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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 09:25 AM
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One Year of Food = One Week of Tax Cuts. What's Wrong With This Picture?
Edited on Sun Jun-05-11 09:26 AM by kpete
Bait and Switch
Congress Chooses One Week’s Worth of Tax Cuts for Millionaires over Nutrition Assistance for Families that Need It


The numbers continue to astound. The GOP House plan to slash over $900 million from three federal nutrition programs could deprive up to 500,000 women, infants and children - and they threw in some seniors for good measure - of the food they need. Most of that - $833 million - is equivalent to one week’s worth of Bush tax cuts for the rich. It would reduce the federal deficit by less than one-tenth of a percent. They call this "righting the ship." Positively Orwellian.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/bait_and_switch.html
http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/06/03-0
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 09:28 AM
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1. It's fucked up is what it is n/t
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 09:31 AM
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2. sick fuckers.
so fucking sick. I want to puke.
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 09:35 AM
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3. OMG!
It cannot get any clearer than this how WRONG, WRONG, WRONG these insane Republican policies are for this country.
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Snoutport Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 10:35 AM
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5. +10 more WRONGS
Edited on Sun Jun-05-11 10:36 AM by Snoutport
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 10:19 AM
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4. k & r
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 10:36 AM
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6. "Smirk." - Republicon PuppetMasters (R)
Edited on Sun Jun-05-11 10:37 AM by SpiralHawk
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 10:43 AM
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7. Combine this with the fact that taxes are lower than under Reagan ....
and the idiocy compounds.

Republicans roll eyes at Obama's (accurate) assertion that taxes were higher under Reagan

During Ronald Reagan's presidency, total federal tax revenue as a percentage of GDP averaged 18.2%, reaching a low point of 17.3% in 1984.

During Barack Obama's presidency, total federal tax revenue as a percentage of GDP has averaged 14.9% and is projected to drop to 14.4% in 2011.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/02/981142/-Republicans-roll-eyes-at-Obamas-%28accurate%29-assertion-that-taxes-were-higher-under-Reagan?via=blog_1
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 12:45 PM
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8. The Dems have the bully pulpit. They should use it. nt
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 07:07 PM
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9. Absofreekinlutely. n/t
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 08:44 PM
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10. k & r
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 09:02 AM
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11. K&R
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