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Originally Posted by WhiplashDug
3) if you want to boost economy, create factories to build things, correct healthcare, ss, and the list goes on and on. The Gov needs to stop taxing our money that we are using to build the damn Country with...
Close enough. But yes, if you want to stimulate growth cut taxes. This touches on our current economy... which contrary to popular opinion, is NOT in a recession and is in many terms measurably better that at any point during the last 12 years. The IRS recently released data showing that the AVERAGE medium income levels had one of their LARGEST jumps ever! In reference to TAX CUTS for the rich, IRS data released early this year reporting on tax year 2006, the bottom 50% of tax payers say a REDUCTION in overall tax burden while the TOP 10% say an INCREASE: 2001 bottom 50% paid 3.97% and in 2006 paid 2.99%; 2001 top 10% paid 64.89% and in 2006 paid 70.79%.
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While your argument may sound nice on paper, lets see how the numbers add up. When Bush took office, the market was at 10,732.46. It is now at 11,500. That's 700 point in almost 8 year, not even 10%. It's just over 1% a year in growth. That is extremely poor, especially considering that the market isn't showing any signs of recovering soon.
As for economy being better than any point in the last 12 years, I don't even know how to respond. I hope you mistyped, or perhaps you are living in some cave. If you invest in anything at all, you would know that's not true. If you sell any product to the U.S. public, you know that is not true. If you buy stuff for yourself in this country with an American dollar, you would know that's not true. Huge credit crunch, banks going under, inflation skyrocketing, unemployment up, and no growth. We're in the midst of a pretty crappy time of stagflation and is probably the worst economic times we've seen in 12 years. Lets not forget that our debt is now at record numbers that are mind boggling.
I agree with you on the wealthy paying too much in taxes. But just say that. You don't need to make up some silly talking point on how the tax cuts will somehow stimulate the economy and make it prosper (when it has in fact done the opposite). I liked the tax cuts because I like it when we pay less taxes, but I think it's retarded to do so during a war and time of high spending.
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Originally Posted by WhiplashDug
4) A U.S Supreme Court full of right-wing justices will not be good for anyone working in adult.
Actually its been republicans who have stood vigilantly on the free speech rights of every American - to include the adult industry. One thing about republicans, is they generally prefer less regulation and governemnt intervention and free speech for one is free speech for all. And last I looked it was the democrat run Senate in California that wanted to create a special 25% tax on the Adult industry.
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Conservative judges have consistently voted against the adult industry for decades. That is a fact. There are a lot of books on the Supreme Court that can give you the ideologies of both sides and what they stand for. If you're in the adult industry, you want liberal judges. This shouldn't even be up for discussion if anyone has ever known the history of adult in the U.S. and are familiar with guys like Larry Flynt and Hugh Hefner.
As for laws and intervention, Republican administrations have charged more people with obscenity charges than Democratic ones.