Progressive Tax Policies Needed!!
Quoting J.J. Goldberg at forward.com:
[...] Eisenhower inherited a top marginal income tax rate of 92% from his predecessor Harry Truman when he entered the White House in 1953. He quickly lowered it to 91%, where it stayed until Lyndon Johnson lowered it again to 77% in 1964 and then 70% in 1965.
During his eight years in the White House, Eisenhower managed to reduce the federal deficit by 75% down to a quarter of the size he inherited while building the Interstate Highway System and launching Americas space program. GDP growth averaged 3% per year. Unemployment averaged just under 5.5%.
Reagan, entering office in 1981, inherited Johnsons 70% top marginal income tax rate and immediately lowered it to 50%, then to 38.5% and finally to 28%. His theory was that high taxes stifle economic growth, while lowering taxes unleashes growth and creates jobs. It was a great national experiment, and the result was conclusive: It didnt work. Growth averaged 3.4% per year during Reagans presidency, hardly better than Eisenhowers, while unemployment averaged a shocking 7.43%, far worse than Eisenhowers and hardly better than the much-maligned Obama record. [...]
So the next time you listen to a presidential debate, remember that nobody up there is taking the Democratic side. The debate were having today is between a robust Reaganism and a faint, timid echo of Eisenhower Republicanism. In fact, when you get down to it, the Democrats cant even bring themselves to take Eisenhowers side with any conviction. Were all touting variations on a flimflam theory thats been tried and proven a colossal failure.
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How To Cut Spending: End Corporate Welfare!!!
As Rex Nutting of Marketwatch noted in his 12/18/2012 article "Why isnt Obama demanding corporate welfare cuts?", "$2.6 trillion could be saved [...] Its possible to achieve all the budget savings we need for the next 10 years simply by cutting the fat out of discretionary spending programs and tax expenditures [removing all of the corporate welfare] without raising tax rates on the wealthy or cutting the safety net at all."
Oil and gas companies, which are raking in record profits, certainly don't need $4 billion a year in subsidies, and even the oil company CEOs admit they don't need it!
Why are cuts to Social Security and Medicare even being discussed while literally billions in corporate welfare are constantly spilling out of the Treasury?
White House petition to End Corporate Welfare: http://wh.gov/Qa6f
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