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Thebooedocksaint
Dead Dictator
Registered: 05/11/09
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super facepalm
#504448 - 12/10/10 08:59 AM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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Moral of the story: Republicans really, really, really care about tax cuts for rich people.
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King Koopa
Natty
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Of course. Money is the matter.
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Thebooedocksaint
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Re: super facepalm [Re: King Koopa]
#504452 - 12/10/10 09:39 AM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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And the rich stay richer, and the deficit grows ever larger.
You would think they would understand giving rich people more money means they just have more money to save.
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CrayolaHalls
Dreams of Oceans
Registered: 08/15/10
Posts: 588
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I only caught part of this on radio this am. It sounded like Obama agreed to extending the Bush tax cuts for everyone but the thing that got Republicans pissed off was the estate taxes. Is that right? If so, I heard that those estate tax rules will only affect like the richest 5000 people in USA. Most economists agree that those people will not be responsible for job growth since they primarily operate within mature markets.
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FarBeyondDriven
Truthfully, I'm a bullshitter
Registered: 04/22/08
Posts: 13,834
Loc: Greenbow, Alabama
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Re: super facepalm [Re: King Koopa]
#504472 - 12/10/10 12:17 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
King Koopa said: Of course. Money is the matter.
Money makes the world go round. It's the heartbeat of the world. Makes me people do fucked up shit too.
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niteowl
GrandPaw
Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 4,765
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Greedy bastards wouldn't even help the rescue crews from 9/11
Quote:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bill that would provide medical care for firefighters and other responders to the September 11, 2001, attacks who developed illnesses from breathing toxic, dust-filled air.
The 57-42 procedural vote fell short of the 60 needed to advance major legislation in the 100-member chamber. The House of Representatives passed the bill in September and Senate action is needed to send it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
The $7.4 billion measure was one of a number of bills Senate Republicans have blocked as lawmakers push to complete their work for the year.
Republicans have vowed to block any legislation, other than bills to fund the U.S. government, until an impasse is resolved over extending expiring tax cuts for virtually all taxpayers, including the wealthiest Americans.
Republicans argue that allowing the tax cuts for the wealthiest to expire at the end of December as scheduled would hurt small businesses and undermine the sluggish U.S. economy.
They also have balked at the cost of the health measure.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid ripped into what he described as Republican obstructionism.
"Republicans denied adequate health care to the heroes who developed illnesses from rushing into burning buildings on 9/11," Reid said. "Yet they will stop at nothing to give tax breaks to millionaires and CEOs, even though they will explode our deficit and fail to create jobs.
"That tells you everything you need to know about their priorities," he said.
The measure could be brought back to the Senate floor before the current Congress adjourns in the next several days.
When it became clear the bill would not muster 60 votes, Reid ended up voting "no" so he could call for another vote on the bill under Senate rules.
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FarBeyondDriven
Truthfully, I'm a bullshitter
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Posts: 13,834
Loc: Greenbow, Alabama
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Re: super facepalm [Re: niteowl]
#504486 - 12/10/10 12:58 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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That's our government!
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psyberpunk
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Registered: 11/02/10
Posts: 533
Loc: Behind a Pipe
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Republicans are ruining the country, but the country's not worth a shit anyway.
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