President Obama: "a balanced approach is

ProSense

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Mon Jul-25-11 08:58 PM
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President Obama: "a balanced approach is

asking Americans whose incomes have gone up the most over the last decade - millionaires and billionaires - to share in the sacrifice everyone else has to make."

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MannyGoldstein

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:02 PM
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1. "Since I already gave away your Social Security savings,

it's only fair."

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gateley

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:03 PM
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2. Oh, Manny. Sigh.

Let's wait and see, okay?

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MannyGoldstein

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:07 PM
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6. Wait and see what? Obama's announced that he offered $650 B

in entitlement cuts.

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gateley

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:12 PM
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11. What are those cuts? I want all 650 billion of them, Manny!

:7

Actually, I heard a Dem Congressman on w/Ed (radio) today say there were areas where we could whittle down Medicare w/o affecting benefits. He cited prescription drug costs, and we all know the current plan sucks.

Nobody's signed anything, nobody's passed anything, we just have to see what happens and until the, keep deluging your Rep and Sens with e-mails and phone calls.

Don't give up the fight! We all want the same thing, I'm just not as mad at him as you are.

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dennis4868

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:16 PM
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12. this is what Obama has been saying...

making cuts in areas where we could whittle down Medicare w/o affecting benefits...this is what the affordable care act did as well but DUers and PL refuse to understabd this because it goes against the DU "narrative" of Obama.

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gateley

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:18 PM
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13. Yeah, and the bottom line is, nobody KNOWS because as of now,

there is NOTHING heading toward Congress!

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ProSense

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:05 PM
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5. President Obama:

"let's ask the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to give up some of their tax breaks and special deductions."

Actual quote!

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MannyGoldstein

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:08 PM
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7. President Obama:

Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 09:09 PM by MannyGoldstein

"serious deficit reduction would still require us to tackle the tough challenges of entitlement and tax reform"

Actual quote!

The 99% have given plenty, and now those in Washington want to steal even more. Shame!

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ProSense

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:10 PM
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8. Was that from

Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 09:12 PM by ProSense

this speech?

Edited to correct link.

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MannyGoldstein

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:11 PM
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10. Yes, from that speech

At a certain point, compromise becomes appeasement. Or aiding and abetting.

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denem

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:05 PM
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3. As a matter of practical policy,

Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 09:10 PM by denem

the balanced grand bargain is dead in the water,and has been since it was abandoned unfinished last Friday. I don't know what Obama is playing at. None of the work in progress contains revenue proposals.

Ring in favor of a balanced approach that doesn't exist in any legislative effort?

Crazy

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DJ13

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:05 PM
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4. Share?

Their class are the ONLY people who havent made any sacrifice the last 20 years.

How about we leave the safety net alone and make them do all the sacrificing now?

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tblue

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:11 PM
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9. It's not really even a "sacrifice" for the top 1%.

What's proposed would have zero impact on their lifestyle. They'd never notice the difference. It grieves me to at all equate this to cutting people's fixed incomes and pushing more of us into desperate straits. How in the world is that "balanced" or "fair," or even
"moral"?

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pansypoo53219

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Mon Jul-25-11 09:50 PM
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14. SHARED not PARTISAN

sacrifice. and this time it has to hurt. add an extra 5% bushit tax on the top 5%.

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