Anyone, Democrat or Republican, who says recipients of government services like Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security should bear a share of "deficit relief" is saying that regular working people and poor people should be, in effect, paying higher taxes. "Giving ground" to this argument is an utter obscenity.Listen to their words carefully: when politicians say no tax increases, what they mean is no tax increases for rich people or corporations. It's not complicated or hard to understand. It doesn't require a doctorate in economics. There's plenty of money around. They just don't want US to share it.
i constantly tell my more conservative friends this: as long as the president has a barber solely for his plane, and as long as he has a fully stocked and staffed bowling alley in case he feels like bowling, then there isn't a money problem.
ReplyDeleteLaughing and crying, freebones.
ReplyDeleteShort and (not so) sweet and very much to the point, ish.
ReplyDeletei feel like the president is entitled to special perks as a marked individual, but it is ridiculous to claim that we can be 'broke' or 'out of money.' we practically set the precedent worldwide, and the assertion that we spend too much is just hilarious to me.
ReplyDeleteRight? The United States is just not Greece. While all the economies of the world are intertwined, it's a ludicrous notion to court this comparison.
ReplyDeleteThe bad economy is an excuse for Republicans to take a shot at the poor. Its a safe thing to do, because most of the poor would never vote Republican. Those who would are in some state of hypnotic trance :^)
ReplyDeleteI wish I was convinced, SWboy, that only Republicans are walking down this garden path.
ReplyDeleteHad some lively discussions on state issues here in Missouri this weekend. A move is a foot to swap out personal income tax and increase the sales tax - they call it the "fair" tax.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that will hit the poor the hardest and benefit the rich the most. The only way to make it 'fair-er' would be to exempt tax on necessity items like groceries and drugs - things that the poor have to buy to live.
It is going to take an organized movement to tip the scales in favor of the growing class of poor and shrinking middle class.
"He who has the gold makes the rules."
You're so right. The "fair" tax is so regressive. Poor people will pay a much larger portion of their income. The rich get richer!
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