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Old 07-23-2011, 09:21 PM  
GregE
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How about this crazy idea: The govt. stops spending on shit it can't afford.
The problem with that argument is that, at present, the government can't afford a whole lot of stuff that most of us would consider essential.


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And if Agent488 opens a business and it takes off and turns into a giant corporation and makes crazy profits...you know what? He should be able to KEEP his money that his corp. earned.
No one is talking about confiscatory taxation. We're talking about taxing the corporations and the upper 2% at the same rate they were taxed under Clinton. As I recall, those folks were living pretty damn well back then too.


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All of this class warfare is ridiculous and turns us against ourselves.
I don't know about you, but when I hear Republicans refer to the same folks who are doing all of their hiring in India and East Asia as "job creators", I'm inclined to grab a pitchfork and join the nearest angry mob.

Yes, spending is way out of control and it needs to be cut, but the only real way to get out of this mess is to grow the domestic economy and thereby triple the net worth of the American tax base.
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