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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:02 AM Original message |
Can someone explain why the Republicans would be against the payroll tax cut? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Fox. Rabbit. Briar patch. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. that's it - right on target |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because they |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Why do you say it doesn't touch Social Security? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. It increases the deficit by primarily helping working Americans |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Ah, but the help to the workers is temporary. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. i hate andrew sullivan -- but he has been an admirer of reagan -- like obama -- |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. In part, because they can't take full credit for "giving money back to the American People". |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good point, but not a good argument for the Democrats defending it. |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. Because it doesn't benefit rich people |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It does if the Republicans can use it to weaken Social Security. |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Because it's part of a compromise with a Black President and their tea bagging |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. For those repukes, it is because it adds a trillion to the debt with no way to pay it off |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I thought tax cuts pay for themselves. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It is a talking point for them. How do you tell if a republican is lying? If his lips are moving |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. According to Larry Summers the payroll tax cut was a Republican preference. |
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