DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT (Bayh)

[Mass]

This speaks for itself. a*hole.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_09/025724.php

DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT.... MSNBC's Chuck Todd chatted with Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) by this morning, and to his credit, Todd raised a question many in the media haven't bothered to ask.

TODD: Yesterday, the Census came out and said one in seven Americans are living below the poverty line. Do you look at that story today -- you know, you open up your USA Today, right, and you see that story -- and you see Washington is debating the tax rates for the wealthy, and you sit there and say, isn't that a disconnect in America right now?

BAYH: It is a disconnect, Chuck. What we need to be focused on is growth, how do we create jobs, how do we expand businesses. That needs to be job one right now. And all these other issues involving, oh, fairness and things like that can wait.
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[WhiteTara]

1. what an arrogant asswipe. n/t

[Sherman A1]

2. I believe that he would have to improve

to reach the level of arrogant asswipe.

I think him much lower than that.

[WhiteTara]

3. well, I was trying to raise the discourse

:rofl:

[Sherman A1]

4. As well you did!

And you were being exceptionally charitable to the Esteemed Senator.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. What's scary is that this jerk could have wound up as V.P. (nt)

[pleah]

6. He is prime example why I hate the blue dogs and dlc'ers! n/t

[jillan]

7. I saw that!! He also said he was for the middle class tax cuts....

and to think, he was sooooo close to becoming VP.

[Inuca]

16. We don't really know that, do we?

The fact that the media was speculating does not necessarily make it so. In any case, very glad it is Joe :-).

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. My (outgoing) Senator!!!!

:puke:

Although I have a bad feeling we're going to lose his seat to a has-been like Dan Coats, I'm glad I don't need to use a clothespin to hold my nose to vote for him in the fall!

[ProSense]

9. Bye Bayh

You're as worthless as your logic.

[golfguru]

10. Bayh may have a point?

Country Tax rate Unemployment

High Tax Countries
------------------
Belgium 55% 9%
Germany 52% 7%
France 50% 10%
Hungary 49% 10%
Sweden 48% 9%
Italy 46% 9%

Low Tax Countries
-----------------
S.Korea 17% 3.7%
Mexico 18% 5.5%
New Zealand 20% 7%
Japan 27% 5%
Australia 28% 5%
Switzerland 29% 4%

[Mass]

11. Do you know the marginal tax rate of the top bracket in each of these countries.

Or do you think fairness does not matter?

[golfguru]

13. Those are marginal rates

from what I gathered from Wikipedia.

I agree completely on fairness, however is it less fair or more fair
if the tax policies lead to higher unemployed? The data in my table
is something to think about. There are not many things worse than
losing your job and suffer enormous financial strain.

I would personally opt for less unemployment even if the rich can keep
more of their earnings.

[NorthCarolina]

12. He has a point, but if he

wears a hat, nobody will notice.

[besdayz]

15. a

just wondering if you bothered to analyze your stats or did you just cut and paste?

Mexico 5.5% now that's funny

wonder if that includes cartel employees, brothels, and immigrants who come here to work?


Do you realize the reason s.korea has low numbers is b/c they are a nanny state to us. go and look up how many jobs the US govt and military provide to that country.

you also might want to take a look at the country's relative norms
for example, austrailia's all time high rate was 5.8%--changes your perspective huh?

there may very well be a correlation or even some causative relationship but don't post simple stats to explain complex phenomenom.

[JNelson6563]

14. Buh-bye Bayh!

I sure won't miss him.

Julie