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  • #751
    Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

    Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
    Balanced Budget?

    Democratic Congressman was on Morning Joe this morning and said when he proposed a War Tax to, you know, pay for war they acted like he kicked a puppy.
    Pay for the war? What a novel concept.

    Wait...which war?

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    • #752
      Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

      Originally posted by amherstblackbear View Post
      Hard times are just bad news for moderates.
      Look at Germany in the early '30s. And frankly the boomtimes of the US in the '90s was probably most nonpolitical period I remember.
      Go Gophers!

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      • #753
        Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

        Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
        Look at Germany in the early '30s. And frankly the boomtimes of the US in the '90s was probably most nonpolitical period I remember.
        Except for that little impeachment thingy

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        • #754
          Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

          Originally posted by Priceless View Post
          Except for that little impeachment thingy
          There is always politics, but when times are good it's about inanity like flag burning amendments and "the culture wars" and blow jobs. When the economy tanks politics are about real things.
          Last edited by Kepler; 04-18-2011, 11:35 AM.
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          • #755
            Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            There is always politics, but when times are good it's about inanity like flag burning amendments and "the culture wars" and blow jobs. When the economy tanks politics are about real things.
            Correction: it was about blow jobs from fat chicks. If his standards were higher, it wouldn't have been a scandal.

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            • #756
              Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

              Originally posted by Bakunin View Post
              Correction: it was about blow jobs from fat chicks. If his standards were higher, it wouldn't have been a scandal.
              Best take?
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpSqS4Pgh1I (language NSFW)
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              • #757
                Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                S&P just put out a pretty dire report on the US' ability to overcome the deficit.

                It appears they've been waiting to see what the stimulus/recovery would do...before making this call. US business has nice profits...but that has failed to translate into the middle/bottom half of society as business hasn't really been hiring with those profits. Hence its come to Jesus moment with the stimulus and the deficit.

                Time to see what this baby's made of!
                Go Gophers!

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                • #758
                  Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                  Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
                  S&P just put out a pretty dire report on the US' ability to overcome the deficit.

                  It appears they've been waiting to see what the stimulus/recovery would do...before making this call. US business has nice profits...but that has failed to translate into the middle/bottom half of society as business hasn't really been hiring with those profits. Hence its come to Jesus moment with the stimulus and the deficit.

                  Time to see what this baby's made of!
                  Throw that baby out with the bath water! More tax cuts for the rich! USA! USA!
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                  • #759
                    Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                    Originally posted by bronconick View Post
                    Throw that baby out with the bath water! More tax cuts for the rich! USA! USA!
                    I love this blurb I read today.

                    Still scrambling to file your taxes? You'll probably take little consolation in hearing that the super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades ago. And nearly half of U.S. households pay no income taxes at all.

                    The Internal Revenue Service tracks the tax returns with the 400 highest adjusted gross incomes each year. The average income on those returns in 2007, the latest year for IRS data, was nearly $345 million. Their average federal income tax rate was 17 percent, down from 26 percent in 1992.
                    http://www.startribune.com/nation/120064674.html
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                    • #760
                      Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                      Originally posted by bronconick View Post
                      Throw that baby out with the bath water! More tax cuts for the rich! USA! USA!
                      It will stimulate job growth...just look at GE!!
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                      • #761
                        Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                        Interesting how "Socialism" has become indistinguishable from "Gilded Age Crony Capitalism."

                        But we need to continue to protect the wealthy from taxation. Look at how much they've helped the average American since we started rolling back tax rates...

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                        Hourly wages in the U.S. have not kept pace with inflation in the past 35-40 years. To the degree that U.S. households have been able to maintain higher real household earnings, it is all due to the influx of women into the workforce.

                        Real hourly earnings peaked at $20.30 per hour in January 1973, on the eve of the first oil shock. Over the next 22 years, it plummeted to $16.39. It now stands at $17.94, almost 12% lower than at its peak 35 years ago. In May 2008, hourly earnings growth y-o-y stood at -0.62%.
                        Last edited by Kepler; 04-18-2011, 03:22 PM.
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                        • #762
                          Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                          They would pay people more if you taxed them less...didnt you know that!

                          Just like if you got rid of the tax on gas, the oil companies would lower the price!

                          Simple Math Kepler get with the program
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                          • #763
                            Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                            Originally posted by Handyman View Post
                            Simple Math Kepler get with the program
                            The Economy would be buzzing along right now if you'd just stop stealing from the rich folks.
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                            • #764
                              Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                              Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                              The Economy would be buzzing along right now if you'd just stop stealing from the rich folks.
                              Also, you can't tax them or they might leave or stop working so hard. And nobody will work hard in their place, because it's all due to their superior and irreplaceable abilities.

                              It will be just like in the 50's and 60's when we had high tax rates and there were no talented or entrepreneurial people.
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                              • #765
                                Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker

                                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                                Also, you can't tax them or they might leave or stop working so hard. And nobody will work hard in their place, because it's all due to their superior and irreplaceable abilities.

                                It will be just like in the 50's and 60's when we had high tax rates and their were no talented or entrepreneurial people.
                                Not also. Taxing is stealing.

                                This is interesting.

                                http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...s-graphic.html

                                It's actually quite easy to balance the budget. There are 7,000 ways to do it and I had no problem getting there by returning taxation to Clinton levels and cutting SS, Medicare, and Defense spending logically. Seems like a no brainer to me.
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