We’ve come to the point in this country where we seem to be very comfortable talking, economically, about “the bottom 90%.”
And here’s the kind of bargain the ruling 10% and their Republican allies call fair: $10 billion in unemployment insurance in exchange for $600 billion+ in tax cuts for the already wealthy.
Until such day as these seem once again, on the one hand, an absurd formulation, and on the other, a ridiculous bargain, the Democratic response to Boner’s demands should be simply and unequivocally, “over my dead body!”
Inspirations and Aspirations 