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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 05:58 AM Original message |
Tax cuts for the rich and cut Medicare for the elderly? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Medicare costs are unsustainable. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Then we go after those that set the cost. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's not it. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. health care is already rationed. what are you talking about? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. It's rationed by keeping some people out. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Single payer...+1 |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. rationing? a big part of the problem is the focus on treating instead of prevention. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. No they're not. We just need more revenue. n/t |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. hmm, Canadian health care |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. And what is your answer? What do we do? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well certainly not a Roosevelt Democrat. |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. your link? Because that is not what the LA Times or AP is reporting |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. It is called shared sacrifice. nt. |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. My point is ..he fought like hell to pass |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It is called irony. nt |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Shared sacrafice is NOT MORE TAX CUTS for the rich period nt |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Sure it is. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. In reality, Obama's proposal is EXACTLY the opposite. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Why didn't he let it expire when he had the chance? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You know exactly why. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You're talking to the wrong person. I'm not a supply sider. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. You apparently don't even know what supply side economics is. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. NOT cause another recession...... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. If he couldn't rally the troops then, how's that going to work now? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Nobody at the poverty line has 2,000 in tax liability. A marginal increase isn't 2k. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. The joke is on you. People at the poverty line get BACK money from the government, and without this |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You don't have an increase greater than your liability. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. He Didn't Have A Chance... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yes he did. He could have allowed them to expire which means the taxes really went up |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Playing On The Wrong Side Of The Field... |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. No. He's not the only wolf in the chicken coup either. n/t |
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