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Poll_Blind

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5. Going over is better than the "deals" currently being negotiated. This is ours to piss away.

Reply to JaneyVee (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 05:54 PM

Dec 2012

We need to go over, take the automatic spending cuts, and start rebuilding before the inauguration, even.

PB

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F**K This, Go Over The Fiscal Cliff! [View all] JaneyVee Dec 2012 OP

Yup. Let's go for it. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #1

I'm in!!! Buddaman Dec 2012 #2

can't be worse than these ugly rumored proposals Skittles Dec 2012 #3

Yes, take the capital gains tax increase, one-time opportunity for that revenue! Coyotl Dec 2012 #4

Going over is better than the "deals" currently being negotiated. This is ours to piss away. Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #5

Lets go for it and raise the middle class's taxes by $2000 awake Dec 2012 #6

You do realize they can make the future bills retroactive to January 1st, 2013........ thelordofhell Dec 2012 #28

Yep, because the house is in our control & we will get what we want, ops the Repugs run the House awake Dec 2012 #36

PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. Let the damn tax cuts expire! robinlynne Dec 2012 #7

The 2.1 million people that will lose their unemployment disagree. nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #8

Respectfully... ReRe Dec 2012 #17

It's not, it's the unemployment extension. The basic UI is not run by the fed gov't. Sirveri Dec 2012 #41

Extension, extension... ReRe Dec 2012 #44

I second that. Cleita Dec 2012 #9

DURec leftstreet Dec 2012 #10

Rec. They've robbed Soc Sec of 2.7 TRILLION dollars. Repay it. Raise the cap. Tax the top 10% at 40% In Truth We Trust Dec 2012 #11

that is a radical left opinion you espouse. My family is _just_ recovering from 2008 pasto76 Dec 2012 #12

Some of us haven't even begun to recover Autumn Dec 2012 #14

Saying "don't cave in to GOP extortion" is a radical left opinion??? starroute Dec 2012 #15

next, you will be called a commie fascisthunter Dec 2012 #24

radical left.... bully for your family fascisthunter Dec 2012 #21

hi ho, hi ho, over the cliff we go....and it's about time! TeamPooka Dec 2012 #13

The cliff is the better option. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2012 #16

I'm in too! Absolutely! Owl Dec 2012 #18

Let the Bush tax cuts DIE. jsr Dec 2012 #19

Agreed alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #20

Agreed !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #22

If that means saving Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.... Delmette Dec 2012 #23

$400k is not a bad deal, IMO. limousineliberal Dec 2012 #25

Obama should not have entertained the $400K bracket idea, nor the SS idea. reformist2 Dec 2012 #26

Like the "Crisis" of 08 fear-mongering leaches know what works . orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #27

Going over the cliff is more than nixing Bush Tax cuts awake Dec 2012 #29

Howard Dean is right. ellisonz Dec 2012 #30

I am down with that I agree with HOWARD DEAN lets do it awake Dec 2012 #32

I'm with Howard Dean. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2012 #33

+ 1,000,000,000... What You And Howard Said !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #40

Do ya really wanna jump? Do ya wanna? freshwest Dec 2012 #31

10 Tips On How To Cliff Jump Without Getting Hurt...1. Don’t go cliff diving alone. adirondacker Dec 2012 #34

Yep, no other choice. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #35

Cliff is the best option so far. modem77 Dec 2012 #37

I much prefer going over the cliff to going under the bus. forestpath Dec 2012 #38

So, besides bitching on DU, KCDem Dec 2012 #39

Calling the Bluff is our best option. grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #42

Hey! I've gone off the cliff in my own life so often that I don't know what it is to stay on the JDPriestly Dec 2012 #43