GOP Rep. Hultgren Won't Explain How Bush Tax Cuts Created Jobs

[Cali_Democrat]

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The evidence obviously does not exist.

[JDPriestly]

1. Tax cuts for the rich do not create jobs.

Tax giveaways for the rich causes the rich to move jobs -- but not to create more jobs.

We have a competition between states for a limited resource -- jobs.

And businesses are taking advantage of the competition between the states for that limited number of jobs.

States are not permitted to exclude products from other states, but they can steal or kidnap so to speak jobs from other states. By that I mean that one state can offer some sort of benefit to a business located in another state that causes the business to move to the state offering the benefit -- tax breaks or lower minimum wages or less power for unions.

Congress has the authority to regulate interstate commerce and could end this practice. It is bringing our country down -- lowering wages and work conditions across the country.

But tax breaks for the very rich do not cause people to create jobs.

Bill Gates did not create his computer company because he was given tax breaks.

That just doesn't happen.

[MsPithy]

7. Yes! Yes, yes! CUSTOMERS create jobs!

Anyone who has ever worked knows this. And, the largest group of customers is the middle class!

Who in their right mind would invest in a company that does not have enough customers to pay back the investment?

[ScottLand]

2. Beautiful. I love to see them shaking in their boots when

they're asked something they know they can't answer. If you don't have an answer, you change the subject. "What colour is the sky?" "Let me tell you about the land...."

[madrchsod]

3. he`s my congress critter and he has`t done jack shit for our city

in two years the democrat he defeated got us 4+million dollars for our riverfront and other construction projects.

[perdita9]

4. Who the heck voted for this guy?

If we're going to have a quality government, we need to elect quality people. This guy's just a shill for corporations and millionaires.

[NewJeffCT]

5. the entire Bush presidency was a net loss on private sector jobs

somewhat offset by an increase in government jobs from the creation of Homeland Security.

[on point]

6. Tax cuts for rich create asset price bubbles, not jobs.

The whole conservative supply side dereg economic theory is a failure and is why the world is in the mess it is in now.

[TatonkaJames]

8. Here is the evidence on video

That it's US, we're spineless and they take advantage of it. Sure, the senior citizens kept asking him the question repeatedly,
but if no one got up into his face and said, "Look, who do you think you are by changing the subject, we asked you a question
and if you can't answer it you're essentially saying we're irrelevant and stupid by not answering, you're insulting our intelligence."
A person like myself, I would have gone nose to nose and said, "Your trying to punk me with no answer? Do you think I don't
see through you? If you can't answer it then be a man and say so but don't treat us like we're dummies, because that's exactly what
he did.
The more they get away with it the more they realize we'll eat poop by not demanding answers on anything that affects our lives directly.
Like the $900 Billion the cuts would save us each year to pay for entitlements. But they don't see it that way, you lose common sense when you live
for the almighty dollar.
We have truly become a joke as a nation. We read headlines everyday, The Fed gives Trillions to foreign banks, corporations cut jobs and make
us work harder, loopholes for corporation who pay no taxes in many cases or half of what we pay, wars for the M.I.C. just for profit sake
when young Americans die, Billions missing in Iraq and Afghanistan and we keep giving them more without even attempting to ask where and why ?
They have DUMBED us down, heck, even I just sit here and write about it, and what will this do ? Nothing.
Now, if I were back in the 60's I'd have the fire in my belly for revolution again, but I feel like I've been beaten down and there's no chance
of changing the system anymore.
Maybe when our middle-class arses are living out of our cars by the tens of millions, maybe then we'll get
fed up enough to start our own war against our government like those we watch on the news each night ?

[GreenTea]

9. Lying republican weasels - Slimy republicans love rich despise the workers -

want to take everything away from hard working Americans to give to the rich and their corporations, trough huge tax cut for the wealthy, subsidies for the most profitable corporation, tax loop-holes, give aways for corporate privatization, deregulation/no oversight and corporate bail-outs & bankruptcies yo steal workers life savings, investments and pension....

And no jobs, just more money for the rich in off-shore bank accounts, more stock options & bonuses, investing in slave labor markets around the world....

And no jobs....2001 Bush's first unpaid for tax cut from Clinton's surplus - over ten years and still no jobs but we are paying for the wealthiest tax cuts, while their interest has raised the deficit in the tens of billions of dollars...

And no jobs - as the fucking Republicans as always, point their slimy finger at others....at Obama and the democrats when they had complete and total control & power for six long years.

[Nostalgic]

10. "Where are the jobs?!"

He had the audacity to ask "what's the question?" when the woman had clearly asked him the question.