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   pbrown280c said, 4 months ago

   Huh?

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   dtroutma said, 4 months ago

   I think THAT goose is already at the Cheney’s. Just didn’t realize Lockheed et. al. represented small business.

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   harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

   Sure D you would not understand that the small business supply something like 80 90% of the jobs. That is where the money is so that is what will be taxed.
   Better way..Fair Tax!

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   lightartsteacher said, 4 months ago

   I said this all along: you can’t give something to someone, that you don’t take away from someone else. If the Someone else is not able to give you enough, then, we just all go broke. You can say healthcare for everyone all you want, but if the money to give isn’t there, it isn’t there. I love my sister, but I can’t pay her medical bills. She should’ve kept that job with the phone company all those years ago, then she’ve had some health care. ? See what I mean? That is an up close and personal example.

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   cabrobst said, 4 months ago

   Nonsense.
   The money is in GoldmanSachs bonuses.

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   GNWachs said, 4 months ago

   Someone asked me on another site how Libertarians would handle unemployment and health care. Certainly not the way Obama/Pelosi are planning. If unemployment in Nov 2010 is 10% remember I warned you.

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   nomad2112 said, 4 months ago

   Right on the money Gary Varvel

   Hey cabrobst - the GS bonuses don’t equate to $600 trillion.

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   tjdestry said, 4 months ago

   Small business already pays for health care. So do workers. Maybe plugging loopholes for Big Business would shift the burden a little – my local bodega isn’t headquartered in some overseas tax haven, and they don’t employ an army of accountants to scramble their books and hide their profits.

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   Buzzy-One said, 4 months ago

   ANandy, in comparison “everything” would be above your pay grade.

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    David said, 4 months ago

    Excellent toon…and spot-on!

    What our government calls “taxing the rich” also increases taxes on small business, which composes greater than 3/4 of our jobs in this country. The reason it does is because the tax code requires that you count your business income along with your personal income.

    That being said, while a small business owner may personally pay him/herself say $30,000 a year, if that person owns a successful business and has half-a-dozen or so employees then they are quickly catapaulted above the $250,000 mark. So, the small-business owner who paid himself $30,000 last year (again, example) is personally liable for the taxes attached to over $250,000.

    Until the tax codes allow personal and business income to be counted seperately and taxed seperately, the “taxes on the rich” will continue to bite and claw at small businesses.

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    Tigger said, 4 months ago

    Sadly, Bush 43 wanted this at the end of his Term. He along with McCain talekd about how we needed ‘Affordable’ and ‘Portable’ Health Care for All USA Legal Citizens. Strange, the Conservatives dared not criticize the Plans the Republicans had for Government Run Health Care. My question is why?

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    Buzzy-One said, 4 months ago

    And spot on ANandy.

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    churchillwasright said, 4 months ago

    TIGGER: The plan being rushed through looks nothing like what Reps were thinking about, and Repubs are being shut out of any crafting of this bill.

    RE: The toon: I think it has something to do with CIT, which the fed has denied TARP funds. CIT makes loans to small businesses, especially this time of year, so that they can buy inventory for the upcoming X-Mas holiday, paying it back early next year. Sort of like when a farmer borrows $ so he can plant crops, paying it back after harvest. No loan, no crop, no harvest. Obama’s plan for small business.

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    nomad2112 said, 4 months ago

    Great summary David.

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    williebud said, 4 months ago

    Mr. Obama… RESIGN!!!

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    believecommonsense said, 4 months ago

    willliebud… GO AWAY!!!

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    Right_On said, 4 months ago

    This toon actually had me laughing out loud … . which is very rare (unless I’m reading Doc’s BS).

    Spot on.