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Obama’s Incredible Claim: GOP Will Soon Fight to End ‘Middle Class Tax Cuts’

During a press conference today announcing a “tax cut” compromise, President Obama was sure to make some incredible claims. While saying that the GOP has held taxpayers “hostage” and continuing to posit the idea that Republicans are fighting for “tax cuts” for the rich, Obama prophesied that in two years the GOP will be fighting to end “middle class tax cuts” that they have staunchly“opposed”:

As Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) pointed out, the compromise is not really about “cuts.” The current rates have been in place for the last 10 years. In addition, it’s hard to understand how deciding not to raise taxes qualifies as a tax cut.

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  • suran
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:18pm

    Get a life, Obama, and get out of ours!

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  • capitalismrocks
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:14pm

    WOW – the Liar in Chief was in full force today…

    The GOP had NEVER EVER wanted to end tax cuts for ANYONE… they wanted all of the tax cuts to stay…

    I’m a business owner, I’m one of the “WEALTHY” that the President wants to tax into oblivion… I make that $250,000 and I have 2 people that work for me and one part time for the holidays…

    My two employee’s can be thankful to the GOP for saving their jobs today, because if the taxes went up on Jan 1st, I was going to have to let one go and I might have to cut back a few hours on the 2nd employee. Right now I’d like to keep the 3rd part timer I have after Jan 1st, so now I don’t have to worry about my current 2 employees and now I can seriously consider keeping the 3rd part time…

    THIS is what keeping the current tax rates does, keeping people in their jobs and perhaps hiring some more people…. THANK YOU TO THE GOP !!!

    I also get infuriated by the Pres and the Dem’s, “These tax cuts will add to the debt”….

    HOW?!?!? This is MY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the govt is now only taking “x” amount instead of “x+” amount, I’m not costing the govt, the govt is costing ME… what adds to the debt is extending unemployment well past what people paid into it for and now they are bleeding out the system. What is costing the govt is funding illegal aliens who don’t pay taxes, what costs the govt is paying out to the 47% of the population that pays ZERO and yet gets money from the govt, while the govt wants MORE money from those who do pay taxes and in fact pay ridiculous amounts of taxes as it is!!!

    3 People:

    Person 1 – Makes $250,000 and pays 37% Fed, then state and local – 42%, so he pays $103,000
    Person 2 – Makes $25,000 and pays 15%, Fed, then state and local – 19%, so he pays $4,750
    Person 3 – Pays no taxes at all

    All 3 people use the same roads, same water and sewer. Most likely Person doesn’t use Emergency Rooms or other social services and is actually LESS of a burden on the system then the other two.

    Yet Person 1 pays enough taxes to cover 20 people making $25,000….

    How the hell is THAT fair?!?!? They want MORE money?????????????????? What paying 20X the taxes isn’t enough?!?!?

    Then we’ve got Person 3 – paying no taxes, but is getting food stamps, college tuition assistance, home heating assistance and more and more and more….

    This President has ZERO idea what he is doing, he has NO IDEA what it takes to run a small business, to hire and pay people, to make payroll or anything else and he’s got the nerve to want more from people like me…

    If those tax rates had gone up, unemployment would’ve easily have gone up 2-3% without a doubt!

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    • lizaz
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:33pm

      Great job!! You need to send this to your senators and representative. I’m sick of hearing obama and this liberal ilk say the Republicans want “tax cuts for the rich”…THAT is infuriating when so many small businesses like yours fall above $250,000. I guess they think we “astroturf” are really stupid and they didn’t hear us speaking out on Nov 2. We are tracking every vote the 33 senators who are due to run in 2012 make, starting with the “food safety bill”. Once we get to January, they may think we will not be watching, but we will!!

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    • MightyMouth
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:46pm

      Exactly right! AND…this guy hasn’t figured out the whole “President of the United States” thingy…
      He thinks there are two groups in America: His loyal subjects, which include the MSM, Union thugs and ACORN members, and the rest of us who are obstacles to his socialist agenda. Not only is he clueless, but he is delusional as well, he actually thinks the American People are still behind his power grab DESPITE the last election!

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    • watt
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:47pm

      i love it when people who make over 250k a year complain how broke they are. scale back on the mansion and cars and maybe you’ll have some money left over in your paycheck

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    • AlaskaRick
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 9:56pm

      WATT, I love it when people don’t read and understand basic principles of business! You didn’t even read it past the 250,000 part because you would rather whine about how rich others are.

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    • watt
      Posted on December 8, 2010 at 11:28am

      @ALASKARICK – Actually, I did read the whole thing. If you’d like, I could break down how wrong his numbers are. But the bottom line is if he pays over 100k in taxes, then he should get a new tax preparer.

      @CAPITALISMROCKS – Yes, you are wealthy (notice the no quotes). I see what’s wrong here. You’ve gotten used to the 250k number. In other words, you wouldn’t be forced to fire your employee, you’d have to fire that employee so you could still make 250k. At the same time, I bet you’d put a lot of additional workload on your one employee while not paying them any more than you do now, because of you know, the tax situation. Ahh capitalism.

      By the way, the quote of “THIS is what keeping the current tax rates does, keeping people in their jobs and perhaps hiring some more people” says it all. The most important word in that quote? – “perhaps”. Admit it, you’re not going to hire anybody else. If you were you would have left out “perhaps”. But you did what EVERY major corporation and small business does. Suggest that if the tax rates don’t go up, then we would start to hire. Taxes rates don’t go up and the hiring…doesn’t happen. You greedy a-holes keep the money for yourselves, and then suggest that further tax cuts are the only way to spur hiring. Capitalism Rocks!!!!

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    • HeyCatie
      Posted on December 9, 2010 at 9:34am

      The Voice of Reason RESONATES!!! Bravo!!! Now to duplicate the process and we actually might ignite something in the $h*t for Brains Liberals that handouts are never free… there is a deep price to pay when the Gov’t throws you a bone! TAXES=SLAVERY! NO man has the RIGHT to another man’s LABOR!

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  • Cabo King
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:13pm

    this Clown has no clue what he’s doing…what a joke, and it’s on America

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  • lizaz
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:12pm

    He continues to lie….I guess he just can’t help it. Watch what he does, not what he says!!!

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  • Cabo King
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:12pm

    Kenya azz hole

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:11pm

    that vile moron is totally freaking out and spiraling out of control. even soros is talking about replacing him.

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  • Rickfromillinois
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:09pm

    Only morons would believe these this. Do I hear the sound of desperation?

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    • chfields62
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:22pm

      unfortunately, 42% of the population are morons…………..

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  • ChicoSuave
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:09pm

    Yes, I’m middle class, not a democrat and want to increase taxes for myself. I’m spending billions to make sure it happens! No, actually I‘ll just vote against this administration again to turn this Country back in the direction it’s supposed to be going… LESS GOVERNMENT and their spending so I CAN have lower taxes without bankruptcy. 1. It’s NOT YOUR MONEY. 2. The problem is YOU ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH. 3. Stop enabling! 4. Let the Citizens rule again as your office is not a dictatorship.

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  • TexasHillsPatriot
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:07pm

    The man cannot help but lie and use class warfare to get what he considers to be a “U.S. Utopia”.

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  • Mario4Jesus
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:07pm

    I don’t understand why THEY(Libs) CONSTANTLY see from only one perspective, and that is seeing this as ” oh, tax cuts to the rich”. Why, why can they not see that the GOP just does NOT want to raise taxes, especially on businesses. YES. THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. GET OVER IT. They create jobs, and are a factor in this economy. They will not hire more if they’re already scraping to get by as it is. I’ll be honest; I am a young citizen, with a lot to learn, and i just recently changed my political apathy to caring more than ever; so i’m new to this type of discussion, and surely sound juvenille. But i want my voice to be heard now.

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    • anigmanm
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:38pm

      It’s all about power really, the more you have the less they have to spend to keep the poor poor. In truth, they don’t want you to join their country club.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:06pm

    He is obviously trying to placate the extreme progressive left that he has antagonized by this compromise. I have learned by now that Obama is a forked tongue devil that will say the stupidest and most outrageous things because in his mind that is how politics work. Just like all that nonsense about the car in the ditch. The thing is, I no longer think he personally believes what he says. I used to, I used to think that he was way out there, but I have learned that it is all simply lip service from him.

    In other words, do not take this too personally, he is trying to recover some of his lost base…

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  • occupants
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:05pm

    It‘s quite puzzling that after almost two years of President Teleprompter’s “rule”, his nose is still the same length.(Anyone know Gipetto’s Email address…?)

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  • @leftfighter
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:04pm

    Riiiiiight… the GOP will fight for an end to tax cuts of any kind immediately after the Democrats fight to end the Statist political enslavement also known as entitlement programs.

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  • BQI
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:04pm

    Nobody cares or believes anything that this guy says. Why not just send the teleprompters out and let us read them, which we won’t. What a joke. Now he’s concern about political gamesmanship.

    http://www.blacequillandink.com

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  • FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:03pm

    More propaganda for the weak minded citizens who cannot tell the difference between truth and lies. They allow themselves to be lied to and misled as long as the free ride is going their way.

    Thank GOD there are people who do have the courage and insight to see through all the smoke to see there is no fire…………..VICTORY OR DEATH

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    • hickoryrat
      Posted on December 8, 2010 at 9:35am

      You have hit the nail on the head.People need to pull their heads out and look around.I doubt that this can be changed by the ballot box.Bottom feeders who suck at the free tit will always vote for the pigs who feed them.
      WE WIN OR WE DIE that simple

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  • tobywil2
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:01pm

    THE “SUPER RICH” AND TAXES
    Warren Buffett has come out favoring increasing the tax on the “Rich.” Why is this not a surprise?
    Sure Warren Buffett is in favor of increased income tax on the entrepreneur. Mr. Buffett is part of the “status quo”. He’s made his money and just wants to keep it. He doesn’t want any competition from an entrepreneur with new technology that can make his empire obsolete, create wealth and increase the general prosperity. Mr. Buffett knows that the progressive income tax makes it more difficult, if not impossible, for the entrepreneur to fund a new or growing enterprise.

    If you want to see Mr. Buffett squirm propose a “Net Worth Tax” to replace the income tax. His compassion for the poor would disappear before you could finish the proposal. The threshold for the “Net Worth Tax” could be as low as million dollars. Even that would be a hindrance to the entrepreneur who needs capital to expand his business, but it would really punish the “rich”. Isn’t that what the wannabe tyrants claim to be their objective, punish the rich?

    Of course I don’t propose a “Net Worth Tax,” even though makes a lot more sense than an income tax. With a net worth tax the wannabe tyrants could really punish their chosen enemy, the “rich”, only this time it would be the real “rich”. The wannabe tyrant’s financial support would disappear and they would be vilified before they even finished the proposal. http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • booger71
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:17pm

      Yes, all the wealthy elites would squirm under a wealth tax, and that is why many of them give much of their wealth away because of the death tax. It seems to me if they thought the death tax was a good thing, why do they give it away? Surely they think that big government is great, don’t they?

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    • owllwoman
      Posted on December 8, 2010 at 7:58am

      Perhaps Mr. Buffet should set an example and give his wealth to the Gov. to help bring down the debt. Nothing is stopping him. He wants higher taxes on the rich, but I wonder where his money is placed to avoid those taxes? Put up or shut up Warren Buffet!!!! Write the check.

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  • mgibs363
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:59pm

    The man is insane.

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  • tobywil2
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:57pm

    PRESIDENT OBAMA’S TELEPROMPTER:

    If Obama’s teleprompter malfunctioned and flashed the TRUTH and Obama chocked on that truth, could the HEIMLICH MANEUVER be applied in time to avoid Biden becoming President? http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:07pm

      It could, but would we want to do it? Would the Hippocratic Oath cause you to want to save him, or the nation?

      Surely, more people would be (ahem) saved, collectively, if Obama choked to death on the truth and Biden became PotUS.

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  • wolflady
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:55pm

    He will always bash the GOP because it‘s all he has and he’s tryin very hard to appease his base. This wont work, but as everything else in his administration has been, so is this attempt: LAME!!

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  • tobywil2
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:54pm

    “PREPONDERANCE OF PROPAGANDA”!
    Another example of the “preponderance of propaganda”! The wannabe tyrants and their cronies are publicizing lies, half-truths and the irrelevant to avoid a discussion of the issues. Pay no attention to the smokescreen.
    When the premise is false the only arguments that can be used are fear mongering, emotion, sarcasm, ridicule, attacking the messenger and misrepresentation of the facts (lying). Those who expect to reap huge profits from our misery caused by tyranny are experts at these tactics.
    The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny!!!! http://commonsense21c.com/

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  • run42k
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:54pm

    The great communicator.

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  • booger71
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:54pm

    Plus Barry said it his job as President to create jobs. He needs to read is oath of office again

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    • Konservative PUNK
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:58pm

      Precisely. The role of the Federal Government is to PROTECT LIBERTY, not DESTROY LIBERTY.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:35pm

      I didn’t think the Presidential Oath of Office was all that long, but you are right, he probably needs to review it again and again every morning, just like he does when he looks in the bathroom mirror and says, “I was born in Hawaii, not Kenya. I was born in Hawaii, not Kenya….”

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  • knotaclu
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:54pm

    BHO is holding this country hostage…..The best part about all his lies is that they all come back to bite him….

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  • Konservative PUNK
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:53pm

    Yes, we are talking about preventing tax hikes here, not cuts. They should never be referred to as Bush Tax Cuts, but as Bush Tax Rates

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    • gman46
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:59pm

      Although I would really like to see some true tax cuts take place!

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    • Konservative PUNK
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:04pm

      Me too! If the Repubs really wanted tos pend some political capital, they would have truly CUT taxes on all. This idea of compromising with the LOSERS is weak. I say Repubs should vote against it, wait til next session and propose Tax Cuts WITHOUT extending Unemployment and make the president sign or veto tax cuts for everyone, including the middle class.

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    • beekeeper
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:17pm

      Yes, exactly – that’s why they fought so hard for ALL taxcuts to remain in place, idiot!

      Which part of ALL doesn’t this Supreme Leader understand? Where did this guy go to school?

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    • Independent Tess
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:19pm

      Exactly Konserv!
      Repubs wants tax RATES to stay the same for ALL. Sounds fair to me!!!

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    • watt
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 3:32pm

      @Punk – top rates went from 39% – 36%. How is that not a cut?

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    • Konservative PUNK
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:14pm

      What year did that happen? Are we to say that maintaining tax rates that have been in place since 2003 is a cut? A cut from when? A cut from tax rates paid 8 years ago? At what point would you say they are the norm? 10 years later? 20 years later?

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    • what4
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 8:15pm

      OK Punk, lets just go back to the tax rate of 1900…I can live with that!

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    • AlaskaRick
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 9:59pm

      PUNK, is right and the tax rates should be even lower, like 15% across the board for all. That’s right no progressive/social justice tax rates! Stop spending OUR money!

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    • watt
      Posted on December 8, 2010 at 10:59am

      @Punk – I was responding to your statement “They should never be referred to as Bush Tax Cuts…”

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  • egosumverum
    Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:52pm

    Buck Ofama.

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    • cessna152
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:05pm

      Lie… lie… lie… Bush’s fault…. lie….lie….lie…..GOP’s fault…. lie…..lie….lie….

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:13pm

      Does Mr. Obama really think we’re that stupid? http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • GeauxAlready
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:28pm

      GOP Will Soon Fight to End ‘Middle Class Tax Cuts’

      Well I think Obama is having one of those “Crap in one hand, wish in the other” moments………

      Report Post » SpankDaMonkey  
    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:41pm

      The Charlatan speaks

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    • Reagan/Demint.deciple
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:52pm

      What the hell is he talking about ??

      Report Post » one years food ration like glenn says  
    • TNT1
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 4:55pm

      Watch the other hand !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:03pm

      Mr Obama is playing in this case to his own Progressive base, seeking also to turn those who are borderline on the independants against the Right; also the extremists can claim he ‘is the man’ of their plans for the collapsing the system.

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    • Buck Ofama
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:21pm

      @egosumverum – “Buck Ofama.”

      You rang?

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:54pm

      TOBYWIL2, he knows we are not that stupid, he is hoping everyone else is still that stupid. If his mouth is moving he’s lying. Counting the days ’til he is impeached or voted out.

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    • wildjoker5
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 6:21pm

      I was wondering if anyone caught that too?

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    • PeterThePainter
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 6:34pm

      What a dog and pony show, he got what he wanted…the extension for 13 months of unemployment, well lets see….13 months from now will be primetime presidential election coverage.

       
    • getalong
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 7:27pm

      I don’t remember a president in my lifetime so divisive as Obama. A true leader does not pit one side against the other, a true leader brings people together. He says he will take action against the tax breaks for the rich in 2 years. Does he really think he will be re-elected? He’s in La-La Land!

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    • NapoHill15
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 7:50pm

      Here’s a problem with Mr. Obama’s logic . . . He doesn’t understand that even the most intellectually challenged eventually understand the principles of economics when they have nothing to eat.

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    • egosumverum
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 7:59pm

      @Buck Ofama – Heck yes I rang. Where have you been? I want t-shirts made with that on the front and Better Dead Than Red on the back. They would be great gifts for the liberals in our lives! What say you?

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    • 79USMC83
      Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:09am

      LMAO!!! No Mr. “Speech Giver” it is NOT the GOP that holds us “Hostage” it is NOT the Dems that hold us “Hostage” it is YOU and the “Government Stupid” which is Repubs,Dems ,Progressives,solialist,communist, Unions,Special Interest and the Freaking IRS that holds WE THE PEOPLE “Hostage” when it comes to tax’s!!!! FAIR TAX NOW !!!! TERM LIMITS NOW !!!!

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