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Great, so standard of living now has to be defined as disposable income even if that person has to work 120 hours a week for that income and pay half of his income for health care...No one can object to the absurd claim that this person has a high standard of living... gotcha.
Stop with the absurd hyperbole and actually read the research, Mike.
Simple. Based on most polls showing a democratic majority in 2018. Show me where you wishful thinking says this law lasts more than one year? You can't.
" Based on most polls"
Oh PLEASE!
You base your thinking on polls that have PROVEN over and over to NOT be right.
Are you aware that MOST big name polls survey MORE dems and ind then repubs?
It is no wonder the "results" always favor the dems.
Apparently not or the House would not have voted to approve the law. Those Representatives speak for their voters.
Apparently those 250 reps speak for someone else than the American people. Maybe they speak for the corporations and the ultra rick, which are the real winners in thing thing.
Safe to say that was what Ben Franklin was referring to here:
Quote:
Q:"Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
A: “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
When the 535 members of the US Congress represent the special interests of 1% of US?
As to the latter, which also applies to everything else, economists know WHY the US is dysfunctional:
Quote:
[Economist Anatole] "Kaletsky argues that over-reliance on progressives taxes creates "a perverse incentive for governments to promote income inequality. If the solvency of the state and the ability to fund basic services for the poorest people in society depends on the rich getting even richer, it is tempting for even the most progressive politicians to support widening inequalities."
That's what's inherently wrong with a progressive tax system such as we have here in the US; it distorts and exacerbates income/wealth inequality by necessity in order to maximize tax revenue. The Europeans and Scandinavians have figured that out, and therefore rely most heavily on regressive taxes such as VAT and MUCH flatter income tax brackets.
You base your thinking on polls that have PROVEN over and over to NOT be right.
Are you aware that MOST big name polls survey MORE dems and ind then repubs?
It is no wonder the "results" always favor the dems.
What is your opinion based on? Let me guess, you talked to your neighbor and brother-in-law, and they told you how most Americans feel.....yes?
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