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Odin2005

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8. Then TAX THE FUCKING RICH.

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 11:12 AM

Jan 2013

That is the point of a PROGRESSIVE tax system. The heaviest tax burden should fall on the rich, NOT the average person.

This isn't rocket science. You can balance the budget by raising taxes on the rich and by cutting "defense" spending.

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Since when is tax cuts for 98% of Americans a bad thing? [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2013 OP

No american needs a tax cut. This country is going to untax itself out of existance CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #1

Tax the fucking rich. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #3

How much do you make a year? bunnies Jan 2013 #16

When they help "Starve the Beast". dawg Jan 2013 #2

Absolutely. The smart policy would be to phase them out BlueStreak Jan 2013 #7

Yep. Who's going to pay the piper? Chathamization Jan 2013 #14

The idea has nothing to do with keynesian economics Fgiriun Jan 2013 #4

When you have people living paycheck to paycheck... $40-$100 is a big deal. Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #5

They are sounding like a RW caricature of Liberals. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #10

When it locks us in the structural deficit Grover Norquist has been trying to create BlueStreak Jan 2013 #6

Then TAX THE FUCKING RICH. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #8

OK. Can you suggest that to Grover too? BlueStreak Jan 2013 #11

Working class people should not have to pay for the sins of the rich. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #12

You think that will pass through congress? Have you been paying attention? Chathamization Jan 2013 #13

Precisely. jsr Jan 2013 #9

People making $250-400k don't need a tax cut. godai Jan 2013 #15

My taxes are going down? Who knew. NCTraveler Jan 2013 #17