5 thoughts on “Tentative Accord Reached to Raise Taxes on Wealthy – NYTimes.com”

1. How about raising the cap on social security tax?And means testing?Warren Buffet doesn’t need social security.Nor do the Koch Bros.And i’m not crying over “the rich”but it can’t be a $250,000 cutoff because a lot of small businesses would be impacted.

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2. Howard Dean, whom I trust, said we’d be better off going “over the cliff” than doing another give-the-store-away deal.

   But I really stopped by just to say Happy New Year to this valuable site: politically, morally, always right-on.

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   1. Well, aren’t you sweet? Thank you!

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      1. Happy New Year-I’ll dispense with SShaver’s other comments because I couldn’t do so with a straight face.

   2. Thanks Shelley, your epic poem about the Dust Bowl has a lot to say to us in recession and climate change.

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