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Making up for the revenue lost by lowering tax rates by closing loopholes is like the guy who lost money on every sale, but figured he would make it up on the volume. Same math. - What actual math has Ryan produced? 20% reduction for every bracket. What loopholes will be closed? Has he or Willard ever named even one? - Gee, it couldn’t possibly be mortgage interest AND personal exemptions AND standard deductions, could it? - So, you and I get to pay $2000 more (or more than that), while Willard’s tax rate goes to zero. - Seems fair to me.
http://factcheck.org/2012/10/veep-debate-violations/ + I still want to score these debates like a baseball game. The Truth is a run, a ‘truth’-technically/legally true is a hit(three tech truths is a run), a non answer is a miss(can’t do strikes in debates), an arguable truth is a foul/miss, and a lie is a out counted against the total score at the end of the debate. + Yeah…lousy idea, but we need to do something to make those running for the right to tell us how we’re going to live our lives, and the conditions under which those lives will be led, to some level of account. They are immune to laws that make us behave legally, and they encourage people to behave in mean spirited and divisive by example. I just did something Romney hasn’t….I gave a specific idea for a specific prob. Truth in Government. ++ Respectfully, C
You rock Ketira!!! Thank you so much!! I’ll add this to my Khan Acadamy and Rosetta stone bookmark file for things that help me learn. Much appreciated. Sincerely, C.
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Comments (9) (Please sign in to comment)
braindead08 said, 8 months ago
Making up for the revenue lost by lowering tax rates by closing loopholes is like the guy who lost money on every sale, but figured he would make it up on the volume. Same math.
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What actual math has Ryan produced? 20% reduction for every bracket. What loopholes will be closed? Has he or Willard ever named even one?
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Gee, it couldn’t possibly be mortgage interest AND personal exemptions AND standard deductions, could it?
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So, you and I get to pay $2000 more (or more than that), while Willard’s tax rate goes to zero.
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Seems fair to me.
Radish
said, 8 months ago
I don’t want either of these nutballs in a position of power.
Ms. Ima said, 8 months ago
The VP has no power.
braindead08 said, 8 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Cheney had the power to grant Halliburton a no-bid contract for $8 billion.
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not paid for, of course, since ‘Reagan proved deficits don’t matter’.
Larhof52 said, 7 months ago
Proverbs 29:9 English Standard Version (©2001)
If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
http://factcheck.org/2012/10/veep-debate-violations/
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I still want to score these debates like a baseball game. The Truth is a run, a ‘truth’-technically/legally true is a hit(three tech truths is a run), a non answer is a miss(can’t do strikes in debates), an arguable truth is a foul/miss, and a lie is a out counted against the total score at the end of the debate.
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Yeah…lousy idea, but we need to do something to make those running for the right to tell us how we’re going to live our lives, and the conditions under which those lives will be led, to some level of account. They are immune to laws that make us behave legally, and they encourage people to behave in mean spirited and divisive by example. I just did something Romney hasn’t….I gave a specific idea for a specific prob. Truth in Government.
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Respectfully,
C
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
@Respectful Troll
sorry for the underline… i don’t speak html
Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
said, 7 months ago
@Respectful Troll
It’s simple, once you know which codes to use. Here’s a link:
HTML chart
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Just as long as you use the ending tag, it should look all right.
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
@Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
You rock Ketira!!! Thank you so much!! I’ll add this to my Khan Acadamy and Rosetta stone bookmark file for things that help me learn.
Much appreciated.
Sincerely,
C.