I have a plan to pay for the economic stimulus package...

[Earth Bound Misfit]

Why don't we just have all our government officials actually, uhmmmm, pay their taxes.

Like us "normal" folks do.:shrug:


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[blueclown]

1. When are the right wingers going to be audited?

[Sabriel]

2. That's just crazy talk.

Where would they get the money to pay taxes? They're spending it all on housekeepers and nannies.

Here's another option I like, too:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/cheney_dunk_tank_raises_800

(edited for frozen fingers)

[Earth Bound Misfit]

6. Heh...

:rofl:

[Andy823]

3. They could go after

U.S. companies that have been putting money in offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes on that money! Think of the billions in taxes they could bring in if they did that!

They also should ban any company that has been hiding money in such accounts from getting any kind of government contracts.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

7. Obama speech from Green Bay, WI Sept 22, 2008

In 2003, loopholes and tax breaks allowed 28 major corporations to actually have negative tax liabilities. We lose $100 billion every year because corporations get to set up mailboxes offshore so they can avoid paying a dime of taxes in America. Imagine if you got to do that? There is a building right now in the Cayman Islands that is the address for 18,000 corporations. Well that is either the biggest building in the world or the biggest sham in the world, and I think we know which one it is. I will shut down those offshore tax havens and all those corporate loopholes as President, because you shouldn’t have to pay higher taxes because some big corporation cut corners to avoid paying theirs. All of us have a responsibility to pay our fair share. That’s putting country first.

He also co-sponsored The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act in Feb 2007


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[L0oniX]

4. Close all foreign US military bases ...problem solved!

[cyclezealot]

5. Not necessary.

Reduce military expenditures by 10%. Considering high dollar aircraft, billion dollar battle ships, star wars. That is an easy quest. That and get out of Iraq within a year and 2/3 of the stimulus bill is paid for.