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Congress punts tough choice until after election
MyWay.com ^ | 09-30-10 | By ANDREW TAYLOR and LAURIE KELLMAN

Posted on 09/30/2010 6:04:46 AM PDT by MNJohnnie

A deeply unpopular Congress is bolting for the campaign trail without finishing its most basic job - approving a budget for the government year that begins on Friday. Lawmakers also are postponing a major fight over taxes, two embarrassing ethics cases and other political hot potatoes until angry and frustrated voters render their verdict in the Nov. 2 elections.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; 2010; bushtaxcuts; congress; corruption; democratcongress; democratcorruption; democrats; elections; fail; fascism; liberalfascism; obama; politics; taxcheatparty; taxes; taxincreases
Hurry up November!
1 posted on 09/30/2010 6:04:48 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
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To: MNJohnnie

chickens.........


2 posted on 09/30/2010 6:05:57 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys)
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To: MNJohnnie

Another nail in the Rats in the coffin.


3 posted on 09/30/2010 6:07:18 AM PDT by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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To: MNJohnnie

Effectively, the RATS have voted with their feet to raise taxes on all of us!


4 posted on 09/30/2010 6:08:12 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (RAT Hunting Season started the evening of March 21st, 2010!)
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To: yldstrk
What is so tough about NOT raising taxes? Is that like NOT giving themselves a raise?
5 posted on 09/30/2010 6:08:16 AM PDT by facedodge (Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. ~Friedman)
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To: MNJohnnie
You can trust them! They'll make those tax rates permanent just after the election!!! Really!!!!!

And if you like your medical plan, you can keep it!!!

6 posted on 09/30/2010 6:08:35 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Anything not about elephants is irrelephant.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Republicans can run ads now all across the country that says democrats voted to raise everybody’s taxes.


7 posted on 09/30/2010 6:13:21 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: MNJohnnie
They're raising taxes....that was tough. They are counting on their base to be too stupid to see and they are.

This next year is going to be a killer for our household budget. With the tax increase and the health care increase we are going to be in a tight spot.

8 posted on 09/30/2010 6:16:16 AM PDT by ladyvet (I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: ladyvet

Us too. Good luck!


9 posted on 09/30/2010 6:17:15 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: yldstrk

How many can’t see though this?

They didn’t want to vote on the issue because they were afraid that their vote would be used against them in the election,

in other words, they knew they were NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE.

Who can’t see this?


10 posted on 09/30/2010 6:18:12 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Obviously, they have something painful in mind. If what they were planning to do made the least bit of sense and/or was citizen friendly, they’d be pushing it through right now.


11 posted on 09/30/2010 6:43:28 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Absentee ballots coming soon. I can’t wait to get mine. My pen is anxiously waiting.


12 posted on 09/30/2010 6:46:33 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Take back our country on November 2, 2010. Let's Roll!!!)
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13 posted on 09/30/2010 9:00:54 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Haiku Guy

Their strategy is weasly and outright disgusting. Hang a carrot out there, promising tax cut extentions after the election, and then do whatever they want after the verdict is in.

What a cabal of criminals. the Mafia looks tame in comparison.


14 posted on 09/30/2010 9:07:27 AM PDT by fwdude (Anita Bryant was right.)
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