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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich : The deal emerging from the Senate is a lousy one. Let me count the ways: [View all]humbled_opinion
(4,423 posts)Democratic representatives continue to set the bar so low and the thugs raise their bar nearly to the roof and somehow we are supposed to be placated?
So..
- I guess Obama has now agreed that this small but bipartisan tax increase on those making over 450K is a fair share.
- Obama is going to sound like a broken record if he says the rich need to pay more in the debt ceiling debate.
- Since chained CPI was already floated for this debate I am sure it will be the low bar for Democrats in the coming debt ceiling debate.
Did you ever get the feeling you were really watching Kabuki theater? Obama and Boner behind the locked door smoking cigs and chuckling over how each would be using their "negotiation" as a political tool to hammer the other....
Why...
Is our side refusing to talk about real solutions to the debt that won't hurt the most vulnerable among us like...
- VAT
- Banking/Trading transaction tax
- Wealth Tax
- Yearly renewable firearms tax...