{"id":8323,"date":"2012-07-10T09:31:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T16:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8323"},"modified":"2012-07-10T09:31:25","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T16:31:25","slug":"who-wont-compromise-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/10\/who-wont-compromise-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Won’t Compromise and Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although I covered the tax cut fight yesterday, it has, to a large extent, dominated the news since.  As expected, Willard Romney and the Republican party have been making ludicrous assertions, and it\u2019s important that you know what they are and how to debunk them.  For example, Barack Obama is not raising taxes, as Republicans falsely claim.  The expiration of the Bush tax cuts in January, 2011 was originally built into the law itself, before Congress passed a two year extension.  To blame Obama for the expiration of a law that passed before he took office is absurd.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"GOPBlackmail\"Taxes are supposed to be complicated and contentious. Yet, speaking from the White House on Monday<\/a>, it took President Obama less than 15 minutes to make a strong and sensible case for letting the high-end Bush-era tax cuts expire<\/a> at the end of 2012. Citing well-documented facts, he pointed out that tax cuts at the top have failed to promote economic growth and have blown a hole in the federal budget<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Under his plan, Americans who make more than $250,000 a year \u2014 the top 2 percent of taxpayers \u2014 would see their tax rates go back up next year to the levels from the Clinton years, while those making less than $250,000 \u2014 the remaining 98 percent \u2014 would have their tax cuts extended through 2013. <\/p>\n

In calling for cooperation from Congress, Mr. Obama said that the point is to \u201cagree to do what we agree on<\/strong>\u201d: extend the middle-class tax cuts. As a matter of fairness and responsible policy making, he said, the majority of Americans, and the broader economy, should not be held hostage again to another debate over the merits of tax cuts for the wealthy. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it is not a message Congressional Republicans want to hear, committed as they are to preserving tax cuts for the rich at all costs<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That makes sense to me.  Lets agree to extend the tax cuts for 98% of the people and let the voters decide whose policy we want for the top 2%.  Fat chance!<\/font><\/p>\n

Lawrence O’Donnell dedicated two segments to the tax cuts. In the first, he discussed them, Republican lies about them, and Obama’s fiscal cliff strategy with Krystal Ball and Steve Kornacki.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

I fully agree that Obama must be willing to go over the cliff. In the second segment, Lawrence debunked Republican claims about tax cuts with Ezra Klein and Nick Hanauer.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

The 1% are NOT the job creators. They just take profit from the work. YOU are the job creators, because you create the demand!<\/strong> Businesses hire only when you you buy their products and services and create sufficient demand for the companies to profit, that they would otherwise miss, from new hires.  You can\u2019t purchase and create demand, if Republicans empty your pockets.<\/font><\/p>\n

In short, the entire Republican stance here can be used to fertilize your veggies!<\/font><\/p>\n

Republicans will not agree to extend the tax for us, because they don’t care about us. Our tax cuts are useful to Republicans only to use in their blackmail as a hostage for much bigger tax cuts for the 1%.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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