The Inequality Twins - Have They Got a Plan for You

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Tuesday August 14, 2012 · 8:46 PM PDT

2012/08/14 · 20:46

Mitt Romney’s selection of Congressman Paul Ryan as the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate is a double down bet on a set of ideas and policies. The idea is that if rich people get lower taxes and working people get fewer benefits, America will somehow be a better place for everyone.

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Will Romney stand with Ryans Plan?

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Will Romney stand with Ryans Plan?

He will stand with it

1 vote

He will try to duck

4 votes

He will try to change the subject

13 votes

He will turn on Ryan

0 votes

Tax Cuts for Rich are Political Suicide

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Sunday December 05, 2010 · 2:43 PM PST

2010/12/05 · 14:43

President Obama should draw a line in the sand and let the Bush tax cuts expire. Use your veto pen to reject any legislation that includes tax cuts for the rich. If the Democrats pass these tax cuts for the rich, you will sabotage their own reelections in 2012. The Bush tax cuts make the budget deficit much bigger. In particular, there is no justification for cutting tax cuts for the rich, which will add $700 billion dollars to the deficit. If we believe the deficit is a real problem, then more tax cuts are simply irresponsible. Right now, the Democrats are letting the Republicans make two completely contradictory arguments, and appear to be ready cave in the face of their illogical and unjust tax policy.

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How Should the Democrats handle the Bush Tax Cuts

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How Should the Democrats handle the Bush Tax Cuts

Let all of the tax cuts expire

47 votes

Continue to fight for middle class tax cuts only

23 votes

Support continuation of the tax cuts for the rich as well for 2 years

1 vote

Support permanent extension of all the Bush tax cuts

6 votes

Democratic Party Dilemma: Combat or Capitulation

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Friday December 03, 2010 · 10:04 AM PST

2010/12/03 · 10:04

In the wake of the 2010 congressional elections, President Obama and the Democrats have a choice between combat and capitulation. They say they want to compromise. It looks much more like capitulation.
On November 11, 2010 White House press secretary, David Axelrod signaled that the President may be willing to support an extension of the tax cuts for the rich, in order to obtain a continuation of the tax cuts for the middle class. On Monday, November 29, 2010, President Obama announced that he plans to do a two year pay freeze for federal workers. This was a completely unilateral concession to the Republicans. On November 30, Obama met with the Republicans and told them that he had failed to reach out enough to the Republicans during his first two years of his presidency. He promised to be more bipartisan in the future. The next day, the Republicans announced that they will vote no on everything until the Democrats agree to extend tax cuts for the rich.
With Democrats still in control of both houses of Congress, and with a Democratic president having the veto pen, the Democrats act as though the burden is on them to give the Republicans exactly what they want. They want to call it compromise. It looks like capitulation.

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Should the Democrats be more Combative or more Compromising?

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Should the Democrats be more Combative or more Compromising?

More Compromising

8 votes

More Combative

20 votes

Neither

1 vote

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