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bluestateguy

(44,173 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:31 PM Feb 2013

NOW can we say that Obama got the better deal in the fiscal cliff deal? [View all]

I think we can.

The debt ceiling threats withered away. Earned benefits like SS, Medicare and Medicaid were protected, and for the first time in 20 years, income taxes on the rich were raised. That is indeed a very big deal. OK, I would have preferred a threshold of $250,000, and not $450,000, but it is clear here who got the better deal.

This time anyway, the 14 dimensional chess worked.

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NOW can we say that Obama got the better deal in the fiscal cliff deal? [View all] bluestateguy Feb 2013 OP

YES WE CAN!!!! Tarheel_Dem Feb 2013 #1

For this realization: freshwest Feb 2013 #7

When I am worried: sheshe2 Feb 2013 #13

You do know, don't you, that he has a weekly podcast, like FDR's chats: freshwest Feb 2013 #22

Thank You, freshwest! sheshe2 Feb 2013 #23

I like the "I got this" pic. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #18

Love the quotes & the images. Thank You. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2013 #20

Yep! Squinch Feb 2013 #2

we need a like button god damn it. mopinko Feb 2013 #3

+1 freshwest Feb 2013 #5

Alright, you got me! Pholus Feb 2013 #4

+1 Although I would have preferred threshold at $150K but protecting safety nets far more important. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #6

150k is, actually... Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2013 #8

I mean, if we're serious about paying down the deficit it only makes sense. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #9

The wealthiest had hyperlow tax rates permanently locked in MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #10

+1 woo me with science Feb 2013 #14

I think it's 15% on capital assets held for more than six months. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #17

He won permanent tax cuts for the wealthy. If that's you, congratulations Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #11

The chocolate ration has been increased! woo me with science Feb 2013 #15

Perfect isn't it. Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #19

+1 MrSlayer Feb 2013 #21

Not until we know what 3.7 trillion Chathamization Feb 2013 #12

"This time anyway" is not a victory, it's a reprieve. forestpath Feb 2013 #16