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dballance

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5. You forgot about subsidies to energy companies.

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:51 PM

Jan 2013

The ones for highly profitable big oil and big coal should GO.

Grants and subsidies for keeping investment in renewables and clean energy going should stay. But I'd be okay with those being slashed at such time those companies become as profitable as Big Oil/Gas and Big Coal. That's only fair.

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A roster of just how we might endorse the Republican demand to : CUT ENTITLEMENTS [View all] Mira Jan 2013 OP

That makes too much sense Flashmann Jan 2013 #1

kick and rec psychmommy Jan 2013 #2

Bookmarked Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #3

I'm ok except for that last one. annabanana Jan 2013 #4

Or if not universal, then Stonepounder Jan 2013 #6

I agree my mother is 90 and has two homes in San Francisco kimbutgar Jan 2013 #7

Nope. "Means-testing" is what is done for welfare programs duffyduff Jan 2013 #11

Exactly! Cleita Jan 2013 #16

maybe we should means test the salaries of those in congress. I believe almost all of them are putitinD Jan 2013 #27

No means-testing EVER duffyduff Jan 2013 #10

Agree! N/t quakerboy Jan 2013 #12

Same here. No cuts, ever Doctor_J Jan 2013 #36

You forgot about subsidies to energy companies. dballance Jan 2013 #5

Calling Mr. Soros: Can we write this in the sky over Wash. DC? ~nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2013 #8

You hit it out of the park! penndragon69 Jan 2013 #9

Absolutely incorrect quakerboy Jan 2013 #17

You must not have any clue about who has $1M in savings. IOW: MANY more than you suspect. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #26

K&R 99Forever Jan 2013 #13

What's unfair about small businesses cbrer Jan 2013 #14

All that plus the entitlement allowing religious organizations to pay no taxes, now we're talking! DrewFlorida Jan 2013 #15

If you're not careful sulphurdunn Jan 2013 #18

the middle class are the job creators, the business owners I know don't hire more help putitinD Jan 2013 #28

Naw, sulphurdunn Jan 2013 #31

Also stop using tax dollars to destroy our public lands with fracking, industrial wind, oil drilling Liberty Belle Jan 2013 #19

Social security and medicare have been paid for Progressive dog Jan 2013 #20

+ 1000 SoapBox Jan 2013 #23

Headline correction... SoapBox Jan 2013 #21

Excellent. (nt) DirkGently Jan 2013 #22

In regards to the last statement about slashing medicare and social security ... copperearth Jan 2013 #24

That last one is, frankly, stupid. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #25

agreed putitinD Jan 2013 #29

For a person making $1 million, corporate tax rates are lower than personal tax rates, bluestate10 Jan 2013 #30

kick 2Design Jan 2013 #32

What about congressional entitlements? Ghost of Tom Joad Jan 2013 #33

I'm not sure how wise it would be to cut off those farm subsidies. loknar Jan 2013 #34

Welcome to DU! yellerpup Jan 2013 #35