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No, it must be conservatives who rubbed off on me. Remember, liberals don't care about the budget deficit.
Because people elected representatives and senators on platforms to enact or keep those programs?
PS, got any "proof" of your persistent 35 year crusade against fed spending at 20% of GDP?
The apparently you are unaware of what the current deficit is despite all your blather. Cutting half of the military budget and then adding $200B create a budget surplus. Very rich considering you were being a jerk acting like I am the one who knows nothing of the federal budget and spending. :lamo
Cutting half the military would make China and Russia the strongest in the world, guess that doesn't bother you but you still don't get it and never will, cutting the military in half, cutting Transportation will do nothing about the 18.2 trillion dollar debt
I am responding to your posts and it is obvious to me that you have no idea what you are talking about.
In the liberal world there never is enough govt. enough taxes and enough money to social engineer
I guess the reason that the status quo is the status quo is because we made it like it is because we desire it to be like it is. Status quo isn't necessarily a bad thing, at least when it's a good thing.
Sometimes I get accused of being a class warrior, but that really befuddles me because I'm not a radical at all. Our income distribution system isn't terribly out of whack with the system we have (mostly because we DO have a progressive income tax system), and all I desire to do is to fine tune it to the point that all income classes grow in income at more or less the same rate, like they did in the "good ole days".
Of course not but the question remains why is it the Federal Government's responsibility to pay 20% of our GDP for the bloated Federal Govt? Why is SS and Medicare on budget in the first place?
The new taxes are designed to make sure that everybody pays their fair share and that loopholes become a thing of the past.
How much are the wars in the Middle east costing US, along with all of those defense contracts, and since the 1% have all of the loopholes and dodges, who do you think is payin for it?
"Liberals". You don't have a clue dude, so you follow your leader.
The apparently you are unaware of what the current deficit is despite all your blather. Cutting half of the military budget and then adding $200B create a budget surplus. Very rich considering you were being a jerk acting like I am the one who knows nothing of the federal budget and spending. :lamo
The new taxes are designed to make sure that everybody pays their fair share and that loopholes become a thing of the past.
How much are the wars in the Middle east costing US, along with all of those defense contracts, and since the 1% have all of the loopholes and dodges, who do you think is payin for it?
"Liberals". You don't have a clue dude, so you follow your leader.
Cutting half the military would make China and Russia the strongest in the world, guess that doesn't bother you but you still don't get it and never will, cutting the military in half, cutting Transportation will do nothing about the 18.2 trillion dollar debt
I am responding to your posts and it is obvious to me that you have no idea what you are talking about.
I thought we put balance back into the tax code by raising income taxes on the wealthy back to 39.6% and by putting additional incomes taxes on them into the ACA.
I thought we put balance back into the tax code by raising income taxes on the wealthy back to 39.6% and by putting additional incomes taxes on them into the ACA.
says the guy who just conflated debts and deficits?
Wow.
Bold strategy, Cotton.
LOL, fair share? Who defines what is a fair share for you to pay? Liberals love talking fairness as long as someone else pays for it. The military is the only sole responsibility of the Federal Govt and has given you the right to make a fool of yourself by saying what you want to say when you want to say it. I would say that is a pretty good return on investment
I thought we put balance back into the tax code by raising income taxes on the wealthy back to 39.6% and by putting additional incomes taxes on them into the ACA.
Oh that's not nearly enough for the far left "progressives".... until it's 75% again (circa 1968), they won't be happy. Hell they'd like it to be 91% circa 1950. Progressive indeed.... :lamo
Historical Individual Income Tax Parameters
OWS baby!
Oh that's not nearly enough for the far left "progressives".... until it's 75% again (circa 1968), they won't be happy. Hell they'd like it to be 91% circa 1950. Progressive indeed.... :lamo
Historical Individual Income Tax Parameters
OWS baby!
had to dig this one back up. Too funny
Debt comes from deficits and Obama has had 7.6 trillion in deficits added to the debt. Cutting the military and transportation will do nothing to address the 18.2 trillion in debt and that is what we pay debt service on
back when real income of all quintiles experienced upward growth? A terrible idea indeed.
So what percent of our GDP should government be? If we subtracted SS and Medicare, I think it would be something in the range of 10%.
Once the take home incomes of all income classes are growing by about the same amount, I will be happy with the progressivity of our income tax system.
Of course I'm not a progressive though.
Where ever do you find such BS? The military is the sole responsibility of the government you say? Who pays for the military?
Enjoy moving your goalposts to cover your mistake(s).
With that said, IF ONLY Obummer had tripled our debt like St Ronald... can you imagine ?
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