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Re: Plan B' Vote Spiked In House In Major Setback For Boehner
With all due respect to the OP and the pony, it's what needed to happen.
It's kind of weird to be on the same page with John Dean (albeit for different reasons) but the outcome is what we're after anyway, right?
If we simply let EGTRRA and JGTRRA expire then tax rates will go up to where Clinton had them and that, I seem to remember being told, was the point in this countries history where were were the most fiscally sound. If that's the Democrat story then let them own it but by golly you're going to own it all!
When that hard working single mother of 3 comes in to get her takes done and finds out that she's only getting free money to the tune of $2500 instead of the $5000 she's used to I'm going to be the first to tell her that this is exactly what life was like when America was at it's most prosperous. When that little old grandma comes in asks me why she has to pay so much money on the sale of the stock she uses to live on I'll tell her the same thing. When that 35 year old couple who both just broke through the $40k/yr threshold and are looking at starting to put money away for their daughters college stare at me blankly as I explain why they have to pay AMT instead I'll tell them "it's because this is what's best for America. Isn't is nice to be able to chip in your fair share?"
Oh, and when I tell my high roller clients that their balance sheets look good but their income sure took a hit they'll just grin.
With all due respect to the OP and the pony, it's what needed to happen.
It's kind of weird to be on the same page with John Dean (albeit for different reasons) but the outcome is what we're after anyway, right?
If we simply let EGTRRA and JGTRRA expire then tax rates will go up to where Clinton had them and that, I seem to remember being told, was the point in this countries history where were were the most fiscally sound. If that's the Democrat story then let them own it but by golly you're going to own it all!
When that hard working single mother of 3 comes in to get her takes done and finds out that she's only getting free money to the tune of $2500 instead of the $5000 she's used to I'm going to be the first to tell her that this is exactly what life was like when America was at it's most prosperous. When that little old grandma comes in asks me why she has to pay so much money on the sale of the stock she uses to live on I'll tell her the same thing. When that 35 year old couple who both just broke through the $40k/yr threshold and are looking at starting to put money away for their daughters college stare at me blankly as I explain why they have to pay AMT instead I'll tell them "it's because this is what's best for America. Isn't is nice to be able to chip in your fair share?"
Oh, and when I tell my high roller clients that their balance sheets look good but their income sure took a hit they'll just grin.