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Democrats: Absent Tax Hikes, We're Totally Willing to Head Over the Fiscal Cliff

usmcpgw Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 5:35 PM
i look forward to earners STOP earning and do what comes naturally to progs. TAKE others money via gubmint oops without EARNERS, who will pay taxes? sounds like a plan to me, let fubarack borrow MORE from china.... oops, china is refusing anymore loans why is that?
Texan1984 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 5:44 PM
And You.... LowAsz. Get the ObaMao phone out of your azs, it's ringing a Jay-Z tune.
lois01 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 5:37 PM
Old people and soldiers are two largest recipients of entitlement spending.

Profoundly irresponsible?  Of course.  Politically insane?  Not really.  I'll expound on the second point in a moment, but first, let's survey the brazen talk from Team Blue -- with massive, recession-inducing tax hikes hanging in the balance.  Our new friend Patty Murray is at the front of the line:
 

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) says that if Republicans do not agree to let tax cuts expire for Americans making over $250,000 per year, the country should go over the fiscal cliff, which would allow automatic cuts in spending and the expiration of all tax cuts to...

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