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Lorax7844 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:39 AM Original message |
Hello, Bush tax cuts EXPIRE in 2010, why isn't anyone telling us about how that can pay for HC!? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. and that 1 trillion will come from the top 1% alone. win-win. |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I think you need to look at those numbers again |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. per ctj, 1/2 the benefit of the bush tax cuts was to the top 1%. It's the Bush tax |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. As I said |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And as I said, per Citizens for Tax Justice, 50% of the benefit of the cuts went to the top 1%, |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Perhaps you need to follow your own advice |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Top 1% = 38%, or 944 billion dollars = approx. the same as the estimated 1 trillion cost |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. I will say that the same borrowed money seems to get earmarked for everything |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Didn't Obama tell us during the primary that was how he |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I seem too remember him saying that. Instead of rescinding them, he allowed them to just expire. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So then, what's the problem? |
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Indi Guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for this thread... |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Surely, the Blue Chihuahua Dems will make sure |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Unlikely. n/t |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. healthcare is already offset except for about 350B. The trillion figure is totally bogus |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. I suspect that a lot of the Representatives and Senators |
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