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2016 Postmortem

HereSince1628

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6. It's all parsing bullshit...can't speak of costs because it is revenue neutral

Reply to BlueStreak (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:29 PM

Oct 2012

can't speak of increases in taxes paid as a tax increase because cutting deductions isn't an increase in a tax rate.

Rmoney is a tremendously creative when it comes to flim-flam it's never quite an out and out lie, but it's a sack of MALARKY

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What everybody seems to be missing about the Romney/Ryan tax flim-flam [View all] BlueStreak Oct 2012 OP

All his tax plan will do is increase the deficit and hurt the economy...along with raising the debt. PDJane Oct 2012 #1

Governor Romney, If as you said that your tax plan is revenue neutral, why do it? Vincardog Oct 2012 #2

If it produced a big increase in economic activity in the process of being revenue neutral BlueStreak Oct 2012 #4

That's what I keep wondering Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #7

Exactly. My tax colleague was saying this exact thing this morning. Justice Oct 2012 #3

Or how about the other way around? BlueStreak Oct 2012 #5

Exactly Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #8

It's all parsing bullshit...can't speak of costs because it is revenue neutral HereSince1628 Oct 2012 #6

But it should not be so hard to cut through that crap BlueStreak Oct 2012 #9

Saying something is revenue neutral doesn't make it revenue neutral. gkhouston Oct 2012 #10

The problem is that many people are letting it slide. BlueStreak Oct 2012 #11