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In reply to the discussion: I'd prefer to see Elizabeth Warren as our next president. But if Hillary Clinton [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)consider the Bush tax cuts.
After they were passed in 2003, Bush called for making them permanent in every state of the union after that. But even though Republicans controlled the Presidency, the House and the Senate, they could not make those tax cuts permanent. Senate Democrats would not allow it.
Ah, but put a Democrat in the White House, and with Democrats in control of the Senate, and instead of dying in 2010 at the end of their ten years, 100% of the Bush tax cuts are extended for two more years PLUS an accursed payroll tax cut is added to the mix.
Two more years down the road and even after being re-elected, this Democratic President, with help from a Democratic Senate and Democrats in the House, makes 85% of the Bush tax cuts permanent.
Furthermore, instead of being outraged at this giant give-away to the rich, the public is told, by this Democratic President - to celebrate it as a victory.
This President keeps trying to achieve some sort of 'grand bargain', something Democrats would be UNITED against if a Republican was President. What is Hillary's position on the 'grand bargain'? Back in the 2008 primaries, Hillary was one of the FIRST, along with the putz Richardson, to take a strong stand AGAINST raising the payroll tax cap.
Seems to me that the Democratic party is MORE likely to accept a disgusting grand bargain with a Democrat in the White House than they would with a Republican there. Just like suddenly there was NO Democratic opposition to making most of the Bush tax cuts permanent.