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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (602468)3/4/2011 7:10:36 PM
From: Brumar891 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 1577351
 
... Obama had to abandon his goal of raising taxes on high earners not because Republicans opposed it but because not enough Democrats supported it. Pelosi couldn't summon up a majority on the issue back in September, and Harry Reid could get only 53 of the needed 60 votes this month.

Democrats, not Republicans, are responsible for extension of all the "Bush tax cuts."
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But the Democratic base seems more interested in expanding government than in stimulating the economy. They are bellowing with rage not so much at Obama but at the reality that he is grudgingly acknowledging. They had their time and now it's gone.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com
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