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CentristLiberal

(36 posts)
50. I wanted the cutoff to be much lower
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 09:17 AM
Jan 2013

but that wasn't possible.

Also, it's not about causing pain to certain income levels -- it's about running a country. No one said that if you make 200,000 that you're scraping by. The point is that the extra taxes that you'd like to impose would take a portion of this mythical family's discretionary spending in taxes, instead of this example family spending it back into the economy. Multiply that by a couple million people and the loss of that spending would really hurt our recovery.

I understand being mad at the top income earners, but again, it's about running a country and an economy.

Why I really hate this deal [View all] hfojvt Jan 2013 OP
No I don't agree at all Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #1
mo, actially taxes were once again CUT for the top 2% hfojvt Jan 2013 #9
Why are you putting this in our beautiful minds? leftstreet Jan 2013 #2
I realize you don't mean it that way Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #3
The new Jobs Program will lead to better economic conditions leftstreet Jan 2013 #5
I am probably the most progressive person you will ever meet Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #7
Somehow I doubt that leftstreet Jan 2013 #25
GOP filibustered 3 Jobs Bills. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #38
Exactly! LP2K12 Jan 2013 #18
That is why the payroll tax holiday is expiring Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #28
Understandable... LP2K12 Jan 2013 #48
the only thing that lapses in 5 years time hfojvt Jan 2013 #10
What tax cuts for the "rich" are permanent? Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #13
check out the table on the right side of the last page hfojvt Jan 2013 #26
Sorry I don't agree at all Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #27
We the Serfs, debating the difference btwn wealthy and rich leftstreet Jan 2013 #32
No difference to me... Chan790 Jan 2013 #39
I think it was Chris Rock who said MindPilot Jan 2013 #59
last Novemeber I ran for office hfojvt Jan 2013 #35
"I don't considere members of the top 20% to be part of the middle class either." ProSense Jan 2013 #4
Obama put the original goalposts in a bad place hfojvt Jan 2013 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author OKNancy Jan 2013 #6
it's an awful deal, totally unnecessary except to set up the next manufactured crisis.... mike_c Jan 2013 #8
I totally disagree CentristLiberal Jan 2013 #11
welcome to DU OKNancy Jan 2013 #14
What is positive about making 85% of the Bush tax cuts permanent? hfojvt Jan 2013 #16
Getting rid of the Bush tax cuts would kill the economic recovery CentristLiberal Jan 2013 #29
I agree 100% Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #31
Thank You, and Welcome! It's ridiculous, but like John Boehner, the left can't take "yes"..... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #36
ooh, professional economists hfojvt Jan 2013 #42
I bet there's good reason you're not qualified to "be on NPR". Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #44
ooh, snap, but you trust the experts hfojvt Jan 2013 #45
Hey! Write a long letter to Bernie Sanders and Dennis Kucinich about it! Oh wait........... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #46
nice Republican talking point hfojvt Jan 2013 #41
I wanted the cutoff to be much lower CentristLiberal Jan 2013 #50
Permanent just means no sunset... Chan790 Jan 2013 #40
oh, is that all hfojvt Jan 2013 #43
I have never seen it this bad on DU Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #20
but it is a FACT hfojvt Jan 2013 #24
actually what he did was CUT taxes for the rich hfojvt Jan 2013 #15
hfojvt Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #17
an increase in taxes from what starting point? hfojvt Jan 2013 #21
I understand your anger CentristLiberal Jan 2013 #52
it was very possible to hfojvt Jan 2013 #60
Your username seems Oxymoronic to me... Melinda Jan 2013 #23
It's the first name combo that wasn't taken. CentristLiberal Jan 2013 #30
I actually googled "centrist liberal" after I posted to you... Melinda Jan 2013 #47
Wow CentristLiberal Jan 2013 #51
lmao... see what you have done? Melinda Jan 2013 #53
Wipe that smirk off your face. Eddie Haskell Jan 2013 #49
yeah it's not so great limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #19
100% agree, I hate this deal! Eddie Haskell Jan 2013 #22
hfojvt's analysis is correct PufPuf23 Jan 2013 #33
That's how we got screwed LWolf Jan 2013 #34
It's awful ain't it? Why, oh why didn't we elect Jill, or Roseanne, or Rocky? WHY? Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #37
Thank you No Compromise Jan 2013 #54
yeah, and LarryO was the "liberal" praising the Bush tax cuts hfojvt Jan 2013 #57
We're Doomed, Doomed I tell you!!!! JoePhilly Jan 2013 #55
Here's is ProSense Jan 2013 #56
you link to some of the White House's lies hfojvt Jan 2013 #58
kick No Compromise Jan 2013 #61
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