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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:14 PM Original message |
Obama Administration Weighs More Tax Cuts to Spur Economy |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope Bob Reich's taxcut idea is on the list |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I'm in favor of it too. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Tax cuts fix everything. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Way to go. MOre tax cuts for the rich, new taxes for the unemployed in the form of mandatory health |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Did you even at least SCAN IT? |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. A Payroll tax cut would really help the middle class |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And then Social Security would have to be cut for sure |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Not necessarily. |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. I wasn't referring to social security... just reducing the portion taken for income taxes |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. bottom 50% of the population pays little or no income tax. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. What is the marginal tax rate on ZERO income? PFFT on tax cuts. I need an income |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. + a whole bunch.. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Teh stupid |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Teh stupid |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Have they done away with taxes on 401K early withdrawals? |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. It could be that we are being set up for an announcement that the Bush tax cuts will be extended??? |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Your suspicion is mine as well. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Tax cuts are useless if you don't have an income. |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. But . . . |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I realize that and have no problem with tax cuts for the non-rich, but |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I think a new WPA would be great too. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. President Obama would have to lift President Reagan's Executive Order Prohibiting WPA type jobs |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Son of a bitch. I never knew that fuckhead Reagan did that! |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. copy that nt. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. um...as I recall, Candidate Obama admired Reagan |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Yes. Obama can lift Reagan's order and issue a new executive order allowing WPA type jobs |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. Obama is the shittiest president that ever existed. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Oh, and for the alerters, the head of that post is sarcasm. |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. They want to lose this election |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well, you have to appeal to Republicans and can't try to fight any resistance to real job proposals |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. That sentence pretty much says it all. n/t |
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Robbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Tax Cuts |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Too bad they couldn't bring themselves to "weigh" more stimulus for poor folk. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yes, food stamps have been shown to have one of the most stimulative effects on the economy of any |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. For every dollar of federal money spent on food stamps, $1.76 is returned to the economy! |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Gee, you all must LOVE us.... to death |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. idiotic. people need income, not a cut on expenses. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
31. How about this? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. Tax cuts are the least effective way to stimulate an economy, |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
34. tax-cuts tax-cuts tax-cuts ... is that all they know how to to in Washington? |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. Tax cuts??? Tax the rich instead! |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. oh no. can't be. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-02-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. Here is something I don't get. |
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