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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:05 PM Original message |
Democratic Negotiators Cut 50 Billion Out Of Senate Stimulus Bill???!!! Huh? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. it depends on what they got rid of - tax breaks for buying cars? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Nelson said they are scaling back a Senate-passed tax credit for homebuyers and |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Make sense though- is anyone buying a house |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Some of us |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. The market is busy where I am. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Busy compared to five years ago? I very much doubt that. |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Comparing to an extermely busy market...no. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Some markets are improving... |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Subsidizing EXISTING houses makes sense, to help sell off |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Adjusted prices... |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm gonna wait... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. You're going the wrong direction, Pelosi. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. That'd qualify as part of the costs. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Pelosi: "You cannot allow the perfect to be the enemy of the effective and of the necessary." |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. So far, all the evidence is that most of what's being cut is indeed tax cuts. nt |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. We need 50 billion more for education and financial assistance to states |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Right! |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. If $18.5 billion of that is the $15K break for home buyers who don't need it, fine |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yes, MSNBC just said that was inserted by Isakson of Ga. and then |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. i heard it had something to do with nuclear energy |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Targets - decrease in tax break, and decrease in tax breaks for cars and houses |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. And use that money saved for education, infrastructure, aide to states |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. No, it's just getting rid of useless tax cuts that only serve to increase the national debt. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Its cutting the House credit and the car credit |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well that was quick |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Some more info - |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I can't believe Obama would allow the tax credit for the middle class |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Looks like a bunch of that is tax cuts. Good riddance. nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. This is the biggest pro-Dem project spending bill since the 60's... so what if some stuff is cut? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Tell the people who won't get jobs or will lose their jobs "so what" |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Ok, this makes no sense.. |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Because NOW there are 3 Rethuglican "moderates" who have to be satisfied. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. So was Congressman Rangel correct when he said that 3 Republicans run the Senate? |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. He's partly correct. The Democrats still get to write the bills. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Well, they cut out a bullshit 'house buying incentive' amendment proposed by a jackass Republican. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. Gotta love those Dems |
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