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Thank you for some much needed perspective. We have to look at the whole deal, not 1 number. nt s-cubed Jan 2013 #1
We don't know what the whole deal will be. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #16
that decision was made over 10 years ago BainsBane Jan 2013 #22
Oh yes, sulphurdunn Jan 2013 #28
Well, I'm a poor person and this is what I see..... fasttense Jan 2013 #51
That's what I'm talking about... mountain grammy Jan 2013 #53
TY for posting this information Ian62 Jan 2013 #68
DU rec...nt SidDithers Jan 2013 #2
There's a reason that many progressive constituencies voted for Obama at higher levels than 2008 alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #3
+1,000 freshwest Jan 2013 #6
+1 Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #11
This should be posted as often as possible here. SaveAmerica Jan 2013 #42
Amen! nt Walk away Jan 2013 #43
And Social Security is strengthened DevonRex Jan 2013 #4
The cuts have yet to be negotiated. Until the debt ceiling has been raised, Social Security is stil JDPriestly Jan 2013 #17
+1 n/t whathehell Jan 2013 #18
So you just ignore the 2% increase in payroll SS tax? LOL! DevonRex Jan 2013 #23
Were the Bush tax cuts ending an increase to? cstanleytech Jan 2013 #58
Thanks. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #5
The EIC should not be a substitute for raising the minimum wage mountain grammy Jan 2013 #54
Agreed...it shouldn't be Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #55
Republicans have never accepted the fact that there are "working poor" mountain grammy Jan 2013 #56
Exactly... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #61
Ban Noc speaks for most of the people I know. Thanks, ProSense. freshwest Jan 2013 #7
How fucked is your economy when people rely on EITC? leftstreet Jan 2013 #8
Single 18000=no EIC Skink Jan 2013 #62
And then there are those disqualified from EITC, retirees on SS, those making above cut-off... Melinda Jan 2013 #65
It is good to read the perspective of someone who will be hurt the most by any deal stultusporcos Jan 2013 #9
nailed it. Tutonic Jan 2013 #10
Thanks ProSense. mzmolly Jan 2013 #12
I was particularly struck by two passages: Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #13
they can lump Bernie Cha Jan 2013 #37
Thanks ProSense sheshe2 Jan 2013 #14
Thankie! graywarrior Jan 2013 #15
ProSense, the spending cuts have yet to be negotiated. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #19
Only as ProSense Jan 2013 #26
We shall see what happens in the House, but this deal does not foreclose pension cuts. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #31
Thank you for this excellent post. woo me with science Jan 2013 #45
Well said, JD. mother earth Jan 2013 #50
Well said. Chathamization Jan 2013 #57
Excellent - and I see the posts of gloom and doom as you predicted are showing up... George II Jan 2013 #20
but will the anti Obama people see it that way? Chances are no loyalkydem Jan 2013 #21
Opposing this deal does not mean you are anti-Obama. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #39
Does anyone know if the child tax credit bama_blue_dot Jan 2013 #24
It extends the child tax credit and the college Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #46
Yes but this is only the begining.... former_con Jan 2013 #25
The wrath of the comfortable utopians will descend upon you!! tabasco Jan 2013 #27
Thanks for Posting This Perspective Indykatie Jan 2013 #29
Thank you, we need to remember what COULD have been...and how that didn't happen radhika Jan 2013 #30
My biggest objection to this deal is the situation that bore it. This whole problem was caused by a Arcanetrance Jan 2013 #32
I couldn't agree with you more louis c Jan 2013 #33
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2013 #34
K & R Scurrilous Jan 2013 #35
It seems Bernie Sanders was Lookin' out for the Poor, too.. Cha Jan 2013 #36
And the entire Progressive Caucus. n/t ProSense Jan 2013 #44
This happens every time. Republicans despise these tax credits where the Feds end up sending a check Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #47
"Unenjoyment"? JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #38
Poor people have a perspective? 4_TN_TITANS Jan 2013 #40
I hear ya OnionPatch Jan 2013 #41
Thanks for putting it so well nt AnnieK401 Jan 2013 #48
a poor person who is apparently not very good at math hfojvt Jan 2013 #49
K+R D23MIURG23 Jan 2013 #52
I am very happy for this person, and those who will survive, but... Doctor_J Jan 2013 #59
Half of the population is "the poor" ? oldhippie Jan 2013 #60
Depending on how you look at it, pretty much Nikia Jan 2013 #64
Once again, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer... derby378 Jan 2013 #63
The fiscal cliff deal is primarily directed at protecting Corporate profits Ian62 Jan 2013 #66
If this was France :- Ian62 Jan 2013 #67
The 99% lost on this deal Ian62 Jan 2013 #69
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