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   3hourtour said, almost 3 years ago

   …these anti-govt wingnuts sure don’t mind creating tax break laws..oooh they only hate laws that work against them(now..if there only were any)

   what’s a dancing bug,anyway?
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   Andy said, almost 3 years ago

   Yup, the small gov’t crowd doesn’t mind taxing and spending, just not on stuff THEY don’t want (see: the eight years of profligate, drunken sailor spending of the Bush years with hardly a peep.)

   It is a monument to sheepherding that the Repubs can get their base to fiercely protect the income of the top 2% of the wealthiest!
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   Harleyquinn said, almost 3 years ago

   shovel ready?
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   Harleyquinn said, almost 3 years ago

   Tax cuts do stimulate the economy. Taking money out of the system and spreading it around, just takes it from those who can and gives it to those who can not. How is that 8% unemployment going for you? Remember we had to do it right then and there and the D’s had a wish list all lined up for us. Even Obama can not keep things straight.

   http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/08/obamacitesstimulusbutstimu.html
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   Wildcard24365 said, almost 3 years ago

   @harleyquinn:

   A fine theory except for two weensey little details: the money isn’t getting spread around, AND for some reason, “deficit hawks” don’t seem to like the Government SPENDING the money raised by taxes… so, what happens to the money when the government spends it?
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   Radish said, almost 3 years ago

   Some people call water striders dancing bugs because of their movement.

   That Lucky Ducky always comes out on top.
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   Chikuku said, almost 3 years ago

   Always happy to see my friend Lucky Ducky! Huzzah and Hurray! Calloo and Callay!
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   Badto Thebone said, almost 3 years ago

   Eight years of Ex-Pres Bush tax cuts not only did not stimulate the economy. After the end of eight years the economy was on the verge of the second great depression. The entire idea that Tax cuts alone will stimulate the economy failed for Pres Reagan, Bush Sr and Bush Jr. Still it is the only plan being put forward by Conservative Republicans
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   vhammon said, almost 3 years ago

   The economy during the 2000s ran on the ‘equity’ extracted from overvalued real estate. It was a bubble economy doomed to burst.
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    keechum said, almost 3 years ago

    Money is like manure..neither one is any good unless you spread it around. Give a poor guy a buck and he will spend it, give a rich guy 100 bucks and he will start a factory business overseas. That is why Ragan Economics failed.
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    aircraft-engineer said, almost 3 years ago

    teach a guy how to print money…and we can wind up with a clone of da SHRUB!
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    Jim Hicks said, almost 3 years ago

    Hey Ruben, I’m removing you from my list of comics due to complete lack of any kind of balance. You are obviously an artist (good) who hasn’t a non-partisan bone in your body. (bad)
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    tobybartels said, almost 3 years ago

    Tip to link to an article online:

    Put its title (such as ‘Obama cited 'stimulus,' but the money is actually from Voinovich, Brown and Kilroy’) in square brackets, then put its URI (such a‌s http‌://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/08/obama_cites_stimulus_but_stimu.html) in parentheses, to get a link to it (such as Obama cited 'stimulus,' but the money is actually from Voinovich, Brown and Kilroy).

    Also proofread and edit your comment if necessary.

    By the way, I’m not sure that this is the best article for small-goverment advocates to link to. It says that the money that saved an Ohio government building didn’t come from the stimulus package, but it still came from the federal government. It came from pork-barrel earmarks!
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    myming said, almost 3 years ago

    give me $ and i’ll save it…
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    hugh_jainus said, almost 3 years ago

    Badto Theboner:

    You are in need of some real help my little chum. Go here:

    http://www.moonbattery.com/

    You can thank me later.
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