MaggieD
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you are definitely jealous, don't know why i didnt see it earlier...the people i work with have to pull their weight j...if anyone thinks that they can hire into my workplace and slack, they have another thing coming. those who think they will slack, don't last the first week....a couple days of a press whoopin' their ass and they head for the door. i work with a good group...
This is disgusting, playing with people livelihoods for what amounts to little more than political points, the Democrats should just do the job they're paid for and stop acting like 3 year olds.
I'm sure if it had been Bush, in the same situation, he would have said, the hell with the middle class, "I'm the Decider" and gone ahead and let the middle class lose their tax cuts, just to prove a point. Not much sense, but plenty of "macho"!why, the poor thing
i guess hostage presidents aren't really responsible
and it would be fair to add that the president PUNTED this central relationship between every american and his or her internal revenue service for two years, until his lame duck quacked it a couple days before new years eve
ask obama
care to make a li'l wager on who wins this fight? I'll bet you a weeks' sig line that union collective bargaining contracts get restricted.
I will await with baited breath the news stories you will no doubt be able to cite discussing Republicans fleeing Washington DC in order to stop Obamacare from becoming law.
I'm sure if it had been Bush, in the same situation, he would have said, the hell with the middle class, "I'm the Decider" and gone ahead and let the middle class lose their tax cuts, just to prove a point.
Huh?
I'll text him, right away!
from Mayor Snorkum
False. In many threads on this subject, Walker apologists have alleged this. When challenged to go back and produce campaign statements or campaign literature from Wlaker in which he promisedto take the radical steps he is now taking, nobody has been able to come up with them.
bush would have nixed the bush tax cuts, you're sure
LOL!
help yourself, but i don't know why you'd need to
his answer was on tv
Obama signs tax deal into law - CNN
and he even left himself 13 days to spare
If the tax cuts for the rich weren't included?
As a matter of fact, didn't most of the Republicans in Congress vow not to pass the bill unless the rich were getting their's too?
Considering that the Reps vote lock-step - is it any wonder?
Obama made it clear why he was going ahead and extending them, but that isn't what he wanted.
at least Obama was able to get some things they didn't want
all the Reps were concerned about were the tax cuts for themselves!
Sure, it was a hostage deal.but they were
included, that is
Hostages always say things they don't mean, they do things they wouldn't otherwise do to keep the rest of the hostages free from harm. That is what Obama had to do.
And your point?
Only when it involves making the rich pay their share!our poor pathetic president
he's always such a HOSTAGE
It's a good thing or we would have been in deep kimchi! Look at all the great things they were able to get through! Things that benefit the regular folks, not just the millionaires/billionaires!he had 60 senators for a year, 59 for another, 255 reps
Yeah, even for those that are already getting all kinds of loopholes and entitlements. Now with they even get more with the Estate tax - thanks to Reps.no, tax cuts for ALL americans
Sure, it was a hostage deal.
Hostages always say things they don't mean
That is what Obama had to do.
Only when it involves making the rich pay their share!
Look at all the great things they were able to get through!
thanks to Reps.
president PATTY HEARST
LOL!
not much of a bumper sticker
Shows your party is - "The Party of, and for the rich" - hope you're one of them, otherwise its like the chickens voting for "Colonel Sanders"! LOL!i know, it's the STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
after two years, with 60 senators...
this is what he HAD TO DO
LOL!
What do you mean they didn't - the Reps were willing to let everyone's tax cuts expire (including the chicken's) - if Obama didn't give in to their "PRIMARY" concern - the rich! Bwahahaha!but they didn't, they aren't, he CAVED
Hold on to that feeling, I have a feeling it isn't going to last! LOL!most house seats since 1938! most state reps and leg's in history! 10 gubs! 6 senators!
That was sarcasm, sorry you missed it!you're welcome
but obama deserves his share of the CREDIT
House Democrats will not pass a budget blueprint in 2010, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) will confirm in a speech on Tuesday.
But Hoyer will vow to crack down on government spending, saying Democrats will enforce spending limits that are lower than what President Barack Obama has called for.
“It isn’t possible to debate and pass a realistic, long-term budget until we’ve considered the bipartisan commission’s deficit-reduction plan, which is expected in December,” according to Hoyer’s prepared remarks that were provided to The Hill.
The House will put forth a “budget enforcement resolution” rather than a budget blueprint that looks beyond next year and calculates five or 10 years’ worth of deficit figures.
The House’s “enforcement” — or deeming — resolution will endorse the goals of the president’s fiscal commission and reiterate the commitment to vote on its recommendations after the midterm elections.
It’s also the issue that’s destroying what’s left of the Democrats’ jobs agenda as centrist Democrats have balked at the price tag of such measures.
For weeks, Democratic leaders have tried to strike a deal on the budget, which is a non-binding resolution, but to no avail. The talks triggered splits in the Democratic Caucus, alienating conservative Democrats from their liberal colleagues.
“At a minimum, the House will not extend the tax cuts benefiting taxpayers of incomes above $250,000 despite some suggestions in the Senate that they be extended along with all other Bush tax cuts.”
But much of where Hoyer believes the real deficit debate should start is with the bipartisan fiscal commission.
from the hill, above:
we're not gonna propose a budget, we're gonna wait for bowles-simpson
LOL!
we're not gonna extend the bush/obama/clinton/boehner/mcconnell tax cuts for the rich, we're gonna COMMIT to VOTE on the debt commission's recommendations instead
LOL!
leadership patty hearst can believe in
actually, we CAN'T do the outyear projections, OUR OWN CAUCUS won't come along
so we'll just DEEM the damn thing
cuz we're HOSTAGES
obama's doa budget proposal released a month ago RAISES the defict a brazen THIRTY PERCENT
White House Expects Federal Deficit to Spike to $1.65 Trillion - WSJ.com
no wonder the party took such a shellacking on tsunami tuesday
party on, progressives
The president argued that tax cuts for the lower and middle class are crucial for job growth and boosting the economy in the short term, an assessment with which most economists agree.
Tax Cut Deal: President Obama Compares Republicans to Hostage Takers - ABC News
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