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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:15 PM Original message |
Bill Clinton on the Payroll Tax Holiday - "the best thing you can do" |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. From the man who helped eliminate Glass-Steagall. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Because he was wrong in 1999 he must not have a clue in 2010? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. +666 trillion |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. WJC Worst.President.Ever. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Huh? Eliminating Glass-Steagall was a very bad thing. You think it was a good thing? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. The elimination of Glass-Steagall saved our asses in 2008 |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Ah, would we have had the crisis in the first place if investment banks were kept separate? nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes. They were separate when it happened |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. So the investment banks couldn't gamble with retail bank money?nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. They weren't owned by retail banks |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I beg to differ. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lower the Payroll Tax and Raise the Cap as the Economy Improves |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. This is exactly what will happen |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You really think that reduction is "temporary"? |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Well, if Bernie Sanders tells us precedent is an issue, then I believe him. nt |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. The best thing America can do is to stop listening to Clinton. He has |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Awe, c'mon |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Count me as a very disillusioned former fan of Bill Clinton. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. +1 |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. "if you're going to take the tax cut path to grow the economy" |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's why I put it on bold. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And the way to spending is to have LIVING WAGE JOBS for the real middle class. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Raise the FLOOR and the CAP. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Sounds like a great idea, except I would lift the cap altogether just like Medicare tax. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Understand ... |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. He'd make a good president right now |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. Clinton is emblematic of the problem with this party. |
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