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Since conservatives are the only ones who can fix our economy, what should the koch brothers... *cough ahem* I mean tea party do to ensure that we don't enter a double dip recession?
Kochs aren't Tea Party. Why bother with a poll when you can't get the facts correct?
Your "poll" did not include the obvious answer, the one that Obama did not like either:
LISTEN to the Simpson Bowles Deficit Reduction Commission and the Gang of Six outline, and act on it in its entirety--including pro-growth tax reform. The despised rich would pay MORE taxes over the next decade, but at lower marginal rates with far fewer deductions.
The question of the day is whether or not Obama is capable of standing up to his base, and going against his own class warfare rhetoric, to get this done. This is the only way to get to where most of America wants to go: prosperity and fiscal sanity. So I guess we will find out if Obama shares those goals, or not. Given the insanity that passes for environmental and labor regulation by the Obamians, it really does appear to be an open question.
The Simpson-Bowles Commission had concrete, fair and implementable ideas that would reduce the deficit. I agree with your assessment 100%. Obama rejected their ideas. I have no doubt he will again with the next bipartisan commission ideas.
There is little hope for reform with this administration. Everyone knows it, from the S&P to those running for the exits in our stock market, except Obama's blind followers. He doesn't have the leadership skills to instill confidence that America will overcome our current crisis, which to me is a president's most important quality.
1. Cut 80% of all military spending
2. Completely privatize Medicare and Medicaid through a transition over the next six years
3. Phase out Social Security completely (those who paid in get benefits, from now on there are no more contributions)
4. Close all tax loopholes, enact a flat 15% sales tax across the board. Eliminate all corporate taxes (other than the aforementioned sales tax)
Has a company you worked for even been owned by a poor person?
A lot of fledgling businesses are owned by poor people. Failing businesses can be owned by poor people. Even people running successful businesses may have been poor when they started the business. Being poor is no excuse not to take charge and start a business.(However government these days makes it a lot more difficult and expensive to start one than used to be the case.) You can do so on a shoe string. You don't have to start out with a boatload of debt.
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