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hfojvt

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11. so four years in, after he was re-elected

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 10:55 PM

Sep 2013

Obama made most of the Bush tax cuts permanent.

Is that really what we were hoping for in 2008? Permanent tax cuts that favor the rich?

That is the doing of Obama - twice now, and the Democrats who did not stand up against him - twice now. $2.4 trillion in permanent tax cuts to the top 20% and $400 billion to the bottom 40% certainly makes inequality worse.

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Talking about how inequality is rising under Obama. Is this not the result of Bush [View all] applegrove Sep 2013 OP

No, Obama crashed the government with TARP and Benghazi's Kenyan birth certificate helped uponit7771 Sep 2013 #1

Don't forget SEIU and ACORN and Rev. Wright!!!1!!!11 NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #3

Yes, Bush and Congress and the SCOTUS more than anything, more than Obama. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2

So why continue the policies? Octafish Sep 2013 #4

I was gonna say that....sort of Vanje Sep 2013 #5

That's one major reason why I voted for Obama. Octafish Sep 2013 #6

I really dread the next Republican president. nt bananas Sep 2013 #7

The fact is that it is rising. mick063 Sep 2013 #8

+1000000000 woo me with science Sep 2013 #15

Reagan turned the United States ... JEFF9K Sep 2013 #9

Reagan is responsible for the inequality Obama has to deal with. applegrove Sep 2013 #10

so four years in, after he was re-elected hfojvt Sep 2013 #11

It's unfair to blame Obama for the things ... JEFF9K Sep 2013 #17

Yes, but blame is less important than changing course bhikkhu Sep 2013 #12

30 yrs of Deregulation and Lopsided Trade Packs FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #13

You left out Clinton. And Obama should have... WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2013 #14

We've been talking about this since the 1980s frazzled Sep 2013 #16