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dcindian Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:06 AM
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What would the stimulus look like if we had a McCain as president?
My guess would be that it would be the largest tax cut bill in history. It would contain a zero tax on capital gains and inheritance tax. It would also increase funding for christian faith based organizations and an increase in funding of military contractors.

My point is:

With a large majority of Democrats in the senate I would guess that the package would look exactly the same as if we had a large majority of Repukes in the senate.

Sad but President Obama has an uphill battle to fight with these so called Democrats.
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:13 AM
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1. Per McCain the economy is fundamentally strong...why would we need a stimulus
package. :rofl:

Sad, but true re the so called Democrats.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:13 AM
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2. If the Democrats didn't have "control" in Congress
we would see a tax cut stimulus that erased taxes for the wealthy and corporations. And double spending on military.

There would be nothing in it that would create jobs unless you consider being forced into the military because they are the only one hiring. But if you are too old for the military or gay, you are just out of luck.
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billybob537 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:22 AM
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3. What stimulus?
It would be all tax cuts all the time just like "Shit for brains Bush"
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Baikonour Donating Member (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:30 AM
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4. 90% tax cuts, 10% spending.
And that's an extremely generous figure.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 09:40 AM
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10. I think it would be 120% tax cuts, -30 % spending
And I think they would have used this as a way to gut any "entitlement" programs other than SS. There would have been huge pressure to direct as much spending into defense and into bailout ripoffs as possible.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:34 AM
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5. .
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:34 AM
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6. I don't know, I'd be living in Canada. nt
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:58 AM
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8. Isn't that the truth? His speech last night was a hot mess.
Did he NOT realize, like the rest of us did last September, that the man knows NOTHING about matters of finance? Should have sat this one out.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:40 AM
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7. 99% Viagra funding
1% to local whorehouses (Vitter amendment)
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 08:59 AM
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9. No break on pay roll taxes for those who don't pay income tax - thats for sure
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 09:52 AM
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11. The vibrator/viagra industrials. Delivery market based.
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Optical.Catalyst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 09:55 AM
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12. McCain stimulus would be tax cuts for the wealthy and spending for donors to the Republican Party
Under McCain the wealthy would get to keep more of the money they steal.

Stimulus spending would be directed where the big campaign donors want it:

1. Defense weapons development and procurement

2. Off shore oil drilling, more drilling on public lands, and exploration in ANWR.

3. Public money for private school vouchers
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mentalsolstice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:32 AM
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13. Stewed prunes! nt
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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:34 AM
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14. Whatever it would look like, we'd all be living in cardboard boxes by 2010
if McDisaster had won
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 12:03 PM
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15. Defense Spending and Tax cuts..
everything else is 'wasteful' spending, or 'entitlements'.
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