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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The elephant can lie down as gently as he wants; the ground is still gonna shake.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Tentative new tax deal worked out.
I'm tentatively liking this, this far. The Capital Gains rate needs to be much higher, as well as the increase from 35% to 39%, but it's better than what I thought we might be getting. Now, if we can just avoid cuts, we're good.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/jon-huntsman-gop_n_2387879.html
lol like GOP'ers ever having a soul. And if they did I bet it probably died in a fire like a hundred years ago after Lincoln's era.
edited 31st Dec '12 2:10:21 PM by Couchpotato20
"I don't give a rat's ass about going to hell. I guess it's because I feel like I'm already there." -MugenI read about the deal in Krugman's blog. Somebody explain to me how Boehner will get his coalition to vote for it.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"True enough; if they get most of the Democrats to vote for it, then all Boehner needs to do is convince enough of his caucus to vote as well, and we've managed to put off the crisis for a short while. Then we have to get it through the Senate and McConnell's merry bunch of filibuster-happy Tea Partiers.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"What do guys think will happen to the Stock Market tomorrow if we go off the Cliff?
50. There 50 Dems, 2 independent, and 48 Republicans. There is no telling how Lieberman and Manchin are going to vote.
edited 31st Dec '12 4:06:36 PM by DeviantBraeburn
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