the lies of David W, Corn

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111. all I know is that I donated and voted for a Democratic President

based on the idea that he would change things. That he would at the very, very least eliminate the Bush tax cuts for incomes over $250,000. I thought they should be eliminated for incomes over $80,000 but was pragmatically sorta willing to settle for $250,000.

But then Obama did not even FIGHT for that? When all he had to do was NOTHING and they would expire automatically?

And I am supposed to believe that $30 billion in unemployment extensions (which had previously been achieved without huge sacrifices) and a little bit of medicaid expansion is worth another $641 billion in tax cuts for the rich? Tax cuts which are likely to be extended AGAIN?

Yeah, the medicaid expansion expired, That sorta makes my point. 6 months of medicaid expansion for TWO YEARS of tax cuts for the rich is NOT a good deal. They got two years and we got six months. Hurrah for the deal maker! He's so awesome.

As for armchair quarterbacking in hindsight. No, way, way back in February of 2010, I was insisting that the Bush tax cuts should expire for the wealthy. That we should make our case to the people against tax cuts for the wealthy.

Instead, Obama keeps embracing them.

For some reason, I still feel betrayed, even if some sheep are going willingly to slaughter, I still feel betrayed.

No amount of you calling me silly and calling the traitor a genius is gonna make me feel any less betrayed. $641 billion in tax cuts for the rich is a failure. And as I said at the time, quoting Biden, the real failure was that Obama refused to even fight.