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I suggest you Google it. The debt commission also recommends capping benefits, reducing physician reimbursement 23%, and cutting corporate taxes. Indexing doesn't get to where we need to be.
They also oppose raising taxes on the wealthy, increasing taxes on the bottom of the income range, steps Winter opposes..
The debt commission calls it, expanding the tax base.. I agree, some of these people need to read the same reports they sight
Let's see, Republicans want to give tax cuts to the rich and to oil companies and to pay for that they kill Medicare.
Democrats are saying cut spending some, tax some more, and make small modest changes to entitlements.
I feel comfortable taking that debate to the people in 2012.
By the way, the Dems are saying no such thing. They are not running on the debt commissions plan to "kill Medicare" (your definition).
The debt commission wants to CUT taxes, not increase them.
The reality is Medicare and SS are unsustainable. One side wants to be adult, the other side wants to make political hay. The Dems are not being very courageous.
You can repeat " killing Medicare" as much as you wish it doesn't make it so.
80% of Greeks don't want cuts either.
Greece is the real canary in the coal mine.
It's interesting how little the "will of the people" mean to Republicans all of a sudden. Less than a year ago it meant everything in the world to them, in fact it was the staple of their arguments. Today it doesn't mean a thing.
I wonder if you people ever stop to listen to what you say? Do you?
The reality is Medicare and SS are unsustainable. One side wants to be adult, the other side wants to make political hay. The Dems are not being very courageous.
They are indeed, if we continue to give corporate welfare to our pals and artificially low tax cuts for the upper tier.
[quote=Randomstudent;19298465]You do realize that district's 2008 %margin for McCain was larger then the margin he had in the state of Georgia.
So it tends to be a liberal district..thanks for the info.
In NY you can vote for a candidate who supports increased taxes, big government, gun control, abortion, gay marriage, open borders, hate speech laws, socialized medicine and a teacher's union monopoly or you can vote for the Democrat.
By the way, the Dems are saying no such thing. They are not running on the debt commissions plan to "kill Medicare" (your definition).
The debt commission wants to CUT taxes, not increase them.
The reality is Medicare and SS are unsustainable. One side wants to be adult, the other side wants to make political hay. The Dems are not being very courageous.
Killing Medicare isn't courageous. Killing Medicare is evil.
They also oppose raising taxes on the wealthy, increasing taxes on the bottom of the income range, steps Winter opposes..
The debt commission calls it, expanding the tax base.. I agree, some of these people need to read the same reports they sight
Raising taxes for everybody and cutting spending is the adult thing to do. Unfortunately not many of you would like to hear that or be spoken to like adults. You only want to hear about solutions for the uber wealthy under the guise of your latest fabrication du jour. Usually this involves a story about how welfare mommas have brought this country to their knees along with union members.
It's interesting how little the "will of the people" mean to Republicans all of a sudden. Less than a year ago it meant everything in the world to them, in fact it was the staple of their arguments. Today it doesn't mean a thing.
I wonder if you people ever stop to listen to what you say? Do you?
It's called leadership something that is sorely lacking by the Dems. Leveling with the people about the future of Medicare andSS must be done.
Again, the will of the Greek people is to do nothing, unfortunately they do not have that option. Neither do we.
Killing Medicare isn't courageous. Killing Medicare is evil.
So the debt commission is evil?
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