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   Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago

   The republicans tried to stop it.
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   cjr53 said, 6 months ago

   The republicans are more than happy to toss the middle class over the cliff. Everything they’ve done over the past 20 years leads to it.
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   Chillbilly said, 6 months ago

   Republicans only protect the rich, the Christianists and (to a lesser extent) their political future. That’s pretty much all that’s left of ’em.
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   Rockngolfer said, 6 months ago

   @cjr53

   “The republicans are more than happy to toss the middle class over the cliff. Everything they’ve done over the past 20 years leads to it.”
   32 years, starting with Reagan, but who is counting.
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   Radish said, 6 months ago

   It’s part of the process to devalue the money.
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   braindead08 said, 6 months ago

   Gee, all this could have been averted if only Obama had agreed to what Republicans have proposed. Here’s a quick summary of the Republican proposal:
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   Let Shell said, 6 months ago

   What the middle class need to do is REVOLT…quit accepting everybody pushing us around!!
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   M Ster said, 6 months ago

   @braindead08

   That’s an accurate summary, but we’ve had to listen to lots of BS to truly understand it.
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   onguard said, 6 months ago

   …..and Dem Libs are OK with the Government running their Heath Care……there goes the increasing average life expectancy .
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    ansonia said, 6 months ago

    @Mr. King

    Raisint taxes on the top 2% (Obama originally said top 1%) would not be enough to run the government for ten days.
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    ansonia said, 6 months ago

    Obama sure uses lofty words to obscure inconvenient facts.
    For example “quantitative easing.” Sounds calming, soothing,like something good is going to happen. But when he says that, he’s just going to print more money.
    Printing money devalues the dollar.
    It takes “wealth” from people without having to openly tax them.
    So while we’re all busy talking about “taxing the rich” (which will have a miniscule effect on anything) attention is diverted from the fact that the poor and the middle class are seeing the value of their money decline at the same rate as everyone else.
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    cjr53 said, 6 months ago

    @Rockngolfer

    “32 years, starting with Reagan, but who is counting.”
    -
    We should all be counting. And voting out any republicans in office.
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    Francis Lapeyre said, 6 months ago

    And while we read these comments, the government has spent more than any of us will earn in a lifetime.

    To paraphrase the 1992 Clinton campaign, “It’s SPENDING, Stupid!”
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    ansonia said, 6 months ago

    @cjr53

    Are you giving Carter a free pass?
    Reagan inherited a HUGE mess from Carter.
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    echoraven said, 6 months ago

    …to the surprise of no one it’s the middle class that gonna get it. At least about half of us voted for it.
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