I suppose Mr Sanders and those who agree with him would rather that the people who will be helped because of the unemployment extension and the tax breaks given to the NOT so rich just go to hades, eh? This agreement is better than being stuck in filibuster hell for months while the Republicans refuse to allow anything to pass.

Obama should let the Bush tax cuts die, along with the name. Then next year, propose tax cuts, that just happen to favor the middle class. Just let the Republicans try to filibuster that. Also, let them try to keep killing the extensions of the unemployment benefits, they are going to look like monsters if we bring it up four or five times.

Larry

Thank you, Bernie, for speaking out clearly on this issue. Wishy washy talk from the White House and then the predicted getting on all fours and taking it in the behind is what the Obama administration is about. Needless to say, your voice, your position, your passion for those less fortunate are a blessing to the nation. We thank you for standing up to Obama, The Republican.

First of all, it's peeps grossing over 250 grand, not millionaires, and second of all, just where do u think the privatsector jobs, which don't cost u a cent, unlike govt jobs, comes from? The wealthy peeps willing to risk it all to start and work their companies

SenSanders = right:PresObama-Rep/Tax/$/deal IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR AMERICA!! How dare he mention a 'political fight' choicw when people are fighting for their lives--I guess he too is out of touch. Velma an many no longer stand with him--exhausted.Peeps-market/private sector jobs/growth/trickle down mythology: private sector jobs cost a whole lot--and not that much is risked when you take out a loan and keep your private assets separate.

"I was responsible and I paid my mortgage. I paid all my car loans. I saved for my children's education. I invested in stocks and bonds instead of taking vacations, buying X-Boxes and fancy cars, the latest high-tech cell phones, etc."

I was responsible too. I worked HARD in school, to the point my parents yelled at me to STOP studying. I achieved a place in an excellent school. I spent responsibly, I cringed any time I had to use a credit card. Then my stepfather died and my mother got cancer while I was still in school with a double major. The debt skyrocketed, I had to take out student loans which were privatized by the republicans, and had no consumer protections on them like federal loans. As I graduated, my mother miraculously recovered, then the economy crashed, the middle class's reward for deregulation allowing rampant corporate malfeasance. I was unable to get a job, but unlike federal loans, the new republican variety didn't have financial hardship protection.

I finally did get a job, but now my credit is in shambles. I worked damn hard, I followed the rules, and I'm asserting to you that wealth and financial status are as much a function of luck as they are of work ethic.

"where do u think the privatsector jobs, which don't cost u a cent, unlike govt jobs, comes from? " Oh yes, we know Wed, 12/08/2010 - 02:43 — Anonymous: they come from China and to a lesser extent from India made possible by the folks that brought you regressive taxation and offshore tax havens. When the wealthy pay substantially less (let's not forget that there is also caps on taxable income) than the working class we as a nation have a problem. Now if they payed into the system even equally with NO caps the extra money could be used to create decent paying jobs for the masses of people including the unemployed.

There is absolutely nothing 'grand" about the Grand Old Party which would rather see the nation and its not-so-rich become devastated by endless militarism and tax breaks for the wealthy and nothing "democratic" in The Democratic Party which sells out to corporate interests. The wealthy do not create jobs--not here in the USA, they export them overseas-- and in the few instances where they do they are low paying. If you are not going to redistribute the wealth then redistribute the land so people have a fighting chance at survival.

Sooner or later a "green" socialism must come if we are going to survive.

04:45 — Anonymous - You are absolutely right to call out D'Angelo above regarding his sanctimonious, and yet simplistic mantra for a very limited and elementary definition of "responsibility."

As your post suggests, his brand is obviously callous and lacks any depth of concern for the very basics of decency and humanity.