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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:16 AM Original message |
Any decrease in our benefits is a de-facto increase in our taxes, it seems to me. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh so now we hate taxes too? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not at all, it's just time for the wealthy and the corporations to start paying again, not the poor. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Shifting the tax burden onto the workers.. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You know the biggest transfer of the tax burden to the working class was Reagan's SS fix right? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Two wrongs do not make a right. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Most here don't recognize what was done. |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, the way I saw this go down yesterday |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not equivalent. 97% of income taxes are paid by the top 50% of households. |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. "97% of income taxes are paid..." That's straight off of Rush's site. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. You're looking at wealth. I was looking at income tax payments. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. Whatever we call it, it's taking from the rest of us to give to the rich. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. You're right. If we start calling everything a "tax" perhaps those |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. That's what i'm thinking...! nt |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bingo, you've hit the nail squarely on its head. This travesty shows the venality, mendacity, |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, yeah... |
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