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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rajder" data-source="post: 1402339" data-attributes="member: 11636">There was always a way to pay for it, they were still blocking it.  And I don't really believe they were fighting for everyone.  They were fighting for the top 2%, everybody was agreed on the bottom 98%.  I don't care how you spin it, the repubs valued getting the top 2% their bush tax cuts continuation over providing health care for 9/11 first responders.  The Zadroga bill should have taken priority.And I will never believe that continuing the tax rates for the top 2% will do anything for the economy.  I agree that wholesale tax increases would hurt, but data says when you give wealthy people tax breaks they just pocket the money and don't spend it therefore not helping the economy.  You can argue that it isn't fair to the top 2% and I would agree with that.</blockquote>