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I ask this as a registered independent who leans to the right. It appears the GOP leadership was asleep during macroeconomic class. In order to close deficits you need a growing economy, an increase in taxes and a decrease in spending. Why is the GOP only focused on one aspect? Why are they so adamant about the wealthy not paying taxes that existed prior to Bush takin office? Will they really throw this country into chaos for ideology? Also where do Cantor's interests really lie with America or Israel? Inquiring minds want to know.
I ask this as a registered independent who leans to the right. It appears the GOP leadership was asleep during macroeconomic class. In order to close deficits you need a growing economy, an increase in taxes and a decrease in spending. Why is the GOP only focused on one aspect? Why are they so adamant about the wealthy not paying taxes that existed prior to Bush takin office? Will they really throw this country into chaos for ideology? Also where do Cantor's interests really lie with America or Israel? Inquiring minds want to know.
Yikes, I think you missed the logic class entirely. Who suggests we do away with taxes?
It's quite obvious the republicans have only one agenda on their mind and that is to lead us into a complete military industrialized fascist reign. Keep spending like maniacs on the rich, the mega-corporations and the military, while attempting to pay for it by slashing essential plans like medicare, medicaid, social security, etc.. Though it will never even come close to balancing the budget (which they have just proven loud and clear they could care less about anyway). We would keep borrowing from communist China to pay for their outrageous spending, leading us into a fall of liberty and into some kind of 3rd world status of only the mega-wealthy, and the very poor.
[quote=EdwardA;19999235]I ask this as a registered independent who leans to the right. It appears the GOP leadership was asleep during macroeconomic class. In order to close deficits you need a growing economy, an increase in taxes and a decrease in spending. Why is the GOP only focused on one aspect? Why are they so adamant about the wealthy not paying taxes that existed prior to Bush takin office? Will they really throw this country into chaos for ideology? Also where do Cantor's interests really lie with America or Israel? Inquiring minds want to know.[/qu
We can adjust revenues by expanding the tax code. In principal many could pay a litlte more if they thought 100% would go toward the deficit. However, there is no track record of anyone in DC doing that. If I pay close to an effective tax rate of close to 50% considering the other taxes I pay, why would would I choose to go up at all - especially with the grose incompetence we have in DC? What abot the 40% plus of those who in essence pay no income tax and recieve many services...that is where I take issue...
No, I would rather say we live within our means, cut programs and then slowly ease into additional revenues to pay down the debt..
If we change the Obama extended tax rates, we should do that for all..not just for high earners...
It's quite obvious the republicans have only one agenda on their mind and that is to lead us into a complete military industrialized fascist reign. Keep spending like maniacs on the rich, the mega-corporations and the military, while attempting to pay for it by slashing essential plans like medicare, medicaid, social security, etc.. Though it will never even come close to balancing the budget (which they have just proven loud and clear they could care less about anyway). We would keep borrowing from communist China to pay for their outrageous spending, leading us into a fall of liberty and into some kind of 3rd world status of only the mega-wealthy, and the very poor.
Sounds like an opinion from someone on the extreme. We differ on what is an essential program...if someone wants a program let them pay for it..not ask others to pay for it.
I ask this as a registered independent who leans to the right. It appears the GOP leadership was asleep during macroeconomic class. In order to close deficits you need a growing economy, an increase in taxes and a decrease in spending. Why is the GOP only focused on one aspect? Why are they so adamant about the wealthy not paying taxes that existed prior to Bush takin office? Will they really throw this country into chaos for ideology? Also where do Cantor's interests really lie with America or Israel? Inquiring minds want to know.
actually i think you are the one that was asleep during the economics classes. what the republicans want to do is grow the economy. you do that by keeping taxes low, especially on the job creators, and you cut unnecessary regulations. this will allow the economy to grow, and increase the tax base, which increases tax revenues. raising taxes slows the economy which reduces the tax base.
Also where do Cantor's interests really lie with America or Israel?
Will since your thread is related to US Military expenses, I'll answer in relation to it. Israel gets no funds from the Military budget. All of Israels military funding comes from the USAID budget. Of which 75% of that so called aid MUST be spent with Military related contractors. This translates to $2.25 Billion being funneled back into the US economy into US manufacturing and into US jobs.
Now as to Cantor, he comes from an affluent part of Richmond in VA. The county he lives has not raised personal property taxes in three years and has to deal with Fed and State cuts like everyone else. They reworked the budget to deal with past expenses from before the bubble burst. So it is possible to do things without raising taxes.
How does the GOP suggest we pay for our military complex without taxes?.
Get rid of Obama. If he quit invading countries and expanding conflicts and stop with the drone attacks everywhere you could pay for your military complex.
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