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   Dutchboy1 said, 5 months ago

   Basic economics: lower taxes stimulates the economy, and a more active economy means more things to tax at the lower rate which increases revenues.
   Besides, this lets the people who actually made the money decide what to do with their money instead of the government redistributing it.

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   yyyguy said, 5 months ago

   in theory. but some things are worth paying for.
   (the problem is getting people to agree on what those things are)

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   segamon said, 5 months ago

   I agree with you, Dutchboy1. Your theory has been proven right every time it’s tried. A “rebate” doesn’t work because it’s temporary (doesn’t really “stimulate” much of anything).

   In today’s political climate, tax cuts can only be true if I’m sleeping and dreaming.

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   Lewreader said, 5 months ago

   My mother said, Those men wouldn’t be in Washingyon if they didn’t know what they were doing.” Don’t destroy a young man’s faith in his mother.

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   prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

   Did you miss the double-entendre in that Lewreader?

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   Richard said, 5 months ago

   Dutchboy1 has got it right, anything else is communist.

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   FishStix said, 5 months ago

   Nothing a politician does can stimulate me anymore!

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   Silverpearl said, 5 months ago

   The same old runaround.

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   BC13 said, 5 months ago

   …because I’m the tax man
   yeah, the tax man

   Out one pocket and in the other. They don’t miss a beat.

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    idwiz123 said, 5 months ago

    it’s called… GREED. lets start paying ALL politicians minimum wage… and only pay for the actual hours they put into doing their jobs… and No perks…

    I must still be in bed dreaming…..

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    Rmom said, 5 months ago

    Wouldn’t it be grand if Congress had to live by the laws it makes for the rest of us?

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    whmIII said, 5 months ago

    They never saw a tax they didn’t like…

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    TiggerLeBounce said, 5 months ago

    I’m with you, RRAmom! They might actually be motivated to weed out some of the ‘laws’ that don’t do anything except take up space!

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    Penguinassassin007 said, 5 months ago

    Love the pig on the front of the podium.

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    jmworacle said, 5 months ago

    Carternomics……….

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    teeterman said, 5 months ago

    here is some stimulation for ya

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    LameRandomName said, 5 months ago

    Work Harder! Congress wants to spend your money!

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    FishStix said, 5 months ago

    “Taxes and big government spending help the economy.”

    Concerned Humanoid: You have it down pat. Our schools have indoctrinated you very well and you are now a good little Zombie-American!

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    J. J. COOK said, 5 months ago

    THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO–REALLY! I HOPE OBAMA FAILS!

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    Richard said, 5 months ago

    Work harder! boocoo illegals are counting on you.

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    runar said, 5 months ago

    Yeah, but cutting taxes for the rich doesn’t do anything because when those guys get money, they don’t invest it, they don’t put it into their businesses, they don’t buy things, they just squirrel it away in offshore tax-free investments. When people on the low end get their taxes cut, they spend and stimulate the economy because the people on that end actually have to buy things to live - you know, like food, rent, etc. Poor people buy bread a lot more often than rich people buy yachts.

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    benbrilling said, 5 months ago

    DOWN WITH TAXES! … and schools and police and fire departments and pothole repairs and parks and beaches and building codes and social security and border guards and elections and all those other stupid things that waste my money. I need my money to buy CDs and DVDs and gas other important things.

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    Stuart Gathman said, 5 months ago

    Cutting taxes can increase revenue. If you then, like Bush, embark on the biggest increase in Federal spending in American history (until Obama), then there is still a deficit. The same thing happened under Reagan - revenue went way up with the tax cuts, but it was all spent and then some. (And tax cuts increased revenue for Kennedy also - so it’s not just a republican thing.)

    Taxes are subject to Calculus. If the tax rate is 0, your revenue is 0. If the tax rate is 100%, your revenue is 0 (although any real system reverts to outright slavery before reaching this point). Somewhere in the middle is the tax rate that maximizes revenue. The last 50 years have repeatedly shown that that optimum lies considerably below current tax rates.

    For Socialists, however, taxes are not about increasing revenue. They are about increasing control. The higher the tax rate, the greater the control over your life.

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    runar said, 5 months ago

    Also overlooked is the fact that even the fat cats will still have a lower percentage tax rate with Obama than they had under Reagan.