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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:08 AM
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Remember this, Grover Norquist specifically said letting temporary
tax cuts (like the bush ones) expire is not a tax increase.

You can watch a report over there on The Huffington Post...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/21/grover-norquist-bush-tax-cuts-tax-hike_n_905624.html

Anyway, if I was a democrat in that room of 12, I still can't get over how childish this really is, I would veto any tinkering with the expiration of those extended tax cuts.
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thecrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:20 AM
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1. Tell that to the Repubicans
They should have expired already. They held unemployment extensions hostage to extend them (the Bush* tax cuts)
DURING CHRISTMAS WEEK. What scrooges all of them were.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:20 AM
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2. At a time like this with the economy struggling, we cannot raise taxes on the job creators
-is what the pukes will say.

They WILL NOT let the bush tax cuts expire now or anytime soon.

Until we stand at their front door and demand either their blood or their taxes, we will get neither.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:51 AM
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4. It's not up to them - they automatically expire unless...
...the House, Senate and President act - it's about the only card we're holding at this point.
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jeff47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 09:23 AM
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8. Thank goodness the Republicans won't take any hostages to get them extended this time!
:sarcasm:
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 12:50 PM
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9. They'll try - but it's up to Dems not to fall for that shit. THE PEOPLE are...
...the best weapon against the hostage-takers.
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jeff47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:12 PM
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11. ..........did you miss the entire "debt ceiling" fiasco? (nt)
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:42 PM
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12. Since the tax cuts automatically expire, all we have to do is NOTHING...
Is that too much for our Dem "leaders?"
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jeff47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:13 PM
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13. Yes.
Yes, it is too much. Dems will want to do something about the economy, and Republicans will demand an extension or they'll block it.

Just like the last time they were scheduled to expire.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:28 PM
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14. If they can't stand up to bulllies, it's time for them to step down...
...and let somebody else lead.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 04:45 AM
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3. We wouldn't be here if Dems had let the tax cuts expire in Dec...
Edited on Thu Aug-11-11 04:50 AM by polichick
The middle class and poor will be hurt far more by these drastic budget cuts than by letting the tax cuts expire - not to mention the country as a whole.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 05:06 AM
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6. Don't you remember? They held unemployment hostage then.
Just as they will the next time.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 05:05 AM
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5. I don't give a shit what that bastard says.
And any congressman who has signed his pledge needs to be washed out of Congress with Chlorox.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 07:10 AM
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7. He took that back the next day, saying that's not what he meant. n/t
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 12:51 PM
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10. So what, it's on record, let him keep explaining it...
that's what the GOP would do...
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 05:22 PM
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15. Unemployment compensation is taxed...
Is Grover against those taxes also??
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ProgressiveEconomist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 05:35 PM
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16. Quick, someone ask Norquist about expiring PAYROLL TAX breaks--
the 2 percent that President Obama and Democrats in Congress want to keep putting in workers' pockets.

Will Republicans who took Norquist's pledge be FORCED to support President Obama?
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 05:39 PM
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17. Tax the Motherfuckers at 90% for a fucking decade !
and don't back down from it !
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