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In reply to the discussion: You've got to appreciate the sheer fucking nerve of Congressional Republicans… [View all]humbled_opinion
(4,423 posts)55. Yes I understand the taxes should be raised
but structurally the deficits cannot be lowered with tax increases alone unless you advocate much higher taxes on the entire middleclass.
That is where a VAT and a Transaction tax comes in... It keeps new sources of revenue flowing to the government so spending doesn't have to be cut
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You've got to appreciate the sheer fucking nerve of Congressional Republicans… [View all]
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
OP
Exactly. If they get us into too much debt, their plan is to cut social programs
Roland99
Jan 2013
#40
i agree with whoever stated that 'this is a problem for the republican congress, not the President'
spanone
Jan 2013
#2
Yep-appreciate isn't the word I'd use to describe my feelings about Republicans.
Boomerproud
Jan 2013
#8
Imagine what they could accomplish if they put all that effort into doing something good.
gtar100
Jan 2013
#48
I don't see any hypocrisy, but planning. They want the USA to collapse to profit their friends.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#49
Lack of revenue, increasing cost of servicing the debt, ramp up in AfPak and elsewhere, inflation
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#79
They are homicidal sociopaths who mutilated truth beyond recognition in order to justify their Fears
Ford_Prefect
Jan 2013
#35
the only reason it 'works' is that they stole all the money, bought the media and halls of power
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#53
They are the dumb-asses who listen to Rush and buy that garbage. The Low IQ Party.
Zen Democrat
Jan 2013
#51
Exactly! Corpomedia endorses their tactics and repeats their flagrant lies as so called "fairness".
Ford_Prefect
Jan 2013
#59
Wallace and Grommit in the profile picture, and some Douglas Adams references. Nice.
mostlyconfused
Jan 2013
#67