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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 02:27 AM Original message |
Can taxing the rich pay for the deficit? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Isn't the gap in the budget deficit around 10% of GDP? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. no. no. & no. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. These are the numbers I am looking at... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. reading comprehension: |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. "the majority of which were tax cuts for the middle class" |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yeah that definition of middle class tax cut makes me laugh too. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 04:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. If the wealthy have 98% of the wealth, they're the only ones we can tax. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. we generally tax income, not wealth |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Gross yearly income from all sources. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Jon Stewart had a chart on one of his recent shows |
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flor-de-jasmim (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. Every bit as important as whether taxing will "pay for" (entirely or not) the deficit... |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well, it can't hurt..... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe not . |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. I wrote about this a week or so ago |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. Excellent. And I love this snark they offered. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. Maybe not completely, but neither can cutting social programs. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. and if we created additional tax brackets at higher rates for higher incomes |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. Hell, I believe it... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. Taxing them may not pay it off, but not taxing them sure as hell won't pay it off. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. k&r |
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