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   braindead08 said, 6 months ago

   If the $1 million is in capital gains, the cut is waaay more.
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   narrowminded said, 6 months ago

   Cut everyone’s taxes.
   Propose and pass an across the board rate reduction of 2% and a 0% rate of increase in the base line budget and make them permanent.
   Lower everyone’s taxes and freeze spending at its current levels and watch the economy grow.
   The problem is, the left doesn’t care about any of that, they only care about the politics of fairness. They only care about who looks like they care about the little folk and who takes the blame for caring only about the rich.
   Democrats are despicable political hacks.
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   masterskrain said, 6 months ago

   “We extend the Bush Tax Cuts for EVERYONE, and we’re ALL happy”…until the NEXT time we try to balance the budget…and the NEXT, …and the NEXT,…and the NEXT,…and the NEXT…Etc. Etc. Etc.
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   ODon said, 6 months ago

   Stop spending, rebuilding the infrastructure with abundant labor and cheap money just makes sense, so don’t do it.
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   CasualBrowser said, 6 months ago

   @narrowminded

   “The problem is, the left doesn’t care about any of that, they only care about the politics of fairness. They only care about who looks like they care about the little folk and who takes the blame for caring only about the rich.
   Democrats are despicable political hacks”
   -
   There’s a lot of Democrats and others on the left-wing of the political spectrum, so you’re painting with an extremely broad brush. Don’t you think there’s some who don’t fit the label you’ve slapped on them? Is it just or moral to call a decent, honest person a “hack”? Just because someone is different from you, doesn’t mean that there’s something wrong with them, or that they’re evil. Perhaps you’d find some peace of mind in treating others with more respect and kindness.
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   Ransom D Stone said, 6 months ago

   @CasualBrowser

   Nice words, CB. They are wasted on Trolls like nm.
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   CasualBrowser said, 6 months ago

   @Ransom D Stone

   Thank-you RDS, but hope springs eternal. nm, like all people, has the capacity for love and empathy. In this season, when we wish each other “peace on Earth” and “good will toward men”, I’d also like to wish everyone hope, that those who seek to tear them down would see others as what they are: Brothers and sisters. May all who’ve been slapped with a label, whether it be DimLib, Repugnican, Troll, or any other epithet, find love and solidarity with their accusers.
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   Doug Thomas said, 6 months ago

   Well, his user name (@narrowminded) DID forewarn you, @CasualBrowser! Thanks for giving him the benefit of the doubt and taking on the good fight to try to open that closed mind just a little. Most of us just ignore such a rigid ignoramus.
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   Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago

   Sounds good to me. $400 (actually $2000~$4000) staying in my pocket (or keeping what I earn) sounds good to me.
   I’m not one to demand ‘stealing from the rich’. I is and should be prosecuted as criminal.
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    furnituremaker said, 6 months ago

    @CasualBrowser

    actually, if you check your Bible, it says “towards
    men of goodwill”, not the way you said it
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    Harleyquinn said, 6 months ago

    Wow, A liberal who does not understand it is OUR MONEY! Santa is not to take it from us only to give us back a small %as he sees fit.
    We the tax payers EARNED IT! And Mr. Community organizer in Chief for the most part we did build it and want to be paid for our hard work! The myth that the million and billionaires are not doing their “fair share” only buys votes and support from the ignorant dumb masses who want to be a class warfare wealth envy stooge.
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    ARodney said, 6 months ago

    Right, Narrow. It’s worked SO well for the past 12 years. Actually, starving the country has never actually been good for the country and its inhabitants. It’s notable that when you look at the economics since about 1930 EVEN THE RICH DO BETTER under Democratic governance, and with higher tax rates, because the economy does so much better under a rational, balanced system then under one that starves the middle class to give even more to the rich.
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    Mhic Dhu Ghaill said, 6 months ago

    I resent people saying that Congress spends like a drunken sailor. A drunk sailor quits drinking when he runs out of money…
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    Jase99 said, 6 months ago

    @masterskrain

    …until the NEXT time we try to balance the budget…
    
    You forget that a balanced budget is only important when a Democrat is President. The second a Republican is sworn in to office, deficits will no longer matter.
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    masterskrain said, 6 months ago

    @HOWGOZIT

    There HAS to be a fundamental shift in the mindset of EVERYONE involved in the budget mess, or NOTHING will ever change.
    The People who signed the treasonous “Norquist Pledge” HAVE to come to their senses, and realize that you cannot, repeat CANNOT ever get out of hock without some increase in the tax levels, unless an alternate source of revenue is found.
    Also, there HAS to be a fundamental reduction in expenditures by the federal Government, on ALL LEVELS, or we are NEVER going to get out
    of this mess!
    Start by cutting budgets of ALL federal Departments, and bureaus across the board by a flat 15%, cutting the salaries of Congressmen and Women, The President, Vice-President, and most other high ranking officials by at least 25%. reducing ALL foreign aid by a flat 50%, and see where more cuts can go from there…
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