Anyone who thinks the US is going to get out of this mess without a TAX INCREASE is

[Thrill]

OUT OF THEIR FUCKING MIND.

What do you think we're going to do? send our troops on Foreign Bank robberies?

Thanks

RANT OVER

[Iris]

1. sadly, for some voters, that's the only issue

And many of them are on the "fair" tax bandwagon. How much worse off would we be if money for our infrastructure were based on a national sales tax?

[scheming daemons]

2. Actually... there is a way that DOESNT involve a tax increase

A. Cut spending. Especially military spending. Getting out of Iraq will put $12 billion a month back into the treasury (roughly $100 billion a year).

B. Close tax loopholes.... this mostly affects the rich. This could increase the treasury by $250 billion per year.


So there you have it..... $350 billion per year.... without raising taxes.

[stray cat]

3. The bailouts are estimated at 2-3 trillion not to mention the current deficit

Even with the changes you mention we are not even close

[scheming daemons]

5. 2 to 3 trillion over MANY years.... not in one year.... the two items I listed will...

Generate 1 trillion every 3 years.

3 trillion in a decade.

[tridim]

4. Yep, cut the Pentagon budget in half.

Actually cut the building in half an make one side the Dept Of Peace. That would save at least a trillion.

[WinkyDink]

6. Heck, just cut the graft to Halliburton, Bechtel, and Blackwater by a third.