white-house-offers-grand-bargain-on-tax-cuts-and-infrastructure?liteBasically, the current Grand Bargain gives corporations a tax cut in return for letting the government build $50 billion in infrastructure that will be used mainly by corporations. This money would mean short term jobs for workers and long term benefits for the already wealthy on both sides of the deal. And because the offer includes a massive tax break for the wealthy, even more of the funding for this deal will come out of the pockets of those least able to pay for it.
Explain to me how this is a good starting point for a new Grand Bargain.
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I think most of us remember Obama saying he had to move right for the republicans.
last1standing
Jan 2014
#38
The 'Grand Bargain' in the ACA occurred during the negotiations that took place . . .
markpkessinger
Jan 2014
#43
If you're only accepting "officially branded" grand bargains, you're right.
last1standing
Jan 2014
#59
Lol! Yes, my "bizarre hatred" of being sold out time and time again is the problem.
last1standing
Jan 2014
#64
So Bernanke's $85 BILLION per month to the bankers started under Bush?
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2014
#69
The FED is an independent agency, so Obama again has nothing to do with it
Progressive dog
Jan 2014
#70
Sequestration. Bush tax cut extension. The permanent tax cuts. The current budget.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#23
the only positive news is that the batshit crazy wing of the House republicans...
mike_c
Jan 2014
#32
We've moved from voting for the lesser of evils to the greater of incompetents.
last1standing
Jan 2014
#34
You want politics more to your liking? Then start pushing people you like into local government,
struggle4progress
Jan 2014
#46
Why do people like yourself always smugly assume no one else is politically active?
last1standing
Jan 2014
#47
It's only "purile" to those who want the center-right policies Obama's pushing.
last1standing
Jan 2014
#54
This is such a disingenuous post, coming from a "centrist" such as yourself. nt
Romulox
Jan 2014
#63
I made no claims about whether you have ever made a phone call or canvassed
struggle4progress
Jan 2014
#55
That's a very odd reaction: you say years of organizing has paid off where you live -- but then
struggle4progress
Jan 2014
#78
Um ... the Third Way folk have never been big on grassroots organizing
struggle4progress
Jan 2014
#79
Obama Grand Flaw - He Believes That Corporations Are Honest Negotiators And Worthy Stakeholders
cantbeserious
Jan 2014
#52
Well he has to represent SOMEONE, and since it isn't us it might as well be the wealthy. nt
Demo_Chris
Jan 2014
#56