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does this give me permission to slap the next Republican I hear calling for more tax cuts? -- nm

Posted by znufrii Aug 3 '09, 10:51

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znu, you should know as well as anyone...businesses spend based on future projections. If all we have to look forward to is cap and tax, the Bush - GJOSHGREEN Aug 3, 10:56 15
- what does business spending have to do with a balanced government budget? - ty97 Aug 3, 10:58 14
  - BO is initiating the largest money-grab on record from the private sector to the public. If businesses don't spend, the money grab is futile. - GJOSHGREEN Aug 3, 11:00 13
    - I *know*! Woohoo, Obama! -- nm - David Aug 3, 11:04
    - business spending is an indicator of economic growth. They're not expanding because all the work for profits is going to taxed to death. - GJOSHGREEN Aug 3, 11:04 10
      - If you're getting taxed at that high of a rate, chances are most of your income isn't from "working" in the first place, in the conventinoal sense of - znufrii Aug 3, 11:09 9
        
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        are you still in NY state? -- nm - GJOSHGREEN Aug 3, 11:12 7
        
        sure am. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 11:12 6
        
        taxes alone would eat up >$22k of a $65k salary...and that's before the health care tax hike/cap and tax/expiration of Bush cuts in '10 - GJOSHGREEN Aug 3, 11:19 5
        
        the accuracy of that number aside... - znufrii Aug 3, 11:24
        
        If taxes are too high, and the deficit is killing us, what's your solution? -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 11:21 3
        
        quit spending money...quit bailing out private companies...quit starting new programs when we can't fund the old. - GJOSHGREEN Aug 3, 11:23 2
        
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        I agree....but people will continue to hoard cash if they think they have to brace for something. - GJOSHGREEN Aug 3, 11:26
    - oooo....kkkkk. Again, what does that have to do with a conversation about a need for a balaned budget? - ty97 Aug 3, 11:02
The argument is that tax cuts can actually result in more tax income. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 10:54 3
- which, to my understanding, has been debunked many times over. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 10:55 2
  - unless you look at the Reagan years -- nm - GJOSHGREEN Aug 3, 11:10 1
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