taken the millionaires tax increase off the table. what s your reaction to that? it s more hostage taking by the republicans as congressman israel just said. who are the hostages? who actually suffers by the threat of the government shut down? the people who get social security, who get medicare, the people who get medicaid, the people who get unemployment insurance. the republicans are holdi inini hostage the old, the sick and the poor for the sake of who? the billionaires. d they know if the government shuts down, the billionaires laugh all the way to the bank. we re going to see this over and over again. yeah. did the democrats cave in your o pin pinion? is this a good, temporary deal in your opinion? there are some good things about it, there are some bad things about it. congressman waxman has said the keystone excel is something that will addict america to dirty fuel for the next generation. so that s not a good part of it at all. what message does this send to the middl