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In reply to the discussion: Fiscal Cliff Talks Center on $2 Trillion Proposal [View all]grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)24. Thing is, we can tax our way out of this debt that the wealthiest Americans have led us into -
simply by taxing them (by wealthiest I'm really talking about the banksters and wall street types).
Now, the greatest generation had the balls to do this, and I do too.
But that meme floating around that we can't tax our way out is incorrect.
And I consider 10 senators a good start!
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Doesn't the President's repeatedly mentiond desire of "a balanced approach" imply
PoliticAverse
Dec 2012
#1
You're right. Obama said to keep pressure on representatives of both parties to disallow changing
freshwest
Dec 2012
#2
Over 10 years, that's what they were talking about in the article, although
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#13
"Our real revenue would come from taxing the rich at pre-Reagan levels"? Doubtful.
mostlyconfused
Dec 2012
#15
The last time they did that, it worked out really well for them, but for the rich,
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#29
a trillion from the rich, a trillion from the poor. Seems a little unfair to me.
olddad56
Dec 2012
#10
It's a revenue problem, NOT a spending problem (except for the bloated military, which is 60% of it)
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#20
Thing is, we can tax our way out of this debt that the wealthiest Americans have led us into -
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#24