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Originally Posted by minicivan
Characterizing you as what? You entered a discussion with your remark by characterizing republicans as political terrorists driven by solely by greed within the context of this tax issue. In doing so, you've characterized yourself as unimaginative, uninformed, driven by simple / mindless / baseless bias in an issue you have yet to demonstrate you even understand, much less that you are capable of any form of well reasoned discourse on the issue. You don't need me to do that for you... you already did it.
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I characterized those politicians responsible for holding unemployment extension benefits, and all of the tax cuts for 98% of americans hostage to be exchanged for giving the remaining 2% extensions. I also assert that they will not create a single job with that money. Thats hyperbole, granted. Maybe they'll create a single job with that money.
At no time and in no way do I mention greed, but I admit that I'm not sure that a difference is obvious. I guess I could say that I saw somewhere that during the 2001-present time period, upper level incomes have not been anywhere near "recession" or "almost depression" that we hear about on tv so much. Actually, through savings and wise investments, their incomes have grown at a rate of nearly +10% annually. A new record. The other vast majority have remained nearly flat. Less than 1% fluctuation in what are known as "middle class" incomes across the same time frame.
So how do you charaterize a politician who would refuse to give people their own money (unemployment compensation is a weekly withholding from paychecks, not a theft from the rich), and who refuse to help 98% of the people who actually, based on math factually need the money (and will spend it instantly on bills and goods, incidentally considered a far greater stimulus to the economy than tax cuts)? I called them poli-terrorists.