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boxman15

(1,033 posts) Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:41 PM Dec 2012

What am I supposed to be outraged about? [View all]

Someone help me out. All I see is how awful and terrible this deal is here on DU and on certain liberal sites. I don't see that. Do I think this deal is ideal? No. Not at all. But really, how is this at all bad? We're getting roughly $750 billion in new revenue entirely from taxes on the top, no cuts at all in entitlements, and an extension of unemployment insurance. It's really a very basic, bare bones deal. I don't get what I'm supposed to be so upset about. It's not a perfect deal, I wouldn't even say it's that good, but it's certainly not bad and if you would've told me a couple weeks ago that this would've been the deal, I gladly would have taken it.

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What am I supposed to be outraged about? [View all] boxman15 Dec 2012 OP

Of all the compromises that could be made to get the GOP to budge, this is fairly inoffensive. phleshdef Dec 2012 #1

deal kardonb Dec 2012 #53

Because the whiners need to whine, otherwise they would no longer qualify as whiners graham4anything Dec 2012 #2

It is all this whining that has started driving me toward the center... Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #3

lmao iamthebandfanman Dec 2012 #52

It's not utopia, man!!! tabasco Dec 2012 #4

I know this gets said alot, but that REALLY iamthebandfanman Dec 2012 #48

I am a damned dirty hippy with dreams of utopia tabasco Dec 2012 #57

I have to agree based on what we know Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #5

Given that the Republicans can barely deal with their own teabaggers Lex Dec 2012 #6

What? Outraged? Of course you should be outraged. MineralMan Dec 2012 #7

Ah, I see the problem. Igel Dec 2012 #18

They'll let us know. I am in the process of getting rid of old outrages TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #8

actually there is something as important that people are missing.. oldhippydude Dec 2012 #9

Most people are spinning this as a victory for the Republicans Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #10

Spinning as an R victory on TV, or here at DU? Lex Dec 2012 #16

It sure seems like it Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #26

A 15% cut in the inheritance tax rate and a $4M increase in the starting point, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #11

We should not do this. It is stopgap, and the Republicans will demand cuts to Social Security JDPriestly Dec 2012 #17

I've been fairly hard on the president... TDale313 Dec 2012 #12

I've already reminded people that the GOP backed off on chained CPI... backscatter712 Dec 2012 #13

Here at HairOnFireUnderground? ms liberty Dec 2012 #14

I'll help ... JoePhilly Dec 2012 #21

Therefore..... Sophiegirl Dec 2012 #42

Crap, could have solved my own personal JoePhilly Dec 2012 #47

Thank you - its so delightfully descriptive! ms liberty Dec 2012 #58

you don't have to be outraged about it Enrique Dec 2012 #15

Unemployment extension, no tax hike on <$250k/year and pushing off the sequester jeff47 Dec 2012 #22

for me, as someone who thought 250K was way too high, Enrique Dec 2012 #23

So you want to raise taxes on everyone in order to raise taxes on whatever you define as "rich". jeff47 Dec 2012 #30

I agree. $100,000 on personal should be a much better start. RC Dec 2012 #45

hardly outrage zipplewrath Dec 2012 #55

Yeah I can't see why people would be upset Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #29

I'm with you on this one Moral Compass Dec 2012 #19

Because DU has become the world of "Fuck the working poor"! Mass Dec 2012 #20

Tom Harkin Enrique Dec 2012 #25

And he refused to say if he would filibuster Mass Dec 2012 #37

Paul Krugman wants to fuck the working poor, too! MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #32

Why can't more people around here see that? RC Dec 2012 #46

in the words of someone above iamthebandfanman Dec 2012 #51

Thanks for the heads-up Deb Dec 2012 #24

Word! maybe they have forgotten how long the rich have had 0 taxes pasto76 Dec 2012 #27

The rich have not had 'zero taxes' and this deal only raises the very rich by 4.6 % Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #62

Which deal is that? Link please. grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #28

I get the feeling this is all GOP political theater Taverner Dec 2012 #31

Yep, to distract us from crucial issues like global climate change, our Cleita Dec 2012 #34

Good points. Blanks Dec 2012 #56

Much better to let the ALL the tax rates on rich go back up then pass tax cuts for middle class ErikJ Dec 2012 #33

I agree but apparently our overlords in Washington don't. n/t Cleita Dec 2012 #35

No real deal is being made. sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #36

+ My household. n/t truedelphi Dec 2012 #40

I agree and would add the republicans get 80% of what they want in this deal. n/t. airplaneman Dec 2012 #43

that is a very good summary Skittles Jan 2013 #59

Seems to me like the Republicans doubled the income level to be taxed that Obama campaigned on. world wide wally Dec 2012 #38

Well, here's a paragraph gleaned off Huffington Post: truedelphi Dec 2012 #39

Agree 100%. Glad to see someone look at this deal in a rational way instead of..... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #41

There is no need to be outraged anymore, the Republicans took the Chained sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #44

I dunno, but im glad you made this post iamthebandfanman Dec 2012 #49

Outrage makes no sense think_critically Dec 2012 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author shireen Dec 2012 #54

Agree 100% aaaaaa5a Jan 2013 #60

As an "Obama critic" I don't think it's a terrible deal (cont) Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #61