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kentuck

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29. And now we are making the cuts...

Thu May 2, 2013, 07:08 PM

May 2013

I thought at the time that the Democrats should have done what they had always done and fought for the unemployment benefits and dared the Repubs to vote against them. It was just before the election so it would have been good politics, also. But we folded our hand and lost the election. I do think it had a direct bearing on the outcome.

So now, we do not have the revenues for programs like Meals on Wheels or Headstart and we cannot raise taxes to pay for them. We had the taxes in our hand. All we had to do was nothing. So now we are paying the price, in my humble opinion.

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Would we be discussing deficits and sequesters if Bush tax cuts had not been extended? [View all] kentuck May 2013 OP

I think it would have happened sooner. riqster May 2013 #1

I'm pretty sure that we would. This, and most everything we love to argue Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #2

I think extending the Bush taxcuts kentuck May 2013 #5

Apparently you would rather have had the millions of unemployed starve Sheepshank May 2013 #3

I haven't seen you complaining about the 11% unemployment cuts in the sequester? kentuck May 2013 #6

Seriously? Sheepshank May 2013 #14

Three months later... kentuck May 2013 #20

your slip is showing, and one task for today is simply to point that out. Sheepshank May 2013 #23

NO... haikugal May 2013 #4

Well it was certainly much more likely we would get a sequester if we kept the cuts. dkf May 2013 #7

Of course not. nt bemildred May 2013 #8

Yes. Next question. JoePhilly May 2013 #9

Next question? kentuck May 2013 #10

Yes. The cut-government fans would be squawking over a smaller amount, but they'd winter is coming May 2013 #11

But they would be squawking mostly about the Bush debt... kentuck May 2013 #13

ahhhh, and you finlly put a name to it. Sheepshank May 2013 #16

WTF?!! kentuck May 2013 #17

From post #3 Sheepshank May 2013 #19

Has anyone told you? kentuck May 2013 #21

You seem to enjoy throwing out insults with some frequency...I'm getting used to Sheepshank May 2013 #24

Well, sheep shit,,, kentuck May 2013 #25

still at it, big boy? n/t Sheepshank May 2013 #32

Do I smell something? kentuck May 2013 #38

Most people don't step in shit.....too bad you don't have the brain cells to figure it out. n/t Sheepshank May 2013 #39

No, most of us wouldn't. Lasher May 2013 #12

In hindsight... kentuck May 2013 #15

This is the biggest mistake...or is the one you posted yesterday or the day before the biggest? Sheepshank May 2013 #18

You have your opinions. kentuck May 2013 #22

There was VERY VERY VERY LITTLE support amongst the American people geek tragedy May 2013 #26

Bush tax cuts vs federal spending. That was the choice and the people chose their tax cuts. dkf May 2013 #27

Well, no, they chose both. geek tragedy May 2013 #28

If they had a clue they would realize that wasn't going to happen. dkf May 2013 #30

Republicans would demanded to slash spending even if tax rates went up. geek tragedy May 2013 #31

But Repubs were not worried about the Bush deficits.. kentuck May 2013 #35

I have no idea how people thought they were going to pay for the taxcuts?? kentuck May 2013 #34

And now we are making the cuts... kentuck May 2013 #29

We needed the Bush taxes reinstated and more to afford all that government provides. dkf May 2013 #33

I agree. kentuck May 2013 #36

Taxes are the price we pay for the government we want. dkf May 2013 #40

Yes Johonny May 2013 #37

It would have been a 200 billion dollar increase on those making less than $200K per year Recursion May 2013 #41