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bvar22

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17. The "effective rate" doesn't matter.

Reply to SpartanDem (Reply #14)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 04:41 PM

Nov 2012

I'm talking about Framing the Debate,
not parsing out the details.

We shouldn't be wasting our MANDATE fighting FOR a meager increase of 3-1/2% on the RICH. A Historically LOW Tax Rate on the very rich is not a "VICTORY" for DEMOCRATS or a battle worth fighting.

We should START the National Debate fighting FOR the Tax, Trade, and Regulation policies that built the Largest, Wealthiest, and most Upwardly Mobile Working Class the World has ever seen!

Now THAT is worth Fighting For!
HISTORY is on OUR side.

[font size=4]We want OUR America Back![/font]

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Letting the Bush Tax Cuts expire is not Near Enough! [View all] bvar22 Nov 2012 OP

And President Obama would explain that he said 39.6% not 91% how? n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #1

Simple. bvar22 Nov 2012 #3

The problem is SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #6

I don't think your name fits your intentions RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #8

I haven't attacked anyone SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #9

Were we asked if we wanted to return to Eisenhower tax rates? RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #12

I would settle for the rolling back to the Reagan rates on the wealth klyon Nov 2012 #19

that might work- Republicans love the good ole days of Reagan RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #20

I'd start with lifting the cap on Social Security, then applying that tax to capital gains too. Scuba Nov 2012 #2

I like those too! bvar22 Nov 2012 #4

Negotiate from a position of power RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #21

I agree, but we also need to eliminate the $110K cap on SS in FICA. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #5

Best post of the day! RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #7

except we are not even fighting for that hfojvt Nov 2012 #10

But that is outside of the National public discourse RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #11

hey, if you say "yop" I will say "yop" right beside you hfojvt Nov 2012 #13

We have more power than you realize- WE won this election on Social Networks RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #15

7 recs for this thread hfojvt Nov 2012 #25

democrats are not immune to brainwashing from paid propagandists RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #27

The top effective rate during Eisenhower was closer to 50% SpartanDem Nov 2012 #14

The "effective rate" doesn't matter. bvar22 Nov 2012 #17

I agree. The idea that we are going back to the 39% Clinton rates for the rich is too kind. Ganja Ninja Nov 2012 #16

They looted the country, now they need to give it back RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #18

That wouldnt be enough davidn3600 Nov 2012 #22

All the MORE reason return to the successful Tax Rates of the 50s & 60s. bvar22 Nov 2012 #23

"START from a position that the RICH should do their Patriotic Duty to pay down the debt" RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #24

HEY!!! THom Hartmann brought up this very topic... bvar22 Nov 2012 #26

Go Thom Hartmann! RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #28

K&R forestpath Nov 2012 #29