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Elessar Zappa

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54. He's a hostage taker

Reply to Bettie (Reply #48)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 07:55 AM

Oct 2021

and should be treated as such. I’m so sick of his bullshit.

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Now Manchin is gunning for the Child Tax Credit [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP

This guy is drunk on his own power. n/t Blaukraut Oct 2021 #1

He (and Sinema) Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #30

he's evil mucifer Oct 2021 #2

i agree with you, he's EVIL as in Anti-Christ EVIL. Thanks for posting what i've been thinking Trueblue1968 Oct 2021 #71

F him, and his 'power.' elleng Oct 2021 #3

I think you mean "if" instead of "of", and Biden will get us through this, and Manchin's games JohnSJ Oct 2021 #6

Yes, of course, 'if.' elleng Oct 2021 #19

Of course JohnSJ Oct 2021 #35

Maybe 60K in WV is fine for WV, but it sure would not apply to other places JohnSJ Oct 2021 #4

It's about median U.S. income and considered within the middle class Hortensis Oct 2021 #13

The original goal, though, was to include the entire middle classe in this... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #23

They would means test Social Security if they could get away with it. Walleye Oct 2021 #31

Basically this wellst0nev0ter Oct 2021 #16

Basically as in ridiculous? We can object to the cap without Hortensis Oct 2021 #36

What's being represented wellst0nev0ter Oct 2021 #45

$60,000 would include roughly 40% of family households. Hortensis Oct 2021 #53

actually it wouldn't since he also wants to require work dsc Oct 2021 #55

It is better than getting nothing. We do not have the power to pass that bill as it currently exist Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #59

So, we take out climate provisions Bettie Oct 2021 #68

Not many because they have to have income to be taxed. Hortensis Oct 2021 #64

He truly is the greatest of the greats. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2021 #5

I'm so glad he's a Democrat! Haggard Celine Oct 2021 #18

Second string bench warmer at best.. Tommymac Oct 2021 #32

I think its time for murmurs of an temporary311 Oct 2021 #7

Work requirement says the coal millionaire. I give up, bye... Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #8

Why? This doesn't protect his coal empire in anyway Walleye Oct 2021 #9

He's afraid that people won't care to work for his.buddies' Haggard Celine Oct 2021 #26

This is so sad. After we worked so hard for the election and then went through so much misery after Walleye Oct 2021 #29

Right now the income limit is $150,000 per couple questionseverything Oct 2021 #10

Reducing it to $60k will not reduce lifting any children out of poverty MichMan Oct 2021 #11

The work requirement will though stop children from being lifted out of poverty questionseverything Oct 2021 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Oct 2021 #15

That is very true. Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #60

This. An additional $250-300/mo check for @40% of American workers?! Hortensis Oct 2021 #37

+1 It is a DIRECT attack on the middle class, ffs. Celerity Oct 2021 #66

President Manchin. dchill Oct 2021 #14

Evil to be Evil, like the GOP. sarcasmo Oct 2021 #17

Seems like the Republicans are dictating this to him and he's doing their bidding. chowder66 Oct 2021 #20

I think the last month EndlessWire Oct 2021 #21

I totally despise this piece of shot. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Oct 2021 #22

If he gets a fucking penny from the DSCC this cycle it will be a travesty... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #24

Manchin has voted against Democratic majorities... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #25

What's the point of controlling the Senate if Manchin keeps destroying Biden's Programs? Tommymac Oct 2021 #27

Majority Leader, Committee Chairpersons, even oversight of Capitol police, Hoyt Oct 2021 #34

He has no clue how those not millionaires live. Solly Mack Oct 2021 #28

A shitty job is easier to take when the government subsidizes the cost of raising kids questionseverything Oct 2021 #38

A lot easier to endure. Solly Mack Oct 2021 #49

There are people in his state who still don't have indoor plumbing. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #41

And there's no good reason for that. Solly Mack Oct 2021 #51

None whatsoever. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #52

Has this man ever driven through Corgigal Oct 2021 #33

And those folks are not making 60,000 and will still receive the child credit... Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #61

They all have their comeupance someday. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #39

Are you kidding? Manchin's loss mean the loss of a much needed Senate seat that we will never be Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #62

You don't know what's going to happen next. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #63

The piece of shit is just throwing in as many poison pills as he can think of. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #40

Yup, that's the plan durablend Oct 2021 #57

Family income cap of 60K? AYFKM? Maru Kitteh Oct 2021 #42

Hes just trying to kill the bill now vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #43

+1 When (I am afraid it is when, not if) we cave to him on this he will simply move to the next Celerity Oct 2021 #67

Since this would presumedly be before having to pay health care premiums dsc Oct 2021 #44

52-48 roamer65 Oct 2021 #46

So screw the middle class mvd Oct 2021 #47

And after he destroys that one Bettie Oct 2021 #48

He's a hostage taker Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #54

Manchin is clearly removed from the everyday reality of many parents dlk Oct 2021 #50

Heck, ordinary, garden variety children Bettie Oct 2021 #56

Yes, & the extra challenges of special needs children for millions of parents dlk Oct 2021 #70

I doubt he cares at all about Bettie Oct 2021 #72

It's pretty obvious dlk Oct 2021 #73

Ugh, now he's going after our kids. "You're a mean one, Mr. Manchin, Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2021 #58

Brilliant mvd Oct 2021 #65

Remind's me of SNL's Aidy Bryant... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #69