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KoKo

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3. While the media babbles on about "Fiscal Cliff" and we here get into arguments over

Reply to Jim Warren (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:16 PM

Dec 2012

what Obama may or may not do to our Safety Nets it seems Wall Street and the Big Corporations sit there and grin at the whole spectacle.

This was a good article from a Business site and it's a real jolt to realize that the Fiscal Cliff issues should be focused back on Wall Street, and the Corporations who don't pay any or very little taxes and fund many of our Congresscritters plus the lobbyists who do the dirty work to see that those Corporations and Wall Street are all taken care of.

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Why isn’t Obama demanding corporate welfare cuts? $2.6 trillion without touching Safety Net! [View all] KoKo Dec 2012 OP

Yes. djean111 Dec 2012 #1

Shell game Jim Warren Dec 2012 #2

While the media babbles on about "Fiscal Cliff" and we here get into arguments over KoKo Dec 2012 #3

Indeed Jim Warren Dec 2012 #5

I want Homeland Security on the chopping block right now! No Compromise Dec 2012 #4

Well...they sure seem to overstep and be mismanaged in many areas...so KoKo Dec 2012 #6

Hear, hear. woo me with science Dec 2012 #7

Yup. woo me with science Dec 2012 #8

I wish the copyright rules allowed me to post this Business Columnists.. KoKo Dec 2012 #9

I see really long stuff posted here sometimes. woo me with science Dec 2012 #21

Because, let's face it, neither major party will do anything to piss off their largest donors. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #10

I wonder...are we seeing the Two Parties Merge into some Center Coalition? KoKo Dec 2012 #11

AMAZING! KoKo Dec 2012 #12

Stop picking on the rich. Now is not the time to point fingers. Geezz! n/t Hotler Dec 2012 #13

Kicking because I wonder why this particular discussion was never on the table KoKo Dec 2012 #14

du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #15

K&R forestpath Dec 2012 #16

Well...do I really need to reply in detail, or is this a rhetorical question? Zorra Dec 2012 #17

LOL. woo me with science Dec 2012 #20

Even as a Marxist, I wouldn't object......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #18

It's more complicated than you think democrattotheend Dec 2012 #19

The jobs went to cheaper countries...they've been gone for awhile and austerity KoKo Dec 2012 #22

There are a lot more than $2.6 tn of Corporate Welfare cuts available over the next 10 years Ian62 Dec 2012 #23

When stock market journalists start posting articles asking why Obama Ian62 Dec 2012 #24