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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:45 AM Original message |
What we got versus What they got. The tax compromise illustrated (again). |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, This Is Pretty Decent, But You Know What The Bottom line Is? People WERE Going To Get HURT |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The Bush tax cuts caused the unemployment |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Umm, Bullshit, The Bush Tax Cuts Didn't Create Jobs, But To Claim They CAUSED UE Is A Stretch |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. If we don't take republicans to the mat on this |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Take Them To The Mat!!! Draw Lines And FUCK The Unemployed!!!! |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. So you're saying that |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. So You're Saying That Unemployed Should Lose Their Benefits So You Can Have Your Ideological Stance? |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Put the shoe on the other foot for a moment |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No, Fuck That, People Need Their UE benefits NOW, Not Some Fear Mongering Bullshit About A Secret |
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mikekohr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Bingo! dropping people from UE benefits now |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. #godwinfail |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. My Question Still Stands ... |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
49. You'd rather just fuck SOME of the unemployed, huh? |
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mikekohr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Here Is The Graph On the Job Creation Record By President and Party |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No Shit, Repubs Don't Produce Jobs, Investment Does, But That Doesn't Mean |
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mikekohr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Agreed, The Failure of The Republican Party to Create Jobs Is Related to Their Overall |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. And That Means That The Tax Cuts For The Wealthy Will Not Kill Jobs By Themselves |
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mikekohr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The graphs prove a number of things. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Looks like the President drove a hard bargain. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:50 AM Original message |
We got another Bush supply side stimulus package |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. How Will It Cause Wages To Drop? |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Depressed wages are one effect of Supply side economics |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. wow, Greg Sargent really has chosen sides hasn't he |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. And the other side got a tax cut on their first 250 K as well. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Greg has also posted this: |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. Pretty funny! |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Check the numbers, 238 billion divided by how many folks? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Is our tax system based on ABSOLUTE numbers or PERCENTAGES? |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Shouldn't "What We Got" include the tax cuts for the bottom 98 percent? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Except for the very bottom wage earners who are getting an increase. |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. To show you how far we've fallen... |
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Freethinker65 (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. put the 112B Payroll Tax Hoilday in the "red" column... |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I don't like the payroll tax holiday either. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. exactly - that's pure BS to have it in that column - pure BS |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. If they had the guts for a real fight they would label that chart with |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's like the Bush tax cuts in reverse. This time, we got alot. n/t |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh yeah, the child tax credit and equipment expensing were such major concessions by the Republicans |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, you can add the 112 billion for the 'holiday' on to the other side. N/T |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Child tax credit and accelerated depreciation too. eom |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. The SINGLE BIGGEST item (payroll tax) - peddled by GOP enemies of SS for years - is in WRONG COLUMN |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. +112,000,000 |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. This sales pitch is bullshit. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Payroll tax is on the wrong side. It's what GOP wanted; not Democrats. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. You may want to add this other chart, because the one you post only tells half of the story |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I like this chart the best. NM |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. chart needs a makeover |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Thank you. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Awesome! I'm stealing that, thanks. eom |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. How is the Payroll Tax Holiday on our side? |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Because wage earners get the money. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. Move the payroll tax holiday to its appropriate column and then do the math. |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
47. The 10-year cost of the package |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
52. One question |
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