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I wouldn’t mind an increase in income taxes if it were temporary and concurrent with a drastic reduction in expenditures, thus allowing very large sums to be used to pay off the frightful debt that the general government has accrued. That would probable never happen, of course, unless principled men with no inclination toward being reëlected were elevated to occupy a majority of federal offices. |
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Paludicola
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I wouldn’t mind an increase in income taxes if it were temporary and concurrent with a drastic reduction in expenditures, thus allowing very large sums to be used to pay off the frightful debt that the general government has accrued. That would probable never happen, of course, unless principled men with no inclination toward being reëlected were elevated to occupy a majority of federal offices. Surely you dont mean for us to stop "progress" to pay off these debts we scream about every day do you? hogwash! |
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josh b
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They’re not increasing taxes, McQ. They’re just rolling back the Bush tax cuts, which after all favor the wealthy, while putting women and minorities at greater risk of chlamydia. |
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Jeff
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What Bush tax cuts? That money has been spent. The bill is coming due. Do you really advocate not paying it? As this very blog has reminded us in the past, ain’t no such thing as a tax cut without a spending cut. Every penny the government spends has to be raised in taxes sometime, someway. If Bush didn’t cut spending then he didn’t cut taxes, just shifted and delayed them. |
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Think "Carbon Credits" charged on everything to reduce greenhouse gases (which will bring in new revenue), while politicians can claim "no new taxes". Remember the "Al Gore internet/phone tax"? It’s still on every phone bill, isn’t it?
And I wish someone would explain the economy impact of the US Bonds that China owns when they come to maturity. Will we have to default on those?
Everyone wants a smaller better run government, but no one in office is willing to close down any of the services that government funds with our tax dollars. |
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Chevy Rose
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