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In reply to the discussion: So we toss out $600 billion of $4 trillion in Bush tax cuts... [View all]Chathamization
(1,638 posts)67. I don't disagree
that the current trajectory is unsustainable. And there's also the disconnect between what we would like to do and what's politically feasible. That's why it's maddening when something that we both want to do and is possible, like getting rid of the Bush tax cuts, is so casually thrown away. If we got rid of the Bush tax cuts, got out of this recession, and got healthcare costs under control, that'd take care of most of our long term problems.
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Conservative dkf agrees with many of our so-called progressives on this point
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#2
Focusing on the tax rate is ignoring the biggest (by far) reason for the expansion in the 90's
rufus dog
Jan 2013
#65
Geez I was the one who kept on mentioning Obama already raised taxes on the top and was bashed.
dkf
Jan 2013
#12
You were bashed because it was a Republican talking point that you were parroting. And it was wrong.
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#24
Thats right, a Republican talking point, and a tax that had not yet gone into effect. You were wrong
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#51
Tossing out all the tax cuts would have put the economy back into recession
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#18
But you're claiming this specific decision will end in the US government being insolvent
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#38
Decrease most people's spending ability by 2%? Yes, that could cause a recession
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#29
Your touching concern for adherence to Democratic values wasn't there for Medicare, or SS or...
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#23