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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 08:04 AM
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Is it now the DEMS message to let all the Boosh Tax Cuts Expire?
Curious, cause before it was to let them expire for those making over $250K.

Are the Democrats going to go out and campaign on raising taxes on the middle class?

Now you might believe, and you might be right, to let them all expire, but it's a loser campaign strategy.

Republicans will scream the Democrats are raising your taxes. The Democrats will run with their tail between their legs, and before you know it, the Obama tax cuts/Boosh tax cuts will remain for all.

And don't forget, as it was pointed out to me prior, that the expiration of these cuts were already set prior to this debt ceiling debacle. So, the meme that they'll expire isn't Obama wonderful, is a bunch of kablooey. Especially since Obama made a back room deal to extend them, after Dems campaigned on extending them for the middle class only.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 08:05 AM
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1. Obama extended them so people could keep getting ...
.... their unemployment checks.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 08:07 AM
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2. What will be the reason next time.
Edited on Mon Aug-01-11 08:10 AM by boston bean
The extension of unemployment benefits was not even a close trade off.

The moral and right argument would have won the day. The democrats were winning the message of, cut unemployment benefits so the rich can keep their tax cuts, the republicans are nuts!

Then Obama made the deal behind the democrats back. It is well documented.
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