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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:39 PM Original message |
Looks like everyone's taxes are going up |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. If people are worried about the budget deficit - its great! |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. false choice. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good for the deficit, good for Social Security and other "entitlements"... |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And they will get an extension, |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Exactly and your statement has been true from the start of this farcical bit of theatre. n/t |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Exactly. Obama can extend it by funding it from the surplus stimulus funds |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Now that has me puzzled. If Obama can do that, |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Because he can't. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. But the money is there in unused funds? So |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. It would not add to the deficit, but |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. They would be really dumb not to |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Yes |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. We all tighten our belts and sacrifice. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good and it actually |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. It will be a good thing |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. It would be the best thing |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Demand for goods and services is the only way to build and stabilize an economy... |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm a real liberal. I don't cry about having to pay my share. n/t |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'll pay more taxes, thank you. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. I would have said it was bad, but then I learned about the attack on SS. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. let's all kick in to get the country back on track |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Fine by me. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bad |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. i hope there will be an exemption for people in poverty |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've already made a list of monthly spending cuts that I will make if my taxes go up |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. For most of us the tax increase will not be significant. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am prepared to pay more in taxes |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. If the rates go up, I'll start contributing heavily to my 401k |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. I will gladly pay more taxes to protect Social Security. Now it's time to |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm fine with it. *'s tax cuts was a disaster, it actually lowers the deficit |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. That means that those people still have jobs |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. It will be irrelevant... |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. when push comes to shove they WILL budge, but the Dems. must strategize to make this happen. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I agree. Enough Republicans will cave, if Democrats hang together. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Hang together and hang tough? Democrats? Ummm .... don't think so. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. When do you think they would budge? Now or in January? |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. depends on what the Dems. do. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think it will be a good thing - |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. I don't know about the country, but it would cost me about $200 per month |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. Okay with me. n/t |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Oh well. |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. Fine by me |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. Personally, I would have liked a cut |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. Clinton showed that when taxes go up the economy gets better |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. We NEED to raise taxes! |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Wow all the way back up to the Clinton levels! |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. Won't budge on what? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. Depends on how much they go up |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
50. The last time taxes went up, I hate to point this out, |
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