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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:48 AM Original message |
The extension of UI benefits does not need to be held hostage to the tax cuts for the rich |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. they have never been extended conditionally before |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. I was all part of the "shell game". nt |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Makes you wonder what exactly they are holding that leftover stimulus money for? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. No. It doesn't make anyone wonder about it. Its money that hasn't been spent yet. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. So high speed rail is more important than the unemployed? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Considering all the jobs the high speed rail projects would generate, its pretty damn important. |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. never knew there was a "surplus" of stimulus money... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It's Been A Bedrock Democratic Principle That Unemployment Benefits Not Be Immediately Paid For |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. My post is a republican talking point? Getting rid of tax cuts for the rich |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. no.... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yes, and that is the beauty of it, it was Mitch McConnell's idea |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. There is stimulus money left.... |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Sure... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:43 PM Original message |
Actually it was a few months back, |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. CBO.... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Umm, those "directions" are tenative, and can be changed by this administration |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. UMMMMM.... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Because I read the legislation, |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well I trust Barney Frank..... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I suppose you trusted Dick Nixon, Reagan, the Bushes and Clinton as well |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's one truth that you rarely see mentioned here. nt |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. As the President said: |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ah, so now it is being "purist" to want the president and Democratic leadership to fight? |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. When ideals get in the way of common sense, the ideals are too idealistic. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Ah, so now it is idealistic to fight for what the public wants |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I wonder why a good deal isn't good enough. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. But that's the point of this post |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. He didn't say that. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. True, but part of the reasoning is that UI is being held hostage as well |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sherrod Brown -- |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Right, because Obama can just go to home states and SHAME the Repugs into voting for what he wants.. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well, considering that many presidents before him have done that very thing |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Really? Which Republican did Clinton shame into doing anything? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yeah, that's right, trite things like fighting don't matter anymore. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. LOL. Thats what I thought. You don't have a name do you? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. No, you just don't know your history, |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. If you know history so well, why can't you produce this Republican's name? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Gawd, you are a little political child |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. LOL. Neither of those are examples of what we are talking about here. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. How much money is left in that fund? I went to Recovery.gov but I can't find it. n/t |
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