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Yeah, they're serious about fiscal austerity as long as the poor and middle-class pay for it.
"While progressive governors have proposed raisingrevenue from those who can afford it, alongside painful cuts to programs, Republican governors have unveiled budgets that cut taxes for corporations and raise them on the middle-class and working poor."
Yeah, they're serious about fiscal austerity as long as the poor and middle-class pay for it.
"While progressive governors have proposed raisingrevenue from those who can afford it, alongside painful cuts to programs, Republican governors have unveiled budgets that cut taxes for corporations and raise them on the middle-class and working poor."
Yeah, they're serious about fiscal austerity as long as the poor and middle-class pay for it.
"While progressive governors have proposed raisingrevenue from those who can afford it, alongside painful cuts to programs, Republican governors have unveiled budgets that cut taxes for corporations and raise them on the middle-class and working poor."
Where do you think jobs come from?
Helping businesses is good.
Sure helping business is great. I am a small business owner myself. Strong small business is probably the strongest driver behind stable local economies.
However, it's not this simple. Choices have to be made , and my inclination would be to help the struggling middle class before helping business. The middle class is being squeezed simultaneously by rising commodities prices, rising oil prices, a budget crisis that's (realistically) going to result in both loss of services and higher taxes.
Instead of continuing to squeeze the middle class, I'd like to see the loopholes removed that allow corporations to skip out on paying their fare share of taxes. Realistically, I'd also like to see taxes raised a bit on those making $250K a year an up.
If you're in the middle class, you really should think about supporting what I say above instead of mindlessly supporting a pro-business mantra that benefits the wealthy investment class at the expense of yourself.
None of those look like actually taxing the lower and middle class, they are simply removing wasteful spending.
Didn't read the article?
Michigan: Snyder also wants to raise personal taxes by 30 percent — an increase that will fall disproportionately on Michigan’s lowest income residents.
MAINE: Despite calling for “shared sacrifice” Tea Party Gov. Paul LePage’s (R) budget would cut income taxes for Maine’s wealthiest one percent, while actually raising property taxes for the state’s middle class.
Of course there are more, and of course one person's "wasteful spending" is another person's lifeline (mental health care, nursing home care...)
But, I guess it's okay if the mentally ill are again walking the streets (the ultimate ode to Reagan) as long as the corporations don't have to pay their fair share.
Looks like nothing more than cutting spending that the state couldn't afford to begin with.
Apparently, in a state like WI, spending cuts mean spending increase in wealthier districts, appropriately called wealthfare. Nevermind the republican/conservative idea of going for reducing income as a fix to address debt and deficit issues.
Yeah, they're serious about fiscal austerity as long as the poor and middle-class pay for it.
"While progressive governors have proposed raisingrevenue from those who can afford it, alongside painful cuts to programs, Republican governors have unveiled budgets that cut taxes for corporations and raise them on the middle-class and working poor."
Of course, I'm not surprised in the least, but, then, I would have known better than to vote for any of these toadies.
They are not the only ones giving breaks now to draw businesses intot ehre states. Mnay delcratic governors have proposed just the same thing;their probelm is that mnay have democratic legislatures who are bulking same as they are about cuts to budgets. In the end its like demcorats contrlled both the senate ;cogress and the white house and yet failed to pass a busget last years. That is because the lactions of their special nterest are all at war for increased funding as always.
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