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We have a REVENUE problem (Original Post)
Triana
Jan 2014
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blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)1. Savvy!
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)2. Yes, Yes We Do!
Eisenhower - republican - built the freeway system we love by have a high marginal tax rate of 91 or 92% every year he was in office. Hardly anyone railed against it! All our infrastructure is falling part now because of our revenue problem and bloated defense budget.
As Warren Buffett says, "Please Tax Me!".
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)4. Somebody should give the White House a heads up on that...
"White House offers 'grand bargain' on tax cuts and infrastructure"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014689382
Triana
(22,666 posts)5. Willful ignorance.
Damn stupid, to boot.
Tweeting these graphics to @WhiteHouse and @BarackObama with their blind eyes & deaf ears that only hear the scream of money and only see big dollars, not lives or the future.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)6. The President is reinforcing the failed trickle down meme.