Higher Taxes = Greater Revenue

[Pidgey]

Yeah, I know. Presidents are probably all puppets.

 

[Hobo1]

Yeah, I know. Presidents are probably all puppets.

Well if this is true, then you are saying Democracy has failed us. If our government refuses to live within our means and other countries are getting rich off us by undervaluing their currency, then the system is broken.

Bankers and stock brokers are getting rich because they make high leveraged, risky investments... and then are bailed out by the taxpayer because they are "too big to fail".

The average American can barely afford to pay for their own health insurance. They really have a tough time paying to keep Grandma alive when she is wired up to computers and has tubes up every orifice

Why do we have troops all over the world? Why are we fighting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya? And just maybe we are spending too much money on defense? Can anybody look at this graph and really justify that we need to spend this much money just to protect ourselves?

Yea, Higher Taxes = Greater Revenue..... Does anyone really believe we should raise taxes to pay for a the inefficiencies of a broken system?

 

[Gipper]

Well if this is true, then you are saying Democracy has failed us. If our government refuses to live within our means and other countries are getting rich off us by undervaluing their currency, then the system is broken.

Bankers and stock brokers are getting rich because they make high leveraged, risky investments... and then are bailed out by the taxpayer because they are "too big to fail".

The average American can barely afford to pay for their own health insurance. They really have a tough time paying to keep Grandma alive when she is wired up to computers and has tubes up every orifice

Why do we have troops all over the world? Why are we fighting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya? And just maybe we are spending too much money on defense? Can anybody look at this graph and really justify that we need to spend this much money just to protect ourselves?

Yea, Higher Taxes = Greater Revenue..... Does anyone really believe we should raise taxes to pay for a the inefficiencies of a broken system?

I agree we spend too much on defense. Let's cut it in half along with everything else in the budget. BO's bloated budget for next year is something close to $4 Trillion. If we cut everything equally by 50%, then we will be very close to a balanced budget. See how simple that is?

Deal?

 

[Rick]

Well if this is true, then you are saying Democracy has failed us. If our government refuses to live within our means and other countries are getting rich off us by undervaluing their currency, then the system is broken.

Bankers and stock brokers are getting rich because they make high leveraged, risky investments... and then are bailed out by the taxpayer because they are "too big to fail".

The bailouts are a minor blip relative to what the US spends on its welfare state. The spending occurs because the people elect representatives who overspend. And your claim about banks and risky investments is a red herring - they went down because liberal politicians crashed the economic system by meddling in the housing market in service to their minority clients. If the american people seek to find who is responsible for the gigantic debts, they don't need to go looking for boogeymen like bankers, they only need to look in the mirror.

 

[Phoenix68]

Higher Taxes = Greater Revenue​

For more than a century the Left has offered a magical solution for our problems with debt, "Raise Taxes!" For anyone who thinks this is a viable solution to our debt problem, you're welcome to make your case.

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"Not only was the entire national deficit eliminated after raising taxes on the wealthy in 1993, but the economy grew so fast for the remainder of the decade that many conservative economists thought that the Fed should raise the prime interest rate in order to slow it down."

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President Clinton Announces ANOTHER Record Budget Surplus!!!
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[Phoenix68]

We haven't had inflation during the Obama Administration, at least according to the Obama Administration.

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Republican Presidents Since 1921: Economic Impact
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[Phoenix68]

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[Phoenix68]

Higher Taxes = Greater Revenue​

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"Not only was the entire national deficit eliminated after raising taxes on the wealthy in 1993, but the economy grew so fast for the remainder of the decade that many conservative economists thought that the Fed should raise the prime interest rate in order to slow it down."

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"Not only was the entire national deficiteliminatedafter raising taxes on the wealthy in 1993, but the economy grew so fast for the remainder of the decade that many conservative economists thought that the Fed should raise the prime interest rate in order to slow it down."

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Pundits claim Trump benefitted from Obama's policies which must mean Clinton benefitted from Reagan's policies.

 

[Phoenix68]

Higher Taxes = Greater Revenue​

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Higher Taxes = Greater Revenue = BULLSHIT!!!!​

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[Phoenix68]

Pundits claim Trump benefitted from Obama's policies which must mean Clinton benefitted from Reagan's policies.

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How George Bush Sr. Almost Got Indicted for Fraud
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Reagan Remembered: The Failed Legacy of Our First Corporate Politician
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The Democrat communists have finally stolen themseves some power.

 

[Phoenix68]

For more than a century the Left has offered a magical solution for our problems with debt, "Raise Taxes!" For anyone who thinks this is a viable solution to our debt problem, you're welcome to make your case.

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"If there's one thing that Republican politicians agree on, it's that slashing taxes brings the government more money.

If there's one thing that economists agree on, it's that these claims are false."

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[Gabriel_Bell]

Taxes are a burden on business, suppress economic activity, and lower the revenue collected from taxes on that activity - even a ***** should be able to grasp that.

Taxes are a burden on all who pay them, without exception. But they are essential if we are to have a government, and a government is absolutely necessary.

Both businesses and individuals benefit from government, so both should be taxed.

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

Bernie has nothing to do with the Venezuelan government. Venezuela has always had a lot of corruption.
If you want to see what Venezuela looks like. check out Sinewan, a Spanish guy who rode his Ducati motorcycle all around Venezuela. He has been everywhere on his motorcycle.

Venezuela has good roads mostly and does not look as much like a Third World country as do El Salvador, Nicaragua or Honduras.