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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:10 PM
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Republicans now support a special tax to be paid only by high-income people
They are concerned that, in the absence of such a tax, loans to auto companies would be paid for partly via taxes imposed on people who earn less than auto workers. It's all about fairness.
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:13 PM
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1. More spinning and
game playing by the cast of Satan's disciples.
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cpamomfromtexas Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:46 PM
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5. Satan's Disciples- that's the best description I've seen to date of the GOP
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:15 PM
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2. This is a joke, correct?
The only 'fair' republicans like are county fairs with midway games to sucker the marks.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:27 PM
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3. American union auto workers are the highest paid people on the planet.
:sarcasm:
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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:28 PM
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4. This part isn't a joke:
Edited on Fri Dec-12-08 11:29 PM by Boojatta
Some Republicans claim to be concerned that loans to auto companies could be paid for partly via taxes imposed on people who earn less than auto workers.
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Waiting For Everyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:48 PM
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6. Chapter 12 of "They Think We're Stupid". n/t
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 12:23 AM
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7. Fortunately, Most Of Us Make More Than The I-Bank CEOs We Bailed Out
Motherfuckers.
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