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   jonesb said, 6 months ago

   And grandkids.
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   omQ R said, 6 months ago

   @jonesb

   Nah, next week the world ends.
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   Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago

   Republicans are the minority. I don’t see ANY democrat leaders. None. Nada. Only Republican leaders.
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   Harleyquinn said, 6 months ago

   So glad we gave Obama back the credit card of china that he so loves to use. It is just so patriotic of him to charge on the back of our children. My guess is he thinks he took it out of the back of one of them 1 no now 2% who are a million billionaire that makes over 250,000 a year. And that will solve all our problems with his wealth envy class warfare.
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   Gypsy8 said, 6 months ago

   So if you don’t like the money raised from the Chinese, raise it from Americans.
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   perceptor3 said, 6 months ago

   This is what I find ironic about this whole situation. The Democrats keep screeching about how the “middle class” and “small businesses” will be hurt, and of course the endless refrain about the “1%” or “2%” (depending on the week). But if we hike taxes on the rich, what will really happen? Will they suddenly become altruists and billions of dollars will magically flow into the middle class? Nope. Yes, the rich are greedy. . . And they will promptly pull their wealth from circulation and start stashing it cozily away in Switzerland or the Caymans. Job creation? Screw that, they have their third yacht funds to think about! So much for job creation there. Oh, wait a minute—“rich” by the Democrats’ definition means $250,000 per year. . . The category many (if not most) small-business owners fall into. So they will hike prices, slash employment, or shut down altogether. Leaving only the big, evil corporations like Wal-Mart cheap enough or available to do business with. So. . . in the end, the middle class is screwed (doubly when the government inevitably hikes taxes on THEM to compensate), small businesses are screwed, and the rich gather in Zurich to toast governmental stupidity.
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   David Glover said, 6 months ago

   Don’t worry about our kids future—eventually we’ll elect a Republican pres, and he’ll start a war in order to kill off many of the kids you worry about.
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   Harleyquinn said, 6 months ago

   Lets see here, Budgets over the last 4 years that are mandated by law, Obama has passed what Zero, a big fat 0 for the big O. How many have voted for his budgets that he has flouted out there. I believe that number is 0 also.
   Hello cliff, wonder with such great leadership how we got here……..
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   ansonia said, 6 months ago

   @perceptor3

   “the rich are greedy”
   ,
   Who’s more greedy? – The “rich” person who earned it through hard work and intelligent investing, or the person who did nothing, but demands part of it?
   .
   “One of the sad signs of our times is that we have diminished those who produce, subsidize those who refuse to produce and canonize those who complain.” Thomas Sowell
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    Fourcrows said, 6 months ago

    The Republican’s are against kicking the debt can down the road, but have no problem letting future generations deal with climate change, foreign oil dependency, pollution, crumbling infrastructure, lower education standards, dometic hunger, dwindling resources, etc., etc., etc…
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    Mike Lester said, 6 months ago

    @Mr. King

    Wow, Matt Damon reads my stuff. Can Greg Kinear be far behind?
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    lonecat said, 6 months ago

    @Mike Lester

    Do you read his?
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    perceptor3 said, 6 months ago

    @ansonia

    Sorry. If you can’t tell from my post, I don’t have the highest opinion of human nature. Greed’s pretty much part of our racial makeup. Few are those who truly overcome it.
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    Mike Lester said, 6 months ago

    @lonecat

    No, but he should have won half an Oscar for “STUCK ON YOU”.
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    I Play One On TV said, 6 months ago

    Employers have been using whatever excuses they need to reduce full-time employees and their benefits while raising prices. There will never be a shortage of excuses for same. We need to consider this fact whenever we start to get cowed by big business saying the world will end if something changes. If massive tax increases were being proposed, that would be one thing. Letting a tax cut expire is not the same.

    Similarly, health insurance premiums have been going up an average of 5 – 10% per year, sometimes more, and this has been going on for decades, despite the experiments with HMOs, PPOs, etc. At the same time, coverage is decreased. But, if we do anything to change the system, “premiums will have to go up”.

    Lewis Black said: “Anyone who can convince people who are too poor to have a pot to piss in that rich people need a tax cut is a true leader.” So, you have to respect the Republicans for their leadership.
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