Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:09 AM

Partial Deal Reached within hours of deadline

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Watching the breaking news on MSNBC and a deal has been reached by Senate leaders to deal with the tax issues. Each side got something, but it took VP Biden to get it done. Full senate may vote tonight or early morning, but the House is gone.

More details coming in each hour.

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Partial Deal Reached within hours of deadline (Original post)	Heathen57	Jan 2013	OP
Sounds like the deal includes a gutting of the estate tax.	oxymoron	Jan 2013	#1
The rich will be crying over this...	R. Daneel Olivaw	Jan 2013	#9
So i was right afterall	darkangel218	Jan 2013	#2
The 1% win again.	Cobalt Violet	Jan 2013	#3
Yah, im not surprised at all.	darkangel218	Jan 2013	#5
Imo too.	Cobalt Violet	Jan 2013	#7
But it is so hard to live on $250k or so the meme goeth.	R. Daneel Olivaw	Jan 2013	#10
Yeah, they're practically the working poor.	Cobalt Violet	Jan 2013	#11
but they NEED that money!!	Skittles	Jan 2013	#15
It breaks my heart how bad the working poor 3%ers have it.	Cobalt Violet	Jan 2013	#17
really, the rich deserve to keep their money, they 'wHorship' it..	olddad56	Jan 2013	#20
that meme is right here on DU	Skittles	Jan 2013	#14
They may have to lay off...	awoke_in_2003	Jan 2013	#18
dream on. in a good year. Middle class is 45-50K	pasto76	Jan 2013	#19
Good nighty night...	DavidWD72	Jan 2013	#4
Partial deal, somewhat dead, kinda pregnant, and mostly a virgin.	Kennah	Jan 2013	#6
Its time to get on the phone and call our Reps and Sens and e-mail the White House.	marble falls	Jan 2013	#8
Deal?.......	plethoro	Jan 2013	#12
Still working to save those unemployment benefits... Spending cuts not to be sole focus...	freshwest	Jan 2013	#13
WTF	QUALAR	Jan 2013	#16
I am on pins and needles!	coldbeer	Jan 2013	#21
I only needed to read the word "partial". It's nice they didn't lead us on.	AAO	Jan 2013	#22
Locking...	Lasher	Jan 2013	#23

Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:12 AM

oxymoron (4,053 posts)

1. Sounds like the deal includes a gutting of the estate tax.

Yeah, that is the way to really stick it to the rich.

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Response to oxymoron (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:26 AM

R. Daneel Olivaw (12,606 posts)

9. The rich will be crying over this...

all the way to the Cayman Islands.

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:13 AM

darkangel218 (13,985 posts)

2. So i was right afterall

In my psychic prediction.

Bow to me

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:14 AM

Cobalt Violet (9,879 posts)

3. The 1% win again.

Big surprise.

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Response to Cobalt Violet (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:19 AM

darkangel218 (13,985 posts)

5. Yah, im not surprised at all.

Middle class is not $250k a year, middle class is $60k. IMO.

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Response to darkangel218 (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:25 AM

Cobalt Violet (9,879 posts)

7. Imo too.

I think 250k is top 3%. Not at all middle class.

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Response to Cobalt Violet (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:28 AM

R. Daneel Olivaw (12,606 posts)

10. But it is so hard to live on $250k or so the meme goeth.

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Response to R. Daneel Olivaw (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:35 AM

Cobalt Violet (9,879 posts)

11. Yeah, they're practically the working poor.

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Response to Cobalt Violet (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:47 AM

Skittles (149,568 posts)

15. but they NEED that money!!

else they'd be living in a WAR ZONE!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2106383

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Response to Skittles (Reply #15)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:03 AM

Cobalt Violet (9,879 posts)

17. It breaks my heart how bad the working poor 3%ers have it.

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Response to Skittles (Reply #15)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:21 AM

olddad56 (5,732 posts)

20. really, the rich deserve to keep their money, they 'wHorship' it..

those of us in the middle class are used to not having any left over money, we won't miss it like the rich will. We won't have to choose between giving up our summer home or our membership at the country club. They will have to make hard decisions over real sacrifices. We'll will just have to whine about the increase in food prices and then pay them anyway.

It is still a victory for the middle class, if the rich really had their way, we would be feeding the homeless to the hungry. Sort of a soylent green solution.

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Response to R. Daneel Olivaw (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:45 AM

Skittles (149,568 posts)

14. that meme is right here on DU

I kid you not

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2106383

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Response to R. Daneel Olivaw (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:06 AM

awoke_in_2003 (34,582 posts)

18. They may have to lay off...

some of the staff.

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Response to darkangel218 (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:14 AM

pasto76 (1,589 posts)

19. dream on. in a good year. Middle class is 45-50K

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:19 AM

DavidWD72 (34 posts)

4. Good nighty night...

Either the House is out to celebrate the New year or they've been working oh so hard they had to get some sleep. Guess the rest of America can stay up and wonder if they will hang us out to dry in the morning.

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:24 AM

Kennah (10,882 posts)

6. Partial deal, somewhat dead, kinda pregnant, and mostly a virgin.

If it doesn't pass both Houses, then it would seem there is NO deal.

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:26 AM

marble falls (49,397 posts)

8. Its time to get on the phone and call our Reps and Sens and e-mail the White House.

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:36 AM

plethoro (594 posts)

12. Deal?.......

No. Capitulation.

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:44 AM

freshwest (53,661 posts)

13. Still working to save those unemployment benefits... Spending cuts not to be sole focus...

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:59 AM

QUALAR (106 posts)

16. WTF

Someone please explain who was the Lame Duck in these negotiations.

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:49 AM

coldbeer (306 posts)

21. I am on pins and needles!

I did not want to go to the New Year's party
and watch the baloon drop. I wanted to watch
the fiscal cliff. Just missed Rachel! Getting more
drunk with Lawrence! Got to go to bed!!!

With Social Security and Medicare I am on easy
street. Of course I walk a lot because I can't afford
to drive. My money is not important, why the hell
do they want it?

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:26 AM

AAO (3,300 posts)

22. I only needed to read the word "partial". It's nice they didn't lead us on.

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Response to Heathen57 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 10:18 AM

Lasher (26,223 posts)

23. Locking...

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