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Old 10-13-2011, 08:19 AM
 
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Isn't this where good collective bargaining would come in?

HowTF many minimum wage employees have collective bargaining?
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:20 AM
 
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People need to realize that the current tax code is the real "garbage" here.
sure. i agree, and i think Cain's plan is even worse. By eliminating the capital gains portion of the income tax, Cain's plan takes the current inequities in the personal tax code and makes them even more severe.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:21 AM
 
Location: Greensboro, NC USA
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The mark of the beast/cain and his 666 plan. I guess Romney believes Cain is of the devil since Mormans believe black people are cursed with the mark of cain.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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get rid of the UNEQUAL and DISCRIMINATORY income tax
get rid of the double/triple taxation death tax
get rid of the HIGHEST CORPORATE TAX IN THE WORLD
get rid of the UNEQUAL SS( have people actualy save their own money for retirement)

and go with a simple consumption tax...everyone pays the SAME RATE...TRUE EQUALITY

Americans For Fair Taxation: Americans For Fair Taxation
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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The mark of the beast/cain and his 666 plan. I guess Romney believes Cain is of the devil since Mormans believe black people are cursed with the mark of cain.
You and your Santorum evangelical neo-con types can bite me.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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They *can* afford to pay more, but *will* they pay more?
Supply and demand, how does it work?
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:31 AM
 
Location: East Lansing, MI
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Supply and demand, how does it work?

Please give me some real world examples of trickle-down working.

I'll wait...
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:32 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Please give me some real world examples of trickle-down working.

I'll wait...
give a real world example of trickle up poverty working

bet you cant
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:33 AM
 
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Please give me some real world examples of trickle-down working.

I'll wait...
The company you work for is doing good and you either get a bonus or a raise. See how easy that was?
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Please give me some real world examples of trickle-down working.

I'll wait...
Trickle down is not an economy theory, but supply and demand curves and their intersections are legitimate concepts in either the Austrian school or among members of the Krugman Keynesian Klan.
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