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16. Cutting taxes on the rich and fighting dumb wars.

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 10:23 PM

Dec 2012

No wonder Bush "led" America from prosperity to penury.

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Tax Arithmetic Shows Top Rate Is Just a Starter [View all] TomCADem Dec 2012 OP

Let Prez O starts at 95% tax rate, then work his way down Panasonic Dec 2012 #1

When he introduces that - someone will play "Taxman" by the Beatles karynnj Dec 2012 #8

It’s very hard to make the numbers work at all mostlyconfused Dec 2012 #2

lets get real daybranch Dec 2012 #3

How about a rate of 104%? mostlyconfused Dec 2012 #5

Excellent post Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #12

Thank you mostlyconfused Dec 2012 #14

Or maybe it needs to be 121% mostlyconfused Dec 2012 #13

Closing unneeded overseas bases would be an excellent start. OrwellwasRight Dec 2012 #11

I doubt the CBO has ever scored a 95% top marginal tax rate bill blueclown Dec 2012 #6

IRS data says.. mostlyconfused Dec 2012 #7

Link? blueclown Dec 2012 #9

2009 data from this link, and I understated it by 3 points mostlyconfused Dec 2012 #10

No it wouldn't Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #15

"Talking nonsense"? blueclown Dec 2012 #17

Just ...... do nothing DJ13 Dec 2012 #4

Cutting taxes on the rich and fighting dumb wars. leftlibdem420 Dec 2012 #16