Stimulus not working? What about the bush tax cuts for the rich?
Democrats_win
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Fri Jul-10-09 11:21 AM
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Stimulus not working? What about the bush tax cuts for the rich? |
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The bush tax cuts for the rich program was designed to peak at about the time the bush-fools left office. You know, about the time our country actually went into a mini-depression last fall.
This give-away for the rich was sold as necessary for the economy. Has there ever been a more colossal failure? If you're a well-read DUer, you know that tax cuts for the rich NEVER deliver for the economy as a whole.
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Fri Jul-10-09 11:31 AM
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1. Yeah, I wondered about this... |
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Aren't these tax cuts supposed to expire about now? There isn't really a plan to extend them, is there?
What's the low down on this?
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Fri Jul-10-09 12:10 PM
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these sacred cows seem to remain untouched and are going to be allowed to die a natural death. It's unclear to me why?
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Fri Jul-10-09 12:40 PM
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3. I don't think we're in a mini-depression. |
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I think we're in a full-out depression. But the CM refuses to report real numbers of unemployed/under-employed, and homeless people, so it seems less dire than it is. But it's pretty dire out here.
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Fri Jul-10-09 12:41 PM
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4. The Stimulus is working, actually. |
TomCADem
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Fri Jul-10-09 12:43 PM
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5. The Stimulus Includes $288 Billion In Tax Cuts |
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President Obama's tax cuts are the largest tax cuts ever passe. I guess those tax cuts aren't working either.
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