The Challenge
- by Pixel
“i’m a republican. (i think) im for the tax cuts.”
Okay. Let’s analyze that:
From the Christian Science Monitor:
“Budgets are moral documents, providing a framework for laying out priorities and values,” says Yonce Shelton, public policy director for Call to Renewal, a progressive, faith-based organization in Washington. His biggest complaint: The administration is “trying to balance the budget on the backs of the poor,” at the same time it is expanding tax cuts for the wealthy. “It’s not a moral-based approach,” he says.
(February 2005)
From the Denver Post:
When Bush came into office, the government’s operating surplus was $236 billion with a 10-year projection of $5.6 trillion. Now the 10-year projection shows a $3 trillion deficit, an $8.6 trillion reversal of fiscal fortune that could eventually stress the government’s ability to borrow.
(February 2, 2005)
The Washington Post:
The first step was to enact, in a series of bills adopted from 2001 through 2004, extremely large tax cuts. This year alone those tax cuts will total $215 billion. High-income households will reap most of the gains, with the top 20 percent of earners receiving 70 percent of the tax cuts. Roughly $47 billion of the cuts will go to the top 1 percent, a group with average incomes of about $1 million.
These tax cuts were not paid for. Their costs simply were added to the national debt. Largely as a consequence, the deficit remains quite substantial several years into a recovery. Concern about the debt and deficit is mounting.
(January 11, 2005)
Are you still a republican? And if you are, are you still for tax cuts? And if you are, are you still for these tax cuts? Ponder, ponder… Let me give you a situation or w/e and you can tell me what you think:
Would you prefer making $100,000 and not having any social programs around– i.e. private schools, toll roads, Social Security, Medicare, etc.– OR making $30,000, and having some moderately maintained roads, schools, and some okay programs (many of which didn’t benefit you specifically)?
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“i’m a republican. (i think) im for the tax cuts.” Okay. Let’s analyze that: From the Christian Science Monitor: “Budgets are moral documents, providing a framework for laying out priorities and values,” says Yonce Shelton, public policy director for Call to Renewal, a progressive, faith-based organization in Washington. His biggest complaint: The administration is “trying…
I wouldn’t bother Pix.
People do not decide to be republican, they are raised republican, and no matter how many facts you spew at them, they’ll mindlessly support their candidate, which is the true strength of the republican party.
at 1st i thought drews comment was sorta defending me, then i realized it was more like “give it up, its a waste of time” kinda thing. yes i was raised republication (my dad) my mom is in the middle and her fam is democrat. w/e. i can see both sides of a lot of politic things, and i respect your opinion. i do not, however, respect you harassing my opinions. so get over it.
reply, are you upset at haley too? tsk tsk
omg, now i feel really bad. this ” i can see both sides of a lot of politic things, and i respect your opinion. i do not, however, respect you harassing my opinions. so get over it.” was to pix, not you drew! sorry 🙁
Actually I said that more out of anger at Justin. No, I’m not really pissed off at him as I know you will assume. It’s just frustrating to talk to a person that doesn’t believe in global warming when spend an hour a day learning about it.
And sorry Haley for harrasing your opinion, but I get wrapped up in politics and as far as I’m concerned, the correct way to run a country is measured in facts, not opinions. Oops, see, there I go getting wrapped up in it again. Just… I’m sorry.
-transmission terminated-
There’s nothing to feel bad about, ‘tsall good.
Of course, the “top 20%” also pays about 80% of the tax income….
So a 70% cut seems fair.
But I’m more of a libritarian; so let’s remove all but a 10% total income tax (3% for the feds, 4% for the state, and 3% for local) and start CHARGING for eveything else. Toll roads, fire dept… you house on fire? Hope you paid your fire bill this month….
Somehow, private compaines always seem to manage money so much better than govternment anyway.
Police might help you out in a mugging situation, but if your house is broken into… well, either you own and can use a pistol, or hope you paid your police bill.
W is doing’ ok, I make very little money and will never see any of the tax cuts, but tax cuts let the evil rich buy more junk, whcih keeps the factories running, which keeps the lower wage earners like me in a job. You tax the evil rich to death, not many SUV’s get sold, my factory closes, then there are 1000 out of a job, with no money to buy a small pickup truck, which causes another factory to fold. Then, we get a depression… get it?
-jjs
Ha ha, you’re funny. Having to pay for fire and crime protection. It’s like mob rule. Ha ha!
The thing about Libertarianism is that while businesses are better at managing Money, there are some things that aren’t supposed to make money. I, for one, believe that everyone should be entitled to a good education and medical coverage as well as a reasonable level of safety.
Whether you believe that or not is your own perogative.
One more thing: The rich don’t just buy junk with their money, they hold on to it. Or at least most of it. That’s why they’re rich. It’s the rest of us that pump it back into the economy. It’s why we’re poor.
And even if all the factories closed, people would just start up their own small businesses (assuming the factories didn’t close at once. They say increase in small businesses is a sign of a struggling economy), and everything’d be back on track.
Got it?