Thank God for Nancy Pelosi, a fighting Democrat.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not give ground on her opposition to extending the Bush tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans, even as the White House and other Democrats have signaled that it might be time to compromise.
"It's too costly. It's $700 billion," Pelosi told NPR this morning. "One year would be around $70 billion. That's a lot of money to give a tax cut at the high end. And I remind you that those tax cuts have been in effect for a very long time, they did not create jobs."
TPM
Worried about the deficit? No tax cuts for billionaires!
It was wrong in 2001 when Bush tax cuts were passed and it is wrong now:
"What I want to know, what I want to know, is what in the world so many Democrats are doing supporting the President's unilateral intervention in Iraq? [cheers].
What I want to know, is what in the world so many Democrats are doing supporting tax cuts which have bankrupted this country and given us the largest deficit in the history of the United States? [cheers].
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As Paul Wellstone said -- and as Sheila Kuehl said when she endorsed me -- I'm Howard Dean, and I'm here to represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. [cheers].
Governor Howard Dean, M.D., Address to California State Democratic Convention, Sacramento, California, March 15, 2003
Nancy Pelosi also represents the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.
Update I: From divineorder
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Here's the action link from CredoAction
Clicking here will add your name to this petition to Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Call an immediate votein the House to ensure that the Bush tax cuts that affect only the richest 2% of Americans expire on schedule at the end of the year.
Take action now!
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Action link: Fix the Senate. End the filibuster.
by divineorder on Fri Nov 12, 2010 at 09:27:09 AM PST