Profiles in Courage...

[Joy in Mudville]

"The first thing I’d do is make sure we don’t raise taxes on 98 percent of the American people. We’ll get some credit for that, and it’s the right thing to do. I don’t believe in holding the American people hostage to this debate. Let’s get what we can now, then go back and try to get the rest. Where there is common ground with the president, we should seize that common ground."

Representative Tom Cole (r) Oklahoma

[dsummoner]

Ineptocracy:

"A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers."

Just wait for the 'but we will discuss cuts next year" smoke being blown out of the arse of the socialists if they have not already started.

[soulflower]

The fever is breaking for Republicans

[Mom49of4]

I think we should simply turn our paychecks over to the government and in turn be given an allowance.

[Joy in Mudville]

I think we should simply turn our paychecks over to the government and in turn be given an allowance.

I can't believe you're one of the moderators when so many of your posts actually serve to diminish the quality of the debate on this forum.

[Mom49of4]

It is how I feel when it comes to taxes. I do not like expanding government.

[Joy in Mudville]

It is how I feel when it comes to taxes. I do not like expanding government.

The representative in question is breaking with his party orthodoxy in suggesting quick agreement with the president on tax cuts affecting 98% of Americans as a first, good-faith step, toward reaching an agreement designed to reduce the size of the deficit.

[dsummoner]

What 'good-faith' cuts have been suggested, by the Administration to entitlement programs?

While 'we' are at it, chattel slavery should be enforced on the bottom 2% of income earners with ownership being held by government. 98% of Americans would not be chattel slaves so that would make it okay.

[zenwalk]

Here's a link. It's a very fair start and something both parties can agree on. When FDR came to office the approach was to find anything that both sides agreed on, pass it, then work on the rest later. Glad to see there's common sense movement.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/us...cuts.html?_r=0

[songfourone]

I can't believe you're one of the moderators when so many of your posts actually serve to diminish the quality of the debate on this forum.

That was worth every bit of my having to clean the wine off my keyboard!!!!!!!!!

[zenwalk]

I think we should simply turn our paychecks over to the government and in turn be given an allowance.

If you earn under 250000 it looks like you have nothing to worry about there.

[dsummoner]

If you earn under 250000 it looks like you have nothing to worry about there.

Just like the AMT... oh wait...

There is no mistake big enough that the socialists are not willing to repeat on a bigger and grander scale.

[cprenegade]

Republicans will have to give in to the tax increases on the high earners. They have nothing to gain by holding ground on that and will likely end up losing political ground by opposing it. But they should try and get something in return. They should start by asking for the tax rates to be made pernanent and not something that will expire in a set amount of time. They should also ask for capital gains rates to be kept the same and made permanent as well. At that point, they should cut the deal and move forward.

[SunsetSue]

I can't believe you're one of the moderators when so many of your posts actually serve to diminish the quality of the debate on this forum.

How does her post diminish anything? You, soulflower, Mike Evans and the rest of your ilk would find that idea to be the perfect solution, since it would relieve you of having to decide how to spend your wages.

[SunsetSue]

The representative in question is breaking with his party orthodoxy in suggesting quick agreement with the president on tax cuts affecting 98% of Americans as a first, good-faith step, toward reaching an agreement designed to reduce the size of the deficit.

It's not "good faith". The bsers in DC have a spending problem. Sending them more money is like giving an addict more drugs.

[SunsetSue]

Just like the AMT... oh wait...

There is no mistake big enough that the socialists are not willing to repeat on a bigger and grander scale.

There are so many people who seem to have been born yesterday.

[cprenegade]

The representative in question is breaking with his party orthodoxy in suggesting quick agreement with the president on tax cuts affecting 98% of Americans as a first, good-faith step, toward reaching an agreement designed to reduce the size of the deficit.

I find it interesting that you want a first, good-faith step from taxpayers toward reaching an agreement designed to reduce a deficit that has been soley brought about by our elected officials of the past decade plus. When will our leaders take a first, good faith step towards insuring that we will not have to pay for their screw ups?

[BlandFood]

If you earn under 250000 it looks like you have nothing to worry about there.

Would you like mustard with your plate of bull[deleted]?

[SalisburySage]

The representative in question is breaking with his party orthodoxy in suggesting quick agreement with the president on tax cuts affecting 98% of Americans as a first, good-faith step, toward reaching an agreement designed to reduce the size of the deficit.

And he is a fool. The idea that we can agree on taxes and then wait until "later" to deal with entitlements is a recipe for disaster. Everytime since the beginning of this country, or there abouts, that we went for that lie the "later" NEVER came.

The President is playing a political game of chicken and the foolish Republicans, dumb as dirt, as usual, are falling right into the Obama catch 22.

Obama isn't going to compromise. He won't even discuss entitlements.
And that smarmy son of satan Harry Reid, when asked what the Democrats were willing to cut, said, "we already cut 10 billion." LOLROTFLMAO. 10 billion. THat's enough to run the government for 6 minutes.

[SalisburySage]

Would you like mustard with your plate of bull[deleted]?

Ahmen! Brother. At the very least everyone making over $40,000 will see their taxes go up. That $250,000 figure is a crock of excrement. And when Obama destroys the coal industry the poor will really suffer. Stay tuned for economic disaster as Obama care come into fill effect and the Unions demand that their salaries, and pensions are never touched.