Reuters: FLASH: Obama Will Say Can't Afford Permanent Extension of Tax Cuts for Wealthiest Americans

[Hissyspit]

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FLASH: Obama will say can't afford permanent extension of tax cuts for wealthiest Americans: report, citing State of the Union speech draft
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From Full Text of Speech Draft HERE in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4710478

[Skittles]

1. lol

we cannot afford them, but they'll get them anyways

[Hissyspit]

2. Gotta LTKFC

[roguevalley]

8. Should never have been given EVER. Everyone who voted for

it and let it go through will go to hell when they die. (I only believe in hell when I'm tired. Tomorrow, not so much) :)

[somone]

3. But bipartisanship and civility demanded it....

[fascisthunter]

4. You Know, That's the Sad Reality...

if only he did such a thing. Chicago school of economics obviously has entranced a whole lot of folks in this administration.... it's almost fanatical as they continue to believe in a failed ideology... worked well as a scam though, didn't it?

[Hannah Bell]

5. that must be why they extended them, because we can't afford them.

[fascisthunter]

6. The Wealthy are bankrupting the country

[indepat]

7. FLASH: couldn't afford this latest round of tax cuts for the wealthy which pub will now insist

be funded by by reductions in social security benefits. ;)

[NNN0LHI]

9. Repubs had planned on beating us on the head about making them permanent before the next election

Obama is going to start beating them on the head tonight about ending them.

Wonder if the Rethugs were planning on that?

Don

[SpiralHawk]

10. D'oh

[eridani]

11. But he agreed to them anyway n/t