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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The fiscal cliff they keep talking about is basically something to do with the Bush tax cuts expiring, as well as the payroll tax cuts Obama put into effect. And some other stuff I'm forgetting right now. The Bush tax cuts can go, but the payroll tax cuts affects the middle class and I'm pretty sure Obama doesn't want those to go away.
But what it is is a false disaster made up by Republicans to try and lather us into a panic so that the Dems will be forced by their constituency or something to buckle. Basically what we need is for them to see the scaremongering for what it is.
But the thing is the GOP are refusing to raise taxes on the wealthy by even the slightest margin, if neither group comprises then the fiscal cliff is a inevitable.
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016I'd hope that the exorbitant amounts of money spent by the wealthy right wing against Democrats this cycle will make it clear to Obama that he doesn't gain anything by trying to coddle them.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Wall Street stabbed him in the back. If nothing else, the Democratic Party will realize that an increase in upper-income tax rates and removal of a separate rate for capital gains will drain the coffers of people willing to lay of employees out of spite and funnel billions of dollars into Super PA Cs against them. Appeasing them appears to serve their interests less and less, and while I don't expect principled behaviour from the Democratic Party, I do expect self-preservation.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.As the rest of the votes are tallied, Mitt Romney's total vote percentage is at this moment 47.9% and his total votes are one million less than John Mc Cain. It could go down even further. If it gets exactly 47% that'll be some poetic justice.
Well, of course you don't register to vote in the actual elections through your party. That would be silly. But aren't the primaries something else? I'd see them as purely internal affairs of each party, and thus none of the government's business.
(BTW, sorry for replying to a post 4 pages back. I slept in the meanwhile.)
edited 10th Nov '12 1:29:27 AM by MidnightRambler
Mache dich, mein Herze, rein...On another note: One
of the "White People Mourning Romney"
now 'wonders who would've won if you'd had to take an IQ test before voting'. She's confident it would've been Romney.
1) I'm not so sure about that and 2) hel-loooo, Jim Crow!
Also, here's quite an interesting article
inspired by that Tumblr.
Yes, primary elections are held through the same government apparatus as general elections. There are a number of reasons for this–one is avoiding duplication of infrastructure (why have two sets of expensive voting equipment per jurisdiction?) There are also "non-partisan" primaries for offices where one does not specifically run as a member of a party, and not having separate party-run primaries means you can combine the two into a single election, if the government wishes.
Also, there are generally four kinds of primaries. In a closed primary, you have to be registered as a member of a party to vote in that party's primary (how this works is there are separate ballots for each party, and your entry in the poll book will tell the workers which one to give you). Semi-closed works similarly, except if you're registered as unaffiliated you can pick a party's ballot. Finally, with open and semi-open primaries voters aren't registered with any party, and can pick whichever party they want to vote for at the polls. The difference is that with open primaries, all candidates are on a single ballot (though you still are required to only vote in one party's primary), whereas with semi-open primaries you still have separate party ballots.
That said, does anyone know how caucuses work? I'm pretty sure those are directly run by the parties.
so, I have to say, I'm also loving the White People Mourning Romney tumblr.
The Root, an african-american based news website is also getting quite a few laughs over the website and all the sheer schadenfruede the site provides.
http://www.theroot.com/views/white-people-mourning-more-romney

The fiscal cliff means "cut taxes as well as raise them," doesn't it?
If so, then I can easily see the Democrats giving up on the "raise taxes" part and just focus on cutting taxes.
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