Obama and the tax cut issue

Toughy · 08-05-2011, 09:49 PM

S & P is the only rating agency of the 3 that downgraded the US.

just remember all this come Nov 2012 and vote for Obama and give him a majority in the House and 60 Senators so we can get on with the business of the people and restoring the economy.

Martina · 08-05-2011, 10:24 PM

If we taxed Exxon and the top one or two percent of the wealthy at normal rates for a developed nation, our deficit would disappear. We don't need to cut anything. We are still a phenomenally wealthy nation. Our gdp is one fourth of the entire wealth generated on the planet. We have the money. We don't have the will to demand that the richest pay their share.

A flat tax is regressive, so i have never supported it. But damn, now it would be a good thing. It would solve this problem in about a second.

This is not a REAL problem. We are not out of money. We are not poor. The question is how badly are we going to damage our country and the global economy before we face the inevitable.

Corkey · 08-05-2011, 10:32 PM

Just like the last time the government gave a tax holiday, business ran out of the country, they are talking about a tax on business of 5%. That in and of itself will have business run in, take the tax, and run right back out taking jobs and money with them to offshore. It didn't work the first time, and we are still paying for that in lost jobs, and it won't work again, but bless their pea picken' hearts the GOP tea traitors are trying to do it again.

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08-05-2011, 10:24 PM	#2
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,286 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	If we taxed Exxon and the top one or two percent of the wealthy at normal rates for a developed nation, our deficit would disappear. We don't need to cut anything. We are still a phenomenally wealthy nation. Our gdp is one fourth of the entire wealth generated on the planet. We have the money. We don't have the will to demand that the richest pay their share. A flat tax is regressive, so i have never supported it. But damn, now it would be a good thing. It would solve this problem in about a second. This is not a REAL problem. We are not out of money. We are not poor. The question is how badly are we going to damage our country and the global economy before we face the inevitable.