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   ANandy said, 9 months ago

   Tax and spend. Tax and spend. “Change you can believe in.”

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   motivemagus said, 9 months ago

   It’s called “fiscal responsibility,” ANandy. As opposed to “borrow and spend,” the Republican way.

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   ANandy said, 9 months ago

   Borrow, Spend and Tax. Now are you happy?

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   AndrewPPalmer said, 8 months ago

   Obama said he’d ruin our economy during the Presidential campaign. Who thought he was kidding? Jimmy Carter, where art thou?

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   HUMPHRIES said, 8 months ago

   Making up your own facts now, are you APP!

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   cdward said, 8 months ago

   Anandy, tax is how the government does its job responsibly. Borrow, spend, borrow, spend, borrow, spend, spend, spend has been the Republican way for too long. Tax means we pay for our work now, not pass it on to our children and grandchildren. Perhaps if Bush had borrowed less and taxed more, we wouldn’t be in as bad a mess now.

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   ANandy said, 8 months ago

   coward says: “Anandy, tax is how the government does its job responsibly. Borrow, spend, borrow, spend, borrow, spend, spend, spend has been the Republican way for too long. Tax means we pay for our work now, not pass it on to our children and grandchildren. Perhaps if Bush had borrowed less and taxed more, we wouldn’t be in as bad a mess now.”

   ANandy replies: What are you smoking? We have a problem caused by excessive debt, the solution for which is even greater debt? How stupid can we be? Of course the taxpayers are on the hook, and will be until every dime of the gross national product goes to satisfy the egos of the big spenders.
   For your information taxes are regressive to the health of an economy. A reduction of government spending frees up more money in the private sector, where real economic growth occurs.

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   deadheadzan said, 8 months ago

   ANAndy, you do not seem to be in touch with the problem solving that can get us out of our current crisis.

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   cdward said, 8 months ago

   ANandy, show me a society that wasn’t a hunter/gatherer society, that functioned without some form of taxation. That’s paying the bills – and if we’re going to be a society, there are bills to pay. Problem is, now we have to not only pay for the sins of the previous administration that squandered our inheritance, but also pay for long deferred maintenance AND upgrade so that we can compete with an ever advancing world. Of course it’s going to incur more debt – but as others have said, sometimes you incur debt when you invest in college. The idea is that it’ll pay off in the end.
   
   If you want everyone for themselves, then you need to go live in a cave.

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    curiosity1 said, 8 months ago

    ANandy - it is a simple fact that we CANNOT shut down government. We have a standing, expensive army. it must be paid for. We have a legal system which Business benefits from probably even more than individuals which needs to be paid for. We have diplomatic relations with roughly 200 political entities around the world, plus our involvement in pseudo-governmental organizations, trade circles, treaty organizations all of which require organization and management and to be paid for.
    Yes, we have regulatory authorities which must be paid for. If we did not have those authorities, we would need an even larger legal system to sort out the myriad confusions which would arise from lack of standards and the resultant negative business operations which would certainly occur - and all of that needs to be paid for.
    We have national parks for the sake of preserving our national geographic heritage and resources. All of this needs to be paid for.

    All of this takes money. And that comes from TAXES. Do not be fooled by the mantra of ‘lower taxes = better society’. It leads to a direct loss of revenue to the government to be able to do its job - managing the complex operations involved in keeping a society running. Businesses cannot do that on their own - not should they be permitted to - they are not autonomous governments. Society needs business and it needs governance.

    And that takes TAXES.

    The alternative is anarchy - and that is really bad for business. Just look at the success of business in third world nations.

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    Brainiak said, 8 months ago

    Do any of you tax lovers voulenteer any?..other than your lottery tickets that have become your only hope of getting what big govt. has promised you all your lives….

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    Corosive Frog said, 8 months ago

    We don’t like taxes. It’s pretty much like going to the dentist; you don’t like it, but understand it’s necessary.

    Sooky Rottweiler says;
    Or worm medicine, or a trip to the vet…I don’t like worm medicine of rabbies shot but I prefer that over worms or being put to sleep.

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    HUMPHRIES said, 8 months ago

    Looking at Brainiak’s concerns, the guess is he’ll be just another whisp.

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    deadheadzan said, 8 months ago

    curiosity1 states the case very clearly. Thanks for the well thought out comment.