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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:36 AM Original message |
Robert Gibbs Signals Temporary Extension of All Tax Cuts |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, how temporary is temporary? |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Maybe two years might be my guess, |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. One or three might make more sense as 2 lands in the middle of a Presidential election |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. That is precisely why the Republicans want it extended for 2 years. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. 0 years makes sense for America and Americans |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. True - I was meaning if they had to have it - 2 is particularly bad |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. I vote for -10 years.... |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. The Italians said is best (and they really should know, being |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. We have a chance here to run out the clock on the repukes & let the cuts expire |
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IScreamSundays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sickening. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I know. I might have to buy some Christmas presents for people after all. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. I didn't vote for gutlessness in the White House. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Would you be willing to take a huge increase in your taxes... |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Huge? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. A 3% change in the effective rate would lead to you paying something like 16% more if you had 20K |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Huge increase??? |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Yes. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Clear enough for me and I agree with you. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Answer: Let the Bush tax cuts expire and then introduce middle class tax cut-only legislation |
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EJSTES2005 (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. +111111 |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Should have made it THE issue of the midterms, but we are clueless, spineless sellouts. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. I don't believe that not knowing how to fight explains what goes on in D.C. |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. That's the way I look at it |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. The Republicans would block it and... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
62. Yep....WHY is it they won't do that? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I was prepared for it, and had budgeted for it |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. LOL! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Yes, absolutely, let my tax cuts expire. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I would have agreed with that not long ago... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Well if this is about what SHOULD happen, you're correct - |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Something else... |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. Yes. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Have you considered running for president? |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Yep. It's pathetic. It's hard to imagine a weaker President. |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. "the presiden'ts principles are clear" |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. I caught that too. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. I, for one, am proud that our President is putting hyperpartisanship behind us |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. weak, weak, weak.... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. Where is the signal? |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The signal is in the word "permanent." |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
18. The rich are getting richer |
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EJSTES2005 (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. Shocker.....This was LBN 3 weeks ago....... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. "Temporary" probably means until 2012. Gee, THANKS. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. Does this mean he's gong to give in without even asking ANYTHING in return?? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. No, it means George needed a headline, and didn't care whether it matched the facts |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. We'll soon see. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. So George tried to get Robert to bite on a question, so George could spin out the |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. You wanna BET what's going to happen here? Seriously. We've seen this Kabuki dance how many times |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. Where's the negotiation |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Well then they'd have to admit it doesn't really work that way |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Well, it sort of creates jobs . . . just not in this country. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
66. here it is: $700 billion in tax cuts for the rich for $18 billion in unemploymt benefits |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Negotiating and backtracking from the outset. What a progressive administration! |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. What a gutless administration.. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The Invertebrate-in-Chief. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. ........ |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. I would rather them all expire than appease these fucks one more time! |
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newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Hooray for the rich! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
44. NO, dammit! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. There we go. The last few Obama voters get tossed off the bus |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. The president has a "line in the sand?" |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. Bravo! That is fucking brilliant. So well played indeed. Now your opponents will have another |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
58. "Change" you can believe in, eh? |
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OlympicBrian (456 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
60. How is this going to look for the deficit next year and our credit rating? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. Hell Yeah, Robert! But, we "Fucking Retard, Crazed Druggies" figured out the Kabuki Theater |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
64. BOO! Once again, Dems "compromise" by going to the repuke side |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
67. Wait, I thought all of our brilliant reps in DC were oh-so-very-concerned |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
68. Ooh, a dupe! |
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