gordontravels
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You won't get your favorite media outlet to tell you but most economists will. They watch the stock market and for those of you that think the stock market is evil then you don't understand what runs a country when it comes to the cost of a Micky D burger.
Tax cuts, ESPECIALLY for THE WEALTHY create jobs. Your average everyday worker works. People with money start small businesses and companies. Look in your want ads column. That add wasn't posted by a taxi driver, it was posted by a taxi company that needs drivers. It takes money to make money whether you are starting a business or buying a house.
The "Inside Washington" televised talk show aired on 3 of the Washington DC area stations this weekend and Nina Totenberg had this to say:
Commenting on President Bush's Thursday night speech she said it, "would have been a great opportunity to say, 'look, I'm for tax cuts, but we need a Katrina tax, we need to really pay, to do this and to pay for it.'"
When asked if she wanted more taxes she said, "I want more taxes, yes."
She went on, "For years, we have cut our taxes, cut our taxes and let the infrastructure throughout the country go and this is just the first of a number of other crumbling things that are going to happen to us."
I had to ask myself if she was talking about city, county, state or what? Did she know? Who pays to either rebuild when a building burns down or who pays when a shopping center goes up? President Bush? Who puts in sewers and electricity for you when you find them in a house you bought? President Bush?
The world holds bonds and treasury notes from the United States which is one of the major ways we finance something like Katrina. It is said that Katrina will cost 200 billion. That is a huge figure but so much will be added to our economy from employment, construction and materials supply that a very good portion of that economic building boom will offset the cost. Our economy will only benefit from this project now that the storm is over. Don't think for a minute that the world is going to kill their last wonderful goose. If we go down China, Japan, South Korea, France, Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia and all the rest will sink into the mud.
When you raise taxes then you give the Republicans and Democrats something to spend and believe me, they will. If you don't remember your favorite story about pork I won't bore you here but PORK IT IS (and not boneless). When you cut spending you force these piggies in Washington to consider what their priorities are otherwise, they only dream of elections and could care less about the country as a whole. Do you want education or a bridge (226 million) for 50 people.
We just had an election in our state and over 87% of us turned down another 5 cents to be added to our gas taxes. If Nina Totenberg had been running for dog catcher Clyde would have won. It's amazing how these people that don't understand economics or what the majority of Americans want get on TV. I hope you understand. If you do you are clearly in the majority.
I guess someone likes Nina, agrees with her and I can't say she's a bad woman. Just dumb. :duel
Tax cuts, ESPECIALLY for THE WEALTHY create jobs. Your average everyday worker works. People with money start small businesses and companies. Look in your want ads column. That add wasn't posted by a taxi driver, it was posted by a taxi company that needs drivers. It takes money to make money whether you are starting a business or buying a house.
The "Inside Washington" televised talk show aired on 3 of the Washington DC area stations this weekend and Nina Totenberg had this to say:
Commenting on President Bush's Thursday night speech she said it, "would have been a great opportunity to say, 'look, I'm for tax cuts, but we need a Katrina tax, we need to really pay, to do this and to pay for it.'"
When asked if she wanted more taxes she said, "I want more taxes, yes."
She went on, "For years, we have cut our taxes, cut our taxes and let the infrastructure throughout the country go and this is just the first of a number of other crumbling things that are going to happen to us."
I had to ask myself if she was talking about city, county, state or what? Did she know? Who pays to either rebuild when a building burns down or who pays when a shopping center goes up? President Bush? Who puts in sewers and electricity for you when you find them in a house you bought? President Bush?
The world holds bonds and treasury notes from the United States which is one of the major ways we finance something like Katrina. It is said that Katrina will cost 200 billion. That is a huge figure but so much will be added to our economy from employment, construction and materials supply that a very good portion of that economic building boom will offset the cost. Our economy will only benefit from this project now that the storm is over. Don't think for a minute that the world is going to kill their last wonderful goose. If we go down China, Japan, South Korea, France, Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia and all the rest will sink into the mud.
When you raise taxes then you give the Republicans and Democrats something to spend and believe me, they will. If you don't remember your favorite story about pork I won't bore you here but PORK IT IS (and not boneless). When you cut spending you force these piggies in Washington to consider what their priorities are otherwise, they only dream of elections and could care less about the country as a whole. Do you want education or a bridge (226 million) for 50 people.
We just had an election in our state and over 87% of us turned down another 5 cents to be added to our gas taxes. If Nina Totenberg had been running for dog catcher Clyde would have won. It's amazing how these people that don't understand economics or what the majority of Americans want get on TV. I hope you understand. If you do you are clearly in the majority.
I guess someone likes Nina, agrees with her and I can't say she's a bad woman. Just dumb. :duel