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Nancy Pelosi Vows: No Budget Deal Without Tax Hikes for the Wealthy
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) vowed there will be no deal to head off the coming “fiscal cliff” that does not include raising tax rates on the wealthy.
Pelosi said she’s optimistic a deal can be reached but won’t agree to merely closing tax loopholes or capping deductions without raising taxes on top earners.
“Just to close loopholes is far too little money,” Pelosi told ABC’s “This Week” in an interview aired Sunday. “If it’s going to bring in revenue, the president has been very clear that the higher-income people have to pay their fair share.”
The year-end deadline will trigger more than $600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases unless Congress can reach a budget deal.
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infidelamerican
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:29pmHey Nasty Piglosi, even if you did tax the wealthy, the CBO says it will only bring in 750 million. Not nearly enough to cover your 6 trillion defecit. The rich already pay their fair share as well as all the losers fair share. They are manipulating every avenue to steer us into AGENDA 21. The Soros and UN plan to have one world government and control all the money, power, and people.
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/
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muffythetuffy
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:37pmGOP SHOULD PACK UP AND LEAVE THE HOUSE
Do what the Democrats did in Wisconsin. Obama and Pelosi have said they have no plan to negotiate in good faith. Communists never agree to anything unless faced with superior force. Close down the HOUSE.
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megaphonec28
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:49pmwhy won’t anyone-even Romney – point out that tax on capital gains is taxing income THATS ALREADY BEEN TAXED
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DadRocked
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 1:14pmFORGET about taxes, taxes, taxes already: Why nothing on Spending Reductions? They give an illusion of people with money under their mattresses…
They need that money to stay in business, what are they going to do with the tax money? Give it off to the next Solyndra?
It’s more important that you hate the so called 2%. You don’t know who they are, they just want us to hate the 2%.
He wants to, annually, take hundreds of billions out of the private sector to fund the government. He drives up the debt – expanding government for what? Again to fund the government. For starts $1.6T over 10yrs. Where does it end?
The private sector is what gives people work – Not the government.
We won’t need to worry about the ‘cliff’, the rich nor the middle class… There will be no class because there will be no wealth.
If you bring down the productive companies, the productive people are then out… no investors, no funds to increase development and growth. People raising capital, investing then reinvesting that capital, who risk everything. When all is down there will be ZERO effect on the debt.
He’s already spent what he’s trying to get in that $1.6T – This is insane.
No work, no employees, no expendable cash, no taxes then what?
We should take a few pages out of the Alinsky books and turn the tables!
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endthemindlessspending
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 1:39pmHey Nancy How about you pay your fair share. I’m sure you snake yourself in all sorts of cuts and bonuses. Time to put up or shut up, let see what you are paying in taxes. Since all you seem to do is cry, Washington needs more money, lying crook.
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rickc34
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 2:27pmstop supporting corporations that supported Obama and the dems. Support local small business that are conservative.
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Max jones
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:12pmDADROCKED…..After 100 years of progressive debasement, the degeneration of of the population, and the economic irresponsibility of 30 years of accruing debt, We have an untenable situation. Entitlements can’t be cut off without employment, or we would have an unforgiving amount of unrest. that will not be sustainable no matter who is in power or what is done on political levels. We are in a lose-lose situation that will not be solved by government.
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Max jones
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:17pmSenate and house members should volunteer half of their salaries for the next two years. They all have much more than they need to get by.
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silentwatcher
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:18pmhmmmm,,,,so who’s really holding the American taxpayer hostage???? Pelosi, you POS,,,are you that ignorant that you don’t see your statements as hostage taking???/ I knew you were lame,,,BUT COME ON!!
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Raging_Waters
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:36pm@ENDTHEMINDLESSSPENDING
Give Nancy a break, she has to cheat the system for Botox injections that ensure her face doesn’t melt off.
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TransmitToVladmir
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 8:01pm” … higher-income people have to pay their fair share.”
Washington DC … YOU LIE !!!
It’s NOT just Pelosi. It’s NOT just Obama. IT IS ALL OF Washington DC! They are ALL in on it! The Progressive-communists have TAKEN OVER the government — by initially sneaking into government and then, when they had firm footing, simply stepping on The Law Of The Land to do what they want!
Their goal is to FINANCIALLY COLLAPSE AMERICA and raise up their version of a communist dictatorship:
“1930′s PROGRESSIVE FASCISM TODAY!! :: We Who Don’t Know History Are … DESTINED TO REPEAT?!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FB6H7PPV5g
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Wyerd_001
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 11:34pm$750 billion would have covered the Bush deficit, unfortunately the Obama deficit is THREE times higher!
Didn’t Pelosi take over the house majority leader in 2007, the same year the deficit went UP to $400 billion? That started in Obama’s own words “the worst economic crisis since the great depression”? And wasn’t she still the house majority leader in 2009, when the deficit skyrocketed to $1.4 trillion?
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dcatkin
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 7:58amI wonder if she’s including hersalf, and Obama in those tax hikes LOL.
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G-WHIZ
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:57amNannyP-P is the [MINORITY] NON-LEADER OF THE HOUS-O-Reps.. Where is she gonna get HER “majority” from???
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edcoil
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:46amWhy do they need to raise taxes on anyone? They are printing and shipping 86 bill a month to someone without it already.
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turkey13
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 3:21pmNotice the rich talk about paying more but they never stop the loopholes or collect what is due.Warren Buffet owes over 1 billion, The Rev. al Sharpton owes 1.2 million and I never heard wheather Charlie Rangle payed the almost $800,000 he owed on his foreign condos. How about the other 7 Szars that had to turn down Obama because they didn’t pay their taxes. Remember Nancy Polislie was going to drain the swamp untill she found out it was the Dems. that wern’t paying their taxes and Nancy couldn’t get the plug back in fast enough,
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turkey13
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 3:37pmNancy Polislie should just get all the Dems to just pay their taxes. Remember the 7 Szars who had to turn down Obama because they didn’t pay their taxes. Then there was Warren Buffet who owes 1 billion – The Rev al Sharpton owes 1.2 million and then Charlie Rangle oweing almost $800,000 on his foreign condoes. Nancy was going to drain the swamp untill she found out it was the Dems that wern’t paying their taxes.
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rp454
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 3:48pmIs free Botox part of Obamacare? Just wondering.
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dwilco77
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 6:58pmI think the deal ought to include a ban on Botox
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conservatype
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:29pm…….and don’t even THINK about trying to access all of the special percs that Princess Pelosi and all of her congressional comrades receive. After all, she is royalty and you are not……..
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G-WHIZ
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:53amNanny-P-P is a multimillionaire on her small [House-O-reps] sallary! HairyazzNoReid is a mulitmillionaire on his small [Sennate] sallary. Wonder witch uber-rich(soros?) billionaire(s) added to his&her graft durring their loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong terms!
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TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:27pmShe digs the hole we are in and in secret behind closed doors and now she wants to deliberately put us over the cliff and will accuse and blame the Republicans if they do not pass HER idea of our servitude to Her, she being extremely too rich in dollars but small in goodness. No different than extortion by the unions which just closed down on thousands. And, she will shout racism and throwing old ladies like me over the cliff as she the plantation owner always does. From one old white woman to another, Nasty Pelosi, you are a mean spirited battle ax.
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muffythetuffy
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:34pmPELOSI IS TOAST
The Obmavicts pretend she is still Speaker of the House so the half wits will believe her. Democrats plan to ruin anothe Christmas Holiday. The GOP House should pack up and leave until next year. We did not send the GOP to the House so they can lie on the floor and roll up into fetal positions. Shut down Congress and leave.
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lloyde
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:59pmGet a rope!
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Zipit
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:27pmThe wicked witch of the west has again spoken! And again I have suffered a bout with revulsion!
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 1:54pmThe Schnitt Show used to play a Pelosi- themed parody of “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” that was hilarious but i can’t find it anywhere online…
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Keatonc333
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 2:12pmAgain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:24
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 2:49pmBarking up the wrong tree Keaton… I’ve never once quoted the Bible in a political argument… Religious debate… sure.
I stick to the Constitution when it comes to policy, though.
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Max jones
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:42pmKEATON333…A POS like you quoting scripture is like a dog teaching philosophy……
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 7:44amMAX.. lol… made me think of this…
“Philosophy… is a walk on a slippery dock.
Religion… is the smile on a dog.
I’m not aware of too many things..
i know what i know, if you know what i mean”
-Edie Brickel and the New Bohemians, “What i am”
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sbenard
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:26pmNazi Pelosi looks more like Hitler every day, and sounds like him ALL the time!
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blkbelt7
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:26pmThis bimbo doesn’t know what a budget is,,,so she doesn’t know what she is talking about….she is like the scarecrow in OZ….no brains….maybe we have to pass the budget to see what is in the budget…
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lloyde
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 1:05pmNow that made me laugh! PiggyLosi is traitor to our nation and should be impeached, tried, and imprisoned for life (in a facility such as Gitmo). But, pity the other terrorist prisoners who would have to look at her ugly puss every day.
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Chunkyrhyno
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 5:08pmwhat do you expect? look what state she represents,,,,,,,California!!!!! Americas future….God Help Us
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rp454
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 3:47pm“Pay their fair share.” She sure speaks the communist talking points well.
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HappyHarriet
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:26pmThis woman was on the Ark, wasn’t she? She’s old enough to have been.
I’m wondering if she’s been morphed into a humanoid robot, which is what she looks like and sounds like.
Now where are the true reporters, pointing out the hypocracy of saying Republicans do not cooperate or meet us halfway, alongside her saying “no compromise”?
Without a free press, or more importantly, a REAL PRESS, there can be no USA.
Pelosi – are you aware that you do not have a majority in your area of the world? Can you count?
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Advection
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:26pmWhen asked why he wanted tax hikes on the “wealthy,” knowing that it wouldn’t solve the problem but actually make it worse by harming the economy and so lowering revenue instreams, Obama said that he didn’t care. What concerned him was his idea of “fairness”.
So where does it stop? Not until everything is equally distributed! This is the Socialist road to Communism.
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sbenard
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:25pmThis is Pelosi and her fellow Dems’ idea of bipartisanship!
…and speaking of holding America’s economy hostage, did the Dictator of Debt have Nazi Pelosi in mind when he made that comment about “holding America hostage??
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CatB
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:32pmI say .. what I have said from day one .. LET THE DEMS RAISE TAXES .. many people are going to get a big surprise when the Obamatax hits THEM…. Make Dems OWN THIS too. Don’t vote for or against .. take a page from the BHO playbook . .vote present.
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Advection
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:39pmAfter his re-election, Obama announced that he was ready to compromise, then he immediately said “but” and “I demand…”. Either these people have no idea what the word “compromise” means, or else they’re liars and thieves.
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usmc1063
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:20pmHmmmm with a net worth of around $60 million maybe she ought to give up her bucks. Awwww common Nan just think you’ll be helping out all the poor and destitute. Those same people who sit on their butts and do nothing to help themselves. Yet every month our cash finds it’s way to their pockets the money I and many others work for. Common Nan give it up for the entitlements. Just think how good you and your Bud in the Senate ole Pinkie Reed will feel.
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EddieInFL
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:18pmStop talking in “slogans.” Exactly what IS a fair share? Give me a number, not a slogan.
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ResistSocialism
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:22pmI think the # is 50 to 80 percent. Should bode well for business.
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Polarized America
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:36pm.. Pelosi is an old….really old hippie from the 60ts & the slogan ” fair share ” became a way of saying (strike that) became a way of ” whining ” …hey look what you have ” No fair ” wah wah wah gimme some wah wah wah
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banjarmon
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:17pmCram a budget down her throat the way she did obamacare to us!!!!
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chips1
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:51pmHer throat is busy already.
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REB182
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:15pmLet’s go over the cliff, I’m sick of hearing about it. Taxing the rich will not help anyway. The middle class will take the hit as usual. There are only 500-600 people controlling our nation of over 300 million. Each one will be held accountable, and go down in history as those who collapsed this great nation. Stop this madness…..
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Marine25
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:11pmWe cut taxes while simultaneously fighting two wars. No civilization has ever tried that. It conributed signficantly to our debt.
Now watch Pelosi be eviscerated by ‘patriots’ with ‘support our troops” on one side of their bumper and “taxed enough already” on the other.
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Fubared
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:18pmIs all that plastic in her face recycled? She kills flipper and peddles you tuna. You got some brown specks on your nose.
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Fubared
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:37pmIs this a paid by post gig you are on? You a fleet jarhead or Sony wannabe variety?
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lel2007
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:40pmTaxes rates should be established as percentage of income. That same tax percentage should apply to all taxpayers – that would be a ‘fair’ tax. Just because one has more than another doesn’t mean he should pay a higher percentage, unless you subscribe to the “from each according to their ability, to each according to their need” philosophy.
Obviously our government has an exceptionally great “need” without any means of income other than to take from the people.
“Most Americans seem to not have a problem with taxes, as long as somebody else is getting taxed. Under any and all religious and civil codes, this is wrong. Almost every culture in human history established the ‘Golden Rule’ — treat others how you’d like to be treated — yet, some continue to advocate for higher taxes for particular groups of people.” ~ ?
“A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellowman, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.” ~ G. Gordon Liddy
The people would be wise to starve the government pig. Unfortunately, the people have already lost control of the pig.
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taintso
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:10pmWhy doesn’t she just jump off the cliff to see what is at the bottom?
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spfoam1
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:21pmBecause she can convince the dumba$$ publlic to jump off the cliff while they watch the outcome from the comfort of the capital building. The Obama administration did a similar thing in Bengazi.
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rickc34
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:09pmNo deal Nancy.
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PCDoctors4u2
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:08pmSome reports say the Pelosis’ general worth to be upwards of $500 million dollars including Bumble Bee tuna…It is easy to sing a happy tune about taxes and health care when congress has the ability to exempt itself from the rules they make. Her mindless despicable retorts reflect the constituency who made her Queen of San Fransisco. Call it what you want but Communism has taken root in America!
Class envy is not very pretty!
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Fubared
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:17pmToo true and well said.
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TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:40pm“More bang for your buck” Pelosi enriches her own pocketbook? How convenient is that?
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H Beale
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:08pmNancy, if you want to donate your net worth of $35.5 million dollars to the federal government, please write them a check you crusty old dink.
OH WAIT, you are with the communist (democrat) party; what was I thinking. You would prefer everyone else gave “their” wealth while you continue grasping money you have received by bilking the US taxpayers for years. You’re the “do as I say, not as I do” kind of person right?
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PorkPIG
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:08pmLOL liberal Math , wouldn’t it be great if we could live in that dream world .
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JP4JOY
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:08pmHmmm, I’ll bet she’ll be screaming unfair when she gets that “fair tax” bill from the IRS. She and her husband make millions, let them pay…First!!!
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:51pmAs members of the legislature they will ensure they never have to pay taxers.
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longun45
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:07pmLets see how high we can raise her taxes, to 99% maybe. I think that is fair and we want to be fair.
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Marine25
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:06pmWe cut taxes while simulataneously fighting two wars. No civilization has ever tried that. It contributed significantly to our debt.
Now watch Pelosi be eviscerated by ‘patriots’ with “support our troops” on one side of their bumper and “taxed enough already” on the other.
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ResistSocialism
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:17pm******* away lives and money ‘helping’ moslums in Iraq was a waste.
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Fubared
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 4:49pmImagine the worms and blackness that would ooze if she ever was eviscerated. So, where did you serve 25? Merchant I am guessing. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but look st you purporting to be a Marine. Not ever a Marine with a same sex partner sounds like you. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But really, listen to your dribble and try to wrap that around being a Marine. Nonsensical. Like Pelosi and math; it don’t be adding up bub.
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ResistSocialism
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:05pmYea California is flush with cash. Obviously Pelosi knows what she is talking about.
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frednerk
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:03pm‘ah the origional ‘bag BAG LADY hath spoken, ‘I just ca’nt stand ol’ stretch Nancypants !!
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H Beale
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 11:59amAdd your comments
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Max jones
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:11pmI’ve heard a number of the uber rich say they will not mind paying more. That is patriotic. How do you think Nancy will get around that? I understand she’s gotten wealthy ‘serving’ in the house….how dey do dat?
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