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Originally Posted by bigconig  Thia is the real teller here. Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy were supposed to grow the economy and create jobs. They did neither. Add to that the drunken spending of the GOP for the last 8 years and you have the crap economy we got now. |
You have no idea if the cuts had a negative effect on the economy or not & you conveniently omit the obvious events that had a profound effect on our economy far greater than any policy decision made by GWB. Remember the major bankruptcies, already slowing & weakening economy, 9/11?
I’ll agree with you on the spending, however your assertion that the GOP spent it all and the Dems. had nothing or little to do with it is laughable.
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Originally Posted by bigconig The reality is with all the debt the country has stacked up revenues have to be increased |
If you think raising taxes generates more revenue or doesn’t put a drag on the economy not only are you delusional but Barak Obama’s not even sure that’s a good idea.
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What about increasing taxes on the wealthy?
"I think we've got to take a look and see where the economy is. I mean, the economy is weak right now," Obama said on "This Week" on ABC. "The news with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, I think, along with the unemployment numbers, indicates that we're fragile."
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Originally Posted by bigconig if that means that a plumber making a 1/4 million a year has to pay a few more bucks than so be it. |
I like how you picked up on th e 1/4 million tag line, being that it sounds so much higher than 250 thousand...
