This is interesting; apparently Obama is going to try and pay through this bill w/ only tax increases on the rich. Finally.
Originally posted by King KandyIf it was back to Kennedy levels I would vote for him and included provisions to make outsourcing incredibly unprofitable I would consider voting for him. If he managed to ram it through congress by using the justice department as a cudgel against all the obviously bought and paid for congressmen, i'd vote for him.
This is interesting; apparently Obama is going to try and pay through this bill w/ only tax increases on the rich. Finally.
But this is Obama so the only provision that will be left is the failed Georgia works free labor model which will hike up unemployment and will be paid for by taxing people who can't afford it even more.
Obama has declared he will veto any deficit bill that doesn't include the "Buffett Rule" (a smart name to choose, btw). Meanwhile, Boehner claims he'll stop any bill that does include it. And yet, if its stalemated, they have to go to the automatic backup plan which is huge military cuts the Republicans will hate. So Obama really has all the leverage in this situation; if he loses this fight it will prove he never wanted to win in the first place.