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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:18 PM Original message |
Rep Grayson said that the president can direct the IRS to keep the existing tax rates... |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Grayson gets alot.... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Grayson gets a lot right!!!! |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Nobody on the program said he was wrong about his assertion |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Then you should be able to give a USC or CFR reference for this alleged power |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Perhaps you can write to his office and ask him for one since he made the assertion |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. It seems to me too implausible to pursue |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Okkeedoke! - Do see my Reply #27 below as an illustration |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The withholding tables do not affect the tax rates; they affect |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. P.S. Please see my Reply #27 below to at least see where it has already been done by a president |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Thanks. So that is not the tax tables but the withholding tables |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Whatever it is, Grayson asserted that the looming tax hikes are a myth |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Sorry. I don't believe the claim, whether or not Grayson made it |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Perhaps someone will post something definitive |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. As compared to Lawrence "There's no way in the world that Congress |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Lawrence is due a dose of his own Rewrite segment |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I saw that, |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It sure got the "wtf" double take from me as I watched the show |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I don't know if I can ever forgive him, the way he berates Democrats |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm worried that the Dems in the House will cave, too |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I believe they will try their best |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. The only thing they MIGHT be able to do is delay changing withholding tables, since those take |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I got the impression that he could ask them to delay as a new bill was being negotiated |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. George the 1st did it and so can Obama. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. So if McCain had won he could have kept the Bush tax cuts with a snap of his fingers? |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Not permanently |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. This makes no sense. |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. He's talking about the President directing the treasury to change the IRS tables. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thanks for responding |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Do you have more details? |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Best place to look is the 1992 State of the Union address. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Here is the sentence from the 1992 State of the Union address... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. He did not change the IRS tables |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I'm not sure I get your point. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Right |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. As already said here, George the 1st did it. The President can change the withholding rate. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. "It doesn't change the person's tax rate but it can keep their paychecks the same until a bill " |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Whatever. The point is Grayson was right. The President can set the withholding rate to buy... |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. Grayson's close tonight was excellent |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. He also said "We do it all the time." |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Nobody challenged it yet |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Grayson was outstanding tonight. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The DeFasio interview following the panel was illuminating, too |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Outstanding show all the way around. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yeh, the whole show was like an hour long version of his Rewrite segment |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. K&R |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. I hope MSNBC will continue having Grayson as a guest during the next two years. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. His ongoing commentary on the guy who won his seat could be interesting |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. I would expect that any tax bill that gets passed this year |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. "That's the way they do these things." |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Possibly |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. He spoke impercisely. Taxation is set by Congress. President can direct IRS to change WITHOLDING |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. His point was that it would be temporary while a new bill was being written |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 03:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. If the new bill passes.... |
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