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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:12 PM Original message |
Had the then Democratic congress just let the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire last year, |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. The "Democratic Congress" didn't have a super majority and couldn't end a GOP filibuster |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. They were set to expire on their own. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Do I really need to revisit recent history here? If you don't remember what was being held hostage |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I was going to ask you the same. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Do you honestly think the GOP... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yes. They'd backed down on the issue several times before. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Agreed |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. "They would have backed down" |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. ... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. You can cling to this fantasy if you want... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Read down the thread for the answer regarding what the GOP were holding hostage. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I know perfectly well what the silly excuse was that month. n/t |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It was not a... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Haha... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. You're free to layout a... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. shhhhhh... it's all part of a plan |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. or, if we had tied keeping the tax cuts to raising the debt ceiling...quid pro quo |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Really? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. You can't rewrite history... |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. The GOP was holding unemployment benefits extention etc hostage |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. You're leaving a lot of... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. It would have been |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Correct |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Keep in mind I want ALL of the tax cuts to expire |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't think that would have been in accordance with the Grand Scheme of Things. n/t |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. I felt like screaming when the tax cuts were eztended |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. You are grossly oversimplifying this |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. So I see |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R.. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. That is correct but the party is run from the same ideological concepts |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. Don'chew know nuffin'? |
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