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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Kick if you are ready for 100% increase in tax revenues. [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)43. Nope. They pull it out of their, er, hats.
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Sometimes I wonder if these OPs come from Weekly World News, next to Elvis was a Space Alien! nt
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#114
Your OP says "federal revenue" and that is what I gave a link to. It is ~$3.3 Trillion
Motown_Johnny
Feb 2016
#113
Me too or three! And for firms like Verizon, which over the past few years have paid Zero
truedelphi
Feb 2016
#120
This message of Hope and Change brought to you from the fear mongers at Hillary Co.
NightWatcher
Feb 2016
#16
An economist found that median income would increase by $22,000 if Bernie Sanders gets to the White
pberq
Feb 2016
#19
Well . . . jeez . . . I'll happily pay more taxes so everyone can have Medicare like I do.
Vinca
Feb 2016
#33
LOL, hillary, is that you? Wow, fucking desperation taking over the hill fans. Nt
Logical
Feb 2016
#62
Yeah, America is so great that we can't do what every other industrialized country.....
DrewFlorida
Feb 2016
#66
Wow - I didn't realize you were a CEO of a corporation that hides its earnings in the Cayman Isles.
jillan
Feb 2016
#71
I make about 14,000 per year...and my health care wants me to pay 800+ per month
angstlessk
Feb 2016
#82
Not quite doubling TOTAL federal revenue but increasing it by an amount equal to
kennetha
Feb 2016
#85
If it was okay for Bernanke and Geithner to "leak" some 22 trillions of dollars to the
truedelphi
Feb 2016
#104