is it time to rescind the tax cuts to the upper 10%?? if not, why not???

[bobbieinok]

[rodeodance]

1. past time. but it will not happen.

[punpirate]

2. Long overdue...

... never should have happened in the first place.

Has put huge amounts of money into the hands of the wealthy to further their political aims. And, I'm not talking about the recent cuts--I'm talking about the ones that go back to the early `80s--that's where the horrors started.

It has constituted a huge transfer of wealth, through the tax system, from poor and middle class to the rich.

It's transferred government debt from those able to pay taxes to future generations of those less able to pay those taxes.

Because it's helped place political power in the hands of the few, it's contrary to the intentions of the founders. They did everything they could to prevent the advent of a moneyed aristocracy which might control the government. Progressive taxation was one way to prevent that from happening.

Give me a minute and I'll think of a lot more reasons.

[juajen]

3. I certainly think so

Never should have been done, anyway.

[jbnow]

4. Are you asking us or bush?

You know our answer.

bush would say "tax cut made economy strong. booming. all good. Deficit because of evil doers"

So now you have his answer.

It is all about the very richest and the corporations. If they benefit, it's good. War good. No medical care for poor and workers good. Lay offs good. Tax cuts for rich and food stamp cuts for poor, good.

He is a reverse Christian so just think- "what would Jesus do?" That's bad. "What is the opposite of what Jesus would do?" That's good.

[Perky]

8. "Reverse Christian"?????

Is that somethinag like the anti-Christ?

[jbnow]

11. Well Perky

he is anti-christ in that way of being the opposite and that is glaringly true. I called it reverse christian so as not to give it doomsday biblical implications.

You'd think if there is a genuine antichrist he'd be...smarter, more glamorous, not a stumbling dolt. But that would be an amusing twist.

Frankly I want the Apocalypse more then they do. They think it means the end of the world, but the word has nothing to do with that. It means...just what we are longing for. To uncover, unveil, unmask, reveal, disclose and so on. (from from apokalyptein)

Man, would they be surprised. Apocalypse Now!

[lonestarnot]

5. This is wayyyyyyy overdue!

[wli]

6. good luck... we're screwed n/t

[Perky]

7. New Orleans cleanup is going to top $50B

To say nothing of theripple eccfect of lost wages,, We are talking the the single most devesting even in US History. from a financial impact.

Bush could say very easily that it is going to mean sacrifice on everyone's part. That is is going tomean we can't afford to make the tax cuts permanent. THat is going to meann those at the top are going to have to sacrifice more.

Unfortunately he will not.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Maybe it could happen if Congress refused to allocate money to NO

LA, and Mississippi if funds not there right now. Therefore "emergency" tax cut rescission and "temporary". If * vetoed enough popular support would allow an override.

[Deja Q]

10. It won't happen so why bother asking?

[salin]

12. Hah! In Bushworld it will probably be the excuse used to give MORE

tax cuts. "Fuel the economy" via lining rich peoples' pockets to rebuild the areas :eyes:

[baldguy]

13. The top 10% weren't taxed enough to begin with.

They have 50% of the wealth in this country, they only pay 30% of the tax. And corporations don't pay anything. I think billion-dollar companies like Halliburton and Bechtel should be paying more than Joe Sixpack.

[ladjf]

14. Of course it is. And it's time to rescind everything else Bush

has enacted.

[Nikki Stone 1]

15. kick

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