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Obama Shows America That He Now Owns Boehner, Cantor, and The GOP
Obama Shows America That He Now Owns Boehner, Cantor, and The GOP
President Obamas statement today that he wants more than just a ten month payroll tax cut extension shows just how much the president owns John Boehner and the House Republicans.
The president said,
SNIP
Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-payroll-tax-boehner-cantor
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Obama Shows America That He Now Owns Boehner, Cantor, and The GOP (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Feb 2012
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)1. A Kick, a Rec, and a salute to the President.
msongs
(67,413 posts)2. the president said SNIP? hmmm, concise nt
It was "SNAP!".
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)5. Duzy worthy! LOL! n/t
Skittles
(153,169 posts)4. well no he doesn't quite own them
but is he showing more backbone this election year? That would be yes.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)6. Man, talk about toxic assets!
I'd hate to find myself in possession of such nasty things.
marmar
(77,081 posts)7. Part of me wonders if the Repugs are just waiting on the inevitable economic damage.....
....... higher gas prices will create. Perhaps they've been given assurances by Big Oil......It's happened before.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)8. That is certain. Big oil cannot stand Democrats.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)9. So, to give money to working people now, Obama destroys
the underpinnings of Social Security. If the payroll tax is extended continuously, future retirees will have to beg Congress to let them have enough to eat and pay the rent.
This continued extension of the payroll tax cut is a fool's paradise.
It will harm working people in the end.