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Sun Dec-05-10 01:23 PM
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| 23. Economic realities. 1) For every Federal dollar spent on Food Stamps, $1.71 comes back to the local |
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economy.
For every Federal dollar spent on Unimployment payments, $1.62 comes back to the local economy.
Typically, 615 units of low-income housing is built in Denver every 6 years. The impact to the economy topped %200 million, and 732 local jobs were created.
Learn the REAL facts, and keep repeating them!
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| -The notion that tax cuts for the rich will create jobs |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 12:12 PM |
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They can. They do. |
PDJane |
Dec-05-10 12:16 PM |
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Exactly right. |
GoCubsGo |
Dec-05-10 03:31 PM |
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They do not desire to because they largely believe in the exact same system as the opposition. |
TheKentuckian |
Dec-05-10 12:16 PM |
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First of all the pubs don't care about the unemployed. |
jaxx |
Dec-05-10 12:18 PM |
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Well, Hell, I know the Reptilians don't care about commoners. |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 12:24 PM |
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Because the majority of the constituents are ignoring the unemployed. |
jaxx |
Dec-05-10 12:32 PM |
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The notion that $700 billion over 10 years can do much for a budget deficit that is over |
dkf |
Dec-05-10 12:26 PM |
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Exactly! If tax cuts created jobs, we would not have double-digit |
WestSeattle2 |
Dec-05-10 12:28 PM |
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I agree. |
Andy823 |
Dec-05-10 12:30 PM |
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One point I think you will find incorrect is that the rich |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 12:35 PM |
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Maybe not. Many fianciers are above the labor problems now? |
azul |
Dec-05-10 12:51 PM |
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And if jobs do get created, who's to say |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 01:01 PM |
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Or in their golf or yacht clubs? |
azul |
Dec-05-10 01:55 PM |
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The very rich aren't hurting now. They can already afford |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 02:03 PM |
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I don't think they'll start hiring until demand picks up. Tax cuts |
WestSeattle2 |
Dec-05-10 01:01 PM |
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Yes, exactly. |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 01:02 PM |
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john kerry said it pretty well on mtp today....link |
spanone |
Dec-05-10 12:34 PM |
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why did Obama cave with the stimulus & devote big chunk to useless tax cuts? |
amborin |
Dec-05-10 12:39 PM |
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That would make a good Letter to the Editor. |
subterranean |
Dec-05-10 12:49 PM |
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That would make a good HARD COPY letter to the President and your reps: |
Lorien |
Dec-05-10 12:56 PM |
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Oh, I'll no doubt circulate it (LTTE, blog) soon. |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 01:03 PM |
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Because the Dems have no leadership and therefore no unified message |
Lorien |
Dec-05-10 12:55 PM |
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If the corporations own all of one party and half of the other, |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 01:11 PM |
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Yup...to all you said! nt |
Desertrose |
Dec-05-10 01:05 PM |
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Thanks for that Bucky Fuller quote, BTW. |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 01:19 PM |
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I think we have to be ready when they self-destruct.... |
Desertrose |
Dec-05-10 04:43 PM |
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Oh, don't get me started. |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 04:52 PM |
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My first bf turned in to a MORMON!!! |
Desertrose |
Dec-05-10 06:06 PM |
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I've always wondered-- |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 06:24 PM |
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My thought too...they don't REALLY need that second "m". |
Desertrose |
Dec-05-10 07:25 PM |
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Economic realities. 1) For every Federal dollar spent on Food Stamps, $1.71 comes back to the local |
bobbolink |
Dec-05-10 01:23 PM |
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Thank you, Bobbie. |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 02:05 PM |
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You're welcome. I would appreciate inclusion of these facts when people write LTTEs, etc. |
bobbolink |
Dec-05-10 04:33 PM |
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We have had these tax cuts in place for 8 years. WHERE ARE THE JOBS? |
Poboy |
Dec-05-10 01:23 PM |
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If they were to say it... |
kentuck |
Dec-05-10 01:30 PM |
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I think that trickle down economics has been clearly proven false |
Nikia |
Dec-05-10 01:42 PM |
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Customers create jobs, not the fucking rich! I love telling that to my right wing |
B Calm |
Dec-05-10 01:48 PM |
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Use it or lose it, the principle of progressive income taxation |
soryang |
Dec-05-10 01:54 PM |
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Beautifully succinct. Elegant. |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-05-10 02:07 PM |
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The SIMPLE freakin truth ... |
Cosmocat |
Dec-05-10 02:17 PM |
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If every DUer today would write just this as a LTTE, we would have an impact. |
bobbolink |
Dec-05-10 02:25 PM |
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The incentive is to speculate in financial schemes |
azul |
Dec-05-10 03:24 PM |
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Red Ink Ronnie really was all about Reverse Robin Hood |
Octafish |
Dec-05-10 03:35 PM |
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Because like everything |
mstinamotorcity |
Dec-05-10 03:43 PM |
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K&R great point N/T |
Jeffersons Ghost |
Dec-05-10 03:47 PM |
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You got that right!!!! |
RegieRocker |
Dec-05-10 06:07 PM |
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