Tonight's Theme: Tax Cuts = Recovery

[norml]

Of course what they're really talking about is a tax shift, off of those who are richer, on to those who are poorer, which is the opposite of what makes for a healthy economy.

News results for "tax cuts" katrina - View today's top stories
UPDATE 1-US's Snow confident Congress will extend tax cuts - Reuters - 17 hours ago
Hastert Says US House to Seek $70 Billion Tax Cuts (Update2) - Bloomberg - 22 hours ago
GOP Tax Cuts Delayed By Katrina - FOX News - 23 hours ago

[acmavm]

1. Somehow I think that it would not bode well for the republican party to

keep pushing tax cuts for the wealthy right now. Not at all.

[calimary]

2. Well then, I hope that's exactly what they do.

Anything that's bad for them is good for the rest of America.

[bunkerbuster1]

3. It's always worked before.

Step one: Make sure everyone thinks they're getting a net tax cut.

Step two: Defend the lion's share of tax cuts for the wealthiest by calling detractors "losers."

It always works. I wouldn't bet against it working again.

[acmavm]

6. I kind of think that most people are catching onto this by now. I can tell

you I've noticed that it hasn't done me one damn bit of good.

[CrispyQ]

9. Oh come on!

I'm still enjoying that $300 I got hmmmm, how many years ago? :sarcasm:

During last year's election there was a photo of a group of young boosh supporters -- early 20's I would guess. They were holding a sign that said, "Thanks for the tax cuts" & I thought, surely these kids didn't get much more than I did. Please don't tell me the repubs were able to buy their vote for a mere $300!

[bunkerbuster1]

13. I'd love to be wrong. But that's the way I'd bet. (eom)

[Elidor]

11. When have they ever backed away from doing the dumbest thing possible?

The depths of their idiocy have barely begun to be plumbed.

[rurallib]

4. When will they come up with a program where we send money

directly to the rich and cut out the middleman (gov't). Maybe we could do it alphabetically, say all last name that begin with 'B' can send $1,000 directly to BP-Amoco to thank them for their existence.

[npincus]

5. The Asshole'd better check the polls

A majority of Americans want to reduce expdenditures in Iraq AND eliminate Chimp's tax cuts.

We wil slaughter those assholes in the 2006 elections if they keep it up. Dems, pipe up!

[liberal N proud]

7. NO! We will have to kill social security to pay for the recovery

You will still pay the SS deduction from your paycheck but you will no longer be able collect SS when you retire.

[papau]

8. Doesn't Bush Katrinia speech write itself re tax cuts, contract Czar?

Tax Cuts are a return of "your" money if in surplus, or a needed stimulus if we are in deficit, so we need both to makes the past cuts permanent and to give the rich some new cuts.

Just as the 9/11 conection to Katrinia will be explained by Bush (again, and again, and hopefully better than he did in the Saturday radio address), the need for tax cuts that increase the birth tax on our grandchildren (the National Debt does seem to grow well under Bush) will be mentioned again and again.

He will also ask for more H1 visas for India and China as the new jobs involved in the cleanup are not jobs US folk want and they will work for 25% of a US wage. Plus illegals must be allowed to cross the border to fill positions.

Plus Corporate profits must be increased by helping those patriotic companies that were given no-bid price fixed contracts and allowing them to pay less than the minimum wage, thereby decreasing their cost and increasing their profit.

Plus we need a reconstruction Czar that will give an open-ended no bid profit guaranteed contract to Cheney's Halliburton and George H W Bush's Carlyle - with a piece for GE for all that good media work on NBC (a special check to go to Tweety for Hardball and Tim for the Sunday Meet the Press).

I think the speech writes itself.

[zann725]

10. Wasn't it continued ignoring public needs caused all those angry

citizens at the Romanoff palace in 1917?

And the Repugs playing Monopoly with 'play money' (financed by China, etc.)?!!

[jillan]

12. He wouldn't dare!

Oh wait a minute!
If you give tax cuts to the rich, they will have more money to spend.
And all of that spending will be good for the economy.

Just look at how well it's working

U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK

The Outstanding Public Debt as of 15 Sep 2005 at 04:28:09 PM GMT is:
$ 7 , 9 6 1 , 7 1 0 , 9 6 1 , 9 5 7 . 3 9

The estimated population of the United States is 297,172,001
so each citizen's share of this debt is $26,791.59.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$1.66 billion per day since September 30, 2004!
Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House!


http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

[PaDem]

14. Sounds good

I'm sure this money will come out of the Department of Defense budget.