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In the discussion thread: Fiscal Cliff Talks Center on $2 Trillion Proposal [View all]

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 08:27 AM

dkf (33,423 posts)

34. No need to kill them, people who want to pay will stay and others will leave.

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35 replies	Author	Time	Post
Fiscal Cliff Talks Center on $2 Trillion Proposal [View all]	democrattotheend	Dec 2012	OP
Doesn't the President's repeatedly mentiond desire of "a balanced approach" imply	PoliticAverse	Dec 2012	#1
I hope not	democrattotheend	Dec 2012	#6
You're right. Obama said to keep pressure on representatives of both parties to disallow changing	freshwest	Dec 2012	#2
This keeps	John2	Dec 2012	#3
I think this weekend gives POTUS a whole new stance to argue from.	Myrina	Dec 2012	#4
Where is there any mention of the Pentagon's budget?	Dustlawyer	Dec 2012	#5
Exactly, we could cut a trillion from the pentagon and never miss it.	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#7
How do you cut a trillion from a $700 billion budget?	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#12
Over 10 years, that's what they were talking about in the article, although	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#13
Cutting half of the defense budget	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#14
Off the top of my head?	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#17
"Our real revenue would come from taxing the rich at pre-Reagan levels"? Doubtful.	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#15
Well, now we're talking about paying off the debt....	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#18
Lets see how well that works for France.	dkf	Dec 2012	#26
The last time they did that, it worked out really well for them, but for the rich,	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#29
No need to kill them, people who want to pay will stay and others will leave.	dkf	Dec 2012	#34
I wonder if other current issues will allow significant entitlement cuts	plethoro	Dec 2012	#8
No cuts to Medicare, Social Security or Medicaid.	JDPriestly	Dec 2012	#9
a trillion from the rich, a trillion from the poor. Seems a little unfair to me.	olddad56	Dec 2012	#10
The rich never pay	humbled_opinion	Dec 2012	#11
Really wish they'd talk annual numbers, not 10 year numbers	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#16
It's just talk. I don't think Boehner can keep the Tea Party on board.	Redfairen	Dec 2012	#19
It's a revenue problem, NOT a spending problem (except for the bloated military, which is 60% of it)	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#20
You can't raise enough revenue to fix the problem	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#21
Ahem, but Bull Hockey	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#22
Sadly, that would get maybe 10 votes in the Senate	democrattotheend	Dec 2012	#23
Thing is, we can tax our way out of this debt that the wealthiest Americans have led us into -	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#24
Simple if we don't live in the real world, or have to do real math	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#25
One correction to my math...	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#27
How about a 79.6% rate or a 94% rate?	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#28
The President's numbers come from the CBO, and have been fully vetted,	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#30
CBO also says Obamacare will cost twice as much as originally projected	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#31
Disagree, thanks!	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#32
Disagree with tax return data direct from the IRS?	mostlyconfused	Dec 2012	#33
my mom with Alzheimer's gets $2200/mo Soc. Sec, her expenses are $14,000/mo	wordpix	Dec 2012	#35

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