Breaking: Senate Passes Tax Cut
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Just in: the Senate has overwhelmingly passed the tax cut bill, with 81 yeas to 19 nays.
32 comments
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:41:17am |
Good. Let's get this thing passed and move on.
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Kragar Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:41:53am |
Oh good. Rush and Glenn now have something to cry about over the holidays.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:42:57am |
Great, I'm glad to hear this since it should give at least a shot in the arm to the economy even if it also means more debt when unemployment is low again.
///Now maybe the Senate can also get to work on the little things like moving towards a more fair an equal society where everyone can serve in the armed forces without fear of persecution based on things they can't control and regaining the ability to inspect Russia's nuclear arsenal....
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:50:05am |
don't start celebrating yet, looks like the GOP plans to shut down the gov't sooner rather than later.
what a bunch of douche-nozzles.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:50:29am |
Did they make it permanent? Or still the two year extension?
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:53:10am |
re: #5 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
2 year extension.
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garhighway Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:56:45am |
re: #4 Dreggas
don't start celebrating yet, looks like the GOP plans to shut down the gov't sooner rather than later.
what a bunch of douche-nozzles.
They are trying to figure out how to be against earmarks and still get the money.
That's a tough needle to thread.
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Kragar Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:58:30am |
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uncah91 Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:58:41am |
re: #7 garhighway
They are trying to figure out how to be against earmarks and still get the money.
That's a tough needle to thread.
I'm against people knowing that I am for earmarks! And that is unequivocal!
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Obdicut Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:58:56am |
re: #7 garhighway
They just need to blame it all on the Democrats. They're good at that.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Dec 15, 2010 10:59:20am |
re: #7 garhighway
They are trying to figure out how to be against earmarks and still get the money.
That's a tough needle to thread.
1: Claim to be against Earmarks.
2: Take money.
3: Label anyone who dares to bring this fact up as a member of the liberal media.
4: ?????
5: Profit.
Tah-Dah!
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celticdragon Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:03:47am |
It looks like reliable neo confederate Jim Demint is going to crash everything again.
DeMint will invoke a senatorial privilege to ask that texts of both the New START Treaty and the 2011 omnibus spending bill be read aloud on the Senate floor.The readings could take seven to 12 hours to verbalize the START Treaty, while the omnibus could take 40 to 60 hours, according to a spokesman for DeMint.
We have to keep the homos out the military and derail every fucking treaty signed by that Kenyan usurper, dontchaknow.//
I am ashamed to have ever been a part of the GOP at this point.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:05:10am |
re: #12 celticdragon
well when you are as dumb as Jim DeMint you need someone to read things for you.
//
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Kragar Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:05:47am |
re: #12 celticdragon
It looks like reliable neo confederate Jim Demint is going to crash everything again.
We have to keep the homos out the military and derail every fucking treaty signed by that Kenyan usurper, dontchaknow.//I am ashamed to have ever been a part of the GOP at this point.
I propose an addendum to all bills requiring the statement "Fuck you DeMint." be added to the footnotes of every page.
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Obdicut Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:06:48am |
re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Don't, you'll make Boehner cry.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:07:00am |
re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I propose an addendum to all bills requiring the statement "Fuck you DeMint." be added to the footnotes of every page.
I second the motion put forward by the Honorable Lizard from LGFopolis!
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celticdragon Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:07:22am |
re: #13 Dreggas
well when you are as dumb as Jim DeMint you need someone to read things for you.
//
I would actually argue at this point that he is an enemy of national security. He is knowingly and deliberately working to undermine th military and public safety for partisan gain.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:07:41am |
re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I propose an addendum to all bills requiring the statement "Fuck you DeMint." be added to the footnotes of every page.
Could his opponent really have been THAT bad? I mean, he had cool ideas about action figures!
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mr.JA Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:07:52am |
Absolutely, completely offtopic, a cool webcomic about wikileaks and anonymous:
[Link: xkcd.com...]
It made me laugh...
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:10:50am |
re: #16 jamesfirecat
I second the motion put forward by the Honorable Lizard from LGFopolis!
Give the man a Harrumph!
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Decatur Deb Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:14:18am |
re: #5 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Did they make it permanent? Or still the two year extension?
That's always been an amusing distinction. What does "permanent" mean to a sitting Congress?
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lawhawk Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:18:30am |
re: #22 Decatur Deb
That's always been an amusing distinction. What does "permanent" mean to a sitting Congress?
Distinction with a serious difference.
Consider the AMT. It's permanent. However, Congress has to act annually to reset the brackets to adjust for inflation. Failing to adjust for inflation means that the AMT hits millions more people (and more than a few that fall into the high end of the middle class).
Extending the tax cuts for two more years means we'll be fighting about this just in time for the 2012 general elections.
Had the cuts been made permanent, the issue would be off the table (though I'm sure some Democrats would be calling for its repeal).
The action on this bill is likely to turn the tax issue into a biennial nightmare unless a permanent fix is made.
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MinisterO Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:20:15am |
re: #23 lawhawk
The action on this bill is likely to turn the tax issue into a biennial nightmare unless a permanent fix is made.
Mining the field of play was in fact the plan.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:20:28am |
re: #23 lawhawk
Distinction with a serious difference.
Consider the AMT. It's permanent. However, Congress has to act annually to reset the brackets to adjust for inflation. Failing to adjust for inflation means that the AMT hits millions more people (and more than a few that fall into the high end of the middle class).
Extending the tax cuts for two more years means we'll be fighting about this just in time for the 2012 general elections.
Had the cuts been made permanent, the issue would be off the table (though I'm sure some Democrats would be calling for its repeal).
The action on this bill is likely to turn the tax issue into a biennial nightmare unless a permanent fix is made.
That clarifies it--all cuts are temporary and the piss-fight is unending.
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Obdicut Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:22:39am |
re: #25 Decatur Deb
Well, the AMT is a special thing. Percentage taxes don't care about inflation. The AMT is a percentage tax with a hard number exemption; if the exemption was tied to inflation, it wouldn't have to be redone all the time.
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MinisterO Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:23:30am |
The payroll tax cut primarily benefits the middle class. In this climate that's a pretty neat trick.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:24:49am |
re: #26 Obdicut
I'm just feeling anarchic today. I'll say something constructive tomorrow.
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compound Idaho Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:42:28am |
Don't spending and revenue bills have to originate in the House?
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recusancy Wed, Dec 15, 2010 11:50:44am |
re: #29 compound Idaho
Don't spending and revenue bills have to originate in the House?
It's an amendment to a bill. Not a bill in itself. Otherwise, yes.
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compound idaho Wed, Dec 15, 2010 4:28:25pm |
re: #30 recusancy
I am not a smart man (to quote Forrest Gump) but I suspect that is not what the constitution was driving at. Funny how we can find our way around the clear intent then slap ourselves on the back and congratulate each other on how *&$%^& cleaver we are. Lawyers!
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