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Interested to know your thoughts on Obama's press conference. What do you guys think will happen, both politically and with the markets?
I'm very proud of the House Republicans for holding to their beliefs and trying to force substantive cuts and save us from bankruptcy. My guess is they shove the cut, cap, and balance down the Dems throats (or try to), and the markets take a hit on Monday (how big, I don't know, depends what happens tomorrow and Sunday).
He is way to divisive. Every
He is way to divisive. Every comment was blaming the Republicans, bringing up closed door discussions, basically shitting on them in every way. You don't work together and build relationships that way. When he had a majority in the House and Senate he treated Republicans like shit and forced legislation down their throat and now that he has to compromise and act like an adult he is failing miserably.
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I'm not proud. I'm
I'm not proud. I'm disgusted. It is pathetic that we have gotten to this point in political rhetoric. Often you have to see through all the bullshit in politics, but this is like trying to see through a pool of bullshit 12ft deep.
Both sides have been needing to drop the bullshit for so long. I think the Dems finally dropped most of it and the GOP is still lingering on.
All these Republican politicians will make you believe that a small tax increase on the upper class will drive our economy down. This isn't correct. 1) Our taxes are lower now than they have been for awhile. Actually during the Clinton boom, our tax rate was higher 2) There isn't any CLEAR evidence that raising taxes on the rich drives GDP or markets down. It is a theory that has yet to be met with any real evidence.
As a moderate republican myself, I'm embarrassed. I think that speech just won Obama the next presidency. If the GOP doesn't come to a deal, Obama wins. Even if GOP comes to a deal now, Obama still wins. People are pissed and Obama looked more pissed than anyone. The American people are going to eat it up, as they should. Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot on this one.
The Republicans won the House
The Republicans won the House because they were anti tax and smaller government. By allowing taxes to increase they would shoot themselves in the foot.
Taxes should go down, not up.
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rothyman wrote: I'm not
I'm not proud. I'm disgusted. It is pathetic that we have gotten to this point in political rhetoric. Often you have to see through all the bullshit in politics, but this is like trying to see through a pool of bullshit 12ft deep.
Both sides have been needing to drop the bullshit for so long. I think the Dems finally dropped most of it and the GOP is still lingering on.
All these Republican politicians will make you believe that a small tax increase on the upper class will drive our economy down. This isn't correct. 1) Our taxes are lower now than they have been for awhile. Actually during the Clinton boom, our tax rate was higher 2) There isn't any CLEAR evidence that raising taxes on the rich drives GDP or markets down. It is a theory that has yet to be met with any real evidence.
As a moderate republican myself, I'm embarrassed. I think that speech just won Obama the next presidency. If the GOP doesn't come to a deal, Obama wins. Even if GOP comes to a deal now, Obama still wins. People are pissed and Obama looked more pissed than anyone. The American people are going to eat it up, as they should. Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot on this one.
If you really look at the data, the Dems haven't offered real spending cuts. Offering ~150B a year in spending cuts a year coupled with 100B a year in revenue increases is not a realistic solution when you're running $1+T deficits. Keep in mind that all these figures tossed around by the media are total numbers, which will be amortized over a long period of time. Also keep in mind that the entitlment spending is only going to go up. Anyone who really understands the numbers can draw no other conclusion than that the Dems are not serious about fixing this. We should cut at least $500B a YEAR, all from spending. That would still only bring us back to $600B or so a year in annual deficits. Amortized over 10 years, that's $5T. Keep in mind that even with this figure, our debt/GDP keeps going up. We should be cutting even more, maybe something like $800B. We need to make drastic cuts just to SMOOTH our way into lower spending/living within our means. Otherwise, one day, we'll wake up and see Treasury rates have skyrocketed, and can't afford to spend even on very basic things, nevermind a $500K quadruple heart bypass for an 80 year old terminally ill cancer patient (like we currently do). Look at how quickly interest rates skyrocketed on Greece, our debt/GDP ratio is already there, if you adjust for all the shenanigans in the reporting of the numbers.
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@alex I don't disagree with
@alex
I don't disagree with you about the need for more cuts. I am 100% in favor of deeper, non bs cuts that aren't just smoke in mirrors. However this isn't the reason the GOP has backed out. They backed out because they will NOT touch taxes. Even if Obama promised the cuts you listed above, the GOP would not vote for any tax increase. In my eyes, the Dems are still compromising more for their constituents than the Republicans are. Like I said before, tax rates for the upper-class are relatively low. It's not like they are relatively high at the moment.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=213
Why would the GOP vote for
Why would the GOP vote for anything that involves tax increases? The rich are simply a policy scapegoat for Obama. Why would you increase taxes during a recession (or at least lack luster recovery)?
Why are the Democrats always the party of more taxes. The government is too big, wastes too much and needs to cut back. The last thing we need is to take more money out of the private market.
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ANT wrote: He is way to
He is way to divisive. Every comment was blaming the Republicans, bringing up closed door discussions, basically shitting on them in every way. You don't work together and build relationships that way. When he had a majority in the House and Senate he treated Republicans like shit and forced legislation down their throat and now that he has to compromise and act like an adult he is failing miserably.
I got the impression that O was a huge pussy when he had the house and senate.
Yeah, he really has been all
Yeah, he really has been all hype. I think Colin Powell would have been a much more appropriate first black president. The guy is a decorated veteran and had the stones and integrity to step down because he disagreed with Bush.
A cereal box could have run against Bush and won. In fact, one did.
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My plan to restore
My plan to restore america:
1. 15% flat tax.
2. pull our troops from 110 countries across the world.
3. let people under 35 opt out of social security and medicare.
4. abolish the fed and restore a constitutional, commodity-backed currency.
5. abolish the TSA, HUD, Education Department, HHS.
6. abolish affirmative action.
7. dismantle all of our torture chambers and secret prisons.
8. no foreign aid to any country.
9. seal the southern border and fund an e-verify mandate.
10. no more executive wars.
boom, america's right as rain again.
ivoteforthatguy wrote: My
My plan to restore america:
1. 15% flat tax.
2. pull our troops from 110 countries across the world.
3. let people under 35 opt out of social security and medicare.
4. abolish the fed and restore a constitutional, commodity-backed currency.
5. abolish the TSA, HUD, Education Department, HHS.
6. abolish affirmative action.
7. dismantle all of our torture chambers and secret prisons.
8. no foreign aid to any country.
9. seal the southern border and fund an e-verify mandate.
10. no more executive wars.
boom, america's right as rain again.
I like everything you said except I'm more for a flat/fair tax mix. Well done my friend!
ANT wrote: Yeah, he really
Yeah, he really has been all hype. I think Colin Powell would have been a much more appropriate first black president. The guy is a decorated veteran and had the stones and integrity to step down because he disagreed with Bush.
A cereal box could have run against Bush and won. In fact, one did.
Colin Powell said he was only in for one term before he was even nominated actually though I do agree with your point.
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ANT wrote: He is way to
He is way to divisive. Every comment was blaming the Republicans, bringing up closed door discussions, basically shitting on them in every way. You don't work together and build relationships that way. When he had a majority in the House and Senate he treated Republicans like shit and forced legislation down their throat and now that he has to compromise and act like an adult he is failing miserably.
Ant, your last sentence is a very good point I hadn't even thought of. Thanks for bringing that up.
I'm not a huge Obama fan by
I'm not a huge Obama fan by any means but in broad strokes, I like the way he's handled the debt ceiling issue, as I think he's approached it as a centrist.
Most reasonable people would agree that spending cuts alone are not a realistic way to get out of the debt crisis; we need a mix of both revenue increases and spending cuts. The compromise package that the White House agreed to was 75% spending cuts and 25% revenue increases - not by raising taxes, but just by closing certain loopholes.
If a party is so ideologically closed that it can't take a 75-25 compromise in its favor, then I think its very dangerous for a democracy.
The R party is too far right and too beholden to the crazies at its base. Even poeple like Colin Powell, David Brooks, have been unable to find a place in the R tent nowadays.
There was a great article
There was a great article today either on BBG or in the journal, don't remember which, but it brought up a really good point. Obama is starting to look childish. He's too forward. I haven't seen this conference everyone was talking about late in the day, but before that the general sentiment was that every time he appeared in front of the camera, he hurt his poll numbers.
My personal belief is that the Gang of Six proposal is the only real, substantive idea going forward. Serious Dems, Serious Republicans sitting together to thrash out what needs to get done. Ironically enough, it essentially mirrors the Bowles-Simpson plan from last year; sad that that kinda got discarded, pushed off to the side with a "Hey thanks, great work, but no thanks."
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txjustin
My plan to restore america:
1. 15% flat tax.
2. pull our troops from 110 countries across the world.
3. let people under 35 opt out of social security and medicare.
4. abolish the fed and restore a constitutional, commodity-backed currency.
5. abolish the TSA, HUD, Education Department, HHS.
6. abolish affirmative action.
7. dismantle all of our torture chambers and secret prisons.
8. no foreign aid to any country.
9. seal the southern border and fund an e-verify mandate.
10. no more executive wars.
boom, america's right as rain again.
I like everything you said except I'm more for a flat/fair tax mix. Well done my friend!
Love it. Although the "no foreign aid" would destroy countries like Saudi Arabia/our other "allies" in OPEC.
As for the tax thing...
"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."- Calvin Coolidge
In 2001 Russia adopted a 13% flat tax. Russia’s economy has expanded by about 10 percent by 2005. That may not be spectacular, but it’s better than the United States, and it’s very impressive compared to the anemic growth rates we see elsewhere in Europe.
I am still the most favorable to the Fair Tax. I repeat myself on so many threads its becoming ridiculous.
Reality hits you hard, bro...
At the end of the day this
At the end of the day this has all been about politics and its disgusting and embarrassing. The world is watching and america looks petty and childish - not bravo of the world leader.
Whether the republicans like it or not we are in this position and it has nothing to do with obama. If anything bush is the one the squandered the clinton surplus and the republican polices have put us in this position. Although that too is irrelevant - because we are hear regardless of the reason.
Taxes need to go up. Spending needs to go down. Period.
Personally, if I was obama, I'd just use the 14th amendment and call it a day.
This is the worst case every of cut your nose to spit your face.
Why do taxes need to
Why do taxes need to increase? The deficit is huge because of an ever growing government, wars and entitlement programs. End the wars, cut spending and shrink the government. Done.
I see zero reason to give the morons in Washington one more red cent.
What I do support is cutting tax credits. The government has ZERO business encouraging or discouraging home ownership, marriage, children, etc.
Cut mortgage interest deductions, cut bullshit child credits, etc. I am so sick of the government trying to influence behavior.
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I also think our government
I also think our government is just as retarded as the rest of the world.
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ANT wrote: The Republicans
The Republicans won the House because they were anti tax and smaller government. By allowing taxes to increase they would shoot themselves in the foot.
Taxes should go down, not up.
Repubs won the house because of this thing called unemployment...conjecture, but if the stimulus worked - and it could've if it were implemented correctly - and unemployment was lower highly doubt they would've won the house.
The problem with comments
The problem with comments like end the war end entitlement programs etc. is that its far more complicated than that.
Its unintelligible to offer such solutions...as if they were that easy to solve. There are an unlimited amount of unintended consequences for major sweeping changes and all need to be considered.
This isn't black and white, and its easy for people to sit on the sidelines and postulate about totally improbably and unrealistic solutions.
* I would consider eliminating tax loop holes/credits/cuts to be tax increases.
Also, just because there is
Also, just because there is still unemployment doesn't mean the stimulus didn't work. We could be in a much worse situation without it.
Stimulus was shit. Cutting
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
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restructure-this wrote: ANT
The Republicans won the House because they were anti tax and smaller government. By allowing taxes to increase they would shoot themselves in the foot.
Taxes should go down, not up.
Repubs won the house because of this thing called unemployment...conjecture, but if the stimulus worked - and it could've if it were implemented correctly - and unemployment was lower highly doubt they would've won the house.
Republicans won the House for many reasons, unemployment being just one of them. Obama was a drunken mistake and the Republicans winning the House was the wake up from the night before. Hope and Change can get you elected, but they don't mean shit when it comes to actually doing anything.
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I think the issue comes from
I think the issue comes from the fact that the austerity measures need to be shared equally among the population. The government needs to cut back, the poor and middle class need to stop relying on entitlement programmes as much, and the rich need to pay their fair share in taxes. The republicans are constantly saying a big "**** you" to 95% of the country when they want to cut medicare, medicaid, and SS and then refuse to consider any kind of tax increases (or to even close loopholes). Who is this party serving? Seriously? I honestly think they have tricked their base into thinking they are somehow working in their best interest when in reality almost everything they do is counter to it.
ANT wrote: Stimulus was shit.
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
The Republican base is fundamentalist christians. The tea party is an ignorant mass of misinformed white people who call for lower taxes and to get the socialist out of the white house. The same socialist who has lowered taxes to their lowest levels in a century, far below what any Republican president ever has.
+1 awm55 This isn't your
+1 awm55
This isn't your fathers republican party. Its one that has been dominated by single issue voters and christian extremists...abortion and gay marriage ring a bell?
Long gone are the days of intellectualism, small government and fiscal responsibility. Instead its a lot of christian conservatives trying to impose their religious beliefs. Palin, Bachman, Huckabee...its mind blowing that they aren't just relevant but titans of their base. I wouldn't be surprised if Romney get torn apart eventually for being a Mormon.
Small government so long as it doesn't go against my religious views...because if thats the case bring on regulations and tell people how the can and can not live their lives.
The republican party is the party of hypocrites. Whether or not the democrats are ideologically right at least the stick to their principles.
ke18sb wrote: +1 awm55 This
+1 awm55
This isn't your fathers republican party. Its one that has been dominated by single issue voters and christian extremists...abortion and gay marriage ring a bell?
Long gone are the days of intellectualism, small government and fiscal responsibility. Instead its a lot of christian conservatives trying to impose their religious beliefs. Palin, Bachman, Huckabee...its mind blowing that they aren't just relevant but titans of their base. I wouldn't be surprised if Romney get torn apart eventually for being a Mormon.
Small government so long as it doesn't go against my religious views...because if thats the case bring on regulations and tell people how the can and can not live their lives.
The republican party is the party of hypocrites. Whether or not the democrats are ideologically right at least the stick to their principles.
We need someone like Bloomberg. Moderate Republican who does not pander to their nauseating base. Would vote for him in a heart beat. The fact that Michelle Bachmann is currently second for the Republican Presidential Nomination is absolutely terrifing. The rest of the world is laughing at us.
Agreed, the worst is when
Agreed, the worst is when moderate republicans, mccain, a little romney gualiani, etc. give up their moderate views to gain support and pander to the overall base.
We need a moderate republican with some serious balls that is willing to stick to his principles and bring the party to him instead of sacrificing his beliefs and following the mob.
ke18sb wrote: Agreed, the
Agreed, the worst is when moderate republicans, mccain, a little romney gualiani, etc. give up their moderate views to gain support and pander to the overall base.
We need a moderate republican with some serious balls that is willing to stick to his principles and bring the party to him instead of sacrificing his beliefs and following the mob.
They ALL do it. The party has had a cosmic shift to the right in the past 15 years, as has much of the US political spectrum (which isn't a bad thing). The issue is that the Republican party by international standards wouldn't even be taken seriously, they would be a fringe party that maybe got a few percent of the vote every election season. They had to put Palin up there with McCain because he did not appeal enough to the hard right Christian demographic. Knowing what we know now about her could you imagine if this woman was put into a position that potentially made her the most powerful person in the world? I was finally turned off to them for the forseable future when they launched the most vile, anti-intellectual, lie-filled smear campaigns in memory against Obama. I am not an enormous fan of Obama, but he is trying to genuinely fix some aspects of the US that need to be (though he had horrific timing). Also, their fundamentalist base scares the hell out of me.
awm55 wrote: ANT
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
The Republican base is fundamentalist christians. The tea party is an ignorant mass of misinformed white people who call for lower taxes and to get the socialist out of the white house. The same socialist who has lowered taxes to their lowest levels in a century, far below what any Republican president ever has.
You seem to be the one who is misinformed. Based on how you describe the Tea Party you couldnt be more wrong. Please stick your head back in the sand now.
awm55 wrote: ke18sb
Agreed, the worst is when moderate republicans, mccain, a little romney gualiani, etc. give up their moderate views to gain support and pander to the overall base.
We need a moderate republican with some serious balls that is willing to stick to his principles and bring the party to him instead of sacrificing his beliefs and following the mob.
They ALL do it. The party has had a cosmic shift to the right in the past 15 years, as has much of the US political spectrum (which isn't a bad thing). The issue is that the Republican party by international standards wouldn't even be taken seriously, they would be a fringe party that maybe got a few percent of the vote every election season. They had to put Palin up there with McCain because he did not appeal enough to the hard right Christian demographic. Knowing what we know now about her could you imagine if this woman was put into a position that potentially made her the most powerful person in the world? I was finally turned off to them for the forseable future when they launched the most vile, anti-intellectual, lie-filled smear campaigns in memory against Obama. I am not an enormous fan of Obama, but he is trying to genuinely fix some aspects of the US that need to be (though he had horrific timing). Also, their fundamentalist base scares the hell out of me.
Pass what you're smoking please. Obama doesn't want to fix shit, he wants his voter base to expand.
txjustin wrote: awm55
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
The Republican base is fundamentalist christians. The tea party is an ignorant mass of misinformed white people who call for lower taxes and to get the socialist out of the white house. The same socialist who has lowered taxes to their lowest levels in a century, far below what any Republican president ever has.
You seem to be the one who is misinformed. Based on how you describe the Tea Party you couldnt be more wrong. Please stick your head back in the sand now.
Please tell me then what they stand for, I genuinely want to know. They are very fiscally conservative but would they be for cuts to SS, Medicare, and Medicaid? Judging by the age of most of them I doubt it.
txjustin wrote: awm55
Agreed, the worst is when moderate republicans, mccain, a little romney gualiani, etc. give up their moderate views to gain support and pander to the overall base.
We need a moderate republican with some serious balls that is willing to stick to his principles and bring the party to him instead of sacrificing his beliefs and following the mob.
They ALL do it. The party has had a cosmic shift to the right in the past 15 years, as has much of the US political spectrum (which isn't a bad thing). The issue is that the Republican party by international standards wouldn't even be taken seriously, they would be a fringe party that maybe got a few percent of the vote every election season. They had to put Palin up there with McCain because he did not appeal enough to the hard right Christian demographic. Knowing what we know now about her could you imagine if this woman was put into a position that potentially made her the most powerful person in the world? I was finally turned off to them for the forseable future when they launched the most vile, anti-intellectual, lie-filled smear campaigns in memory against Obama. I am not an enormous fan of Obama, but he is trying to genuinely fix some aspects of the US that need to be (though he had horrific timing). Also, their fundamentalist base scares the hell out of me.
Pass what you're smoking please. Obama doesn't want to fix shit, he wants his voter base to expand.
Can you elaborate please?
awm55 wrote: txjustin
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
The Republican base is fundamentalist christians. The tea party is an ignorant mass of misinformed white people who call for lower taxes and to get the socialist out of the white house. The same socialist who has lowered taxes to their lowest levels in a century, far below what any Republican president ever has.
You seem to be the one who is misinformed. Based on how you describe the Tea Party you couldnt be more wrong. Please stick your head back in the sand now.
Please tell me then what they stand for, I genuinely want to know. They are very fiscally conservative but would they be for cuts to SS, Medicare, and Medicaid? Judging by the age of most of them I doubt it.
The base believe in small government and minimal government intervention. If they don't believe in cuts in entitlements programs, then they're hypocrites and are no different than RINO's.
awm55 wrote: txjustin
Agreed, the worst is when moderate republicans, mccain, a little romney gualiani, etc. give up their moderate views to gain support and pander to the overall base.
We need a moderate republican with some serious balls that is willing to stick to his principles and bring the party to him instead of sacrificing his beliefs and following the mob.
They ALL do it. The party has had a cosmic shift to the right in the past 15 years, as has much of the US political spectrum (which isn't a bad thing). The issue is that the Republican party by international standards wouldn't even be taken seriously, they would be a fringe party that maybe got a few percent of the vote every election season. They had to put Palin up there with McCain because he did not appeal enough to the hard right Christian demographic. Knowing what we know now about her could you imagine if this woman was put into a position that potentially made her the most powerful person in the world? I was finally turned off to them for the forseable future when they launched the most vile, anti-intellectual, lie-filled smear campaigns in memory against Obama. I am not an enormous fan of Obama, but he is trying to genuinely fix some aspects of the US that need to be (though he had horrific timing). Also, their fundamentalist base scares the hell out of me.
Pass what you're smoking please. Obama doesn't want to fix shit, he wants his voter base to expand.
Can you elaborate please?
Obama has had several chances to cut spending. Now that it is the 11th hour he is forced to. The only reason he is trying to act in a bipartisan manner is because he has to. When the Dems had the Sen, House and Presidency he shoved everythign down the GOP's throats.
txjustin wrote: awm55
Agreed, the worst is when moderate republicans, mccain, a little romney gualiani, etc. give up their moderate views to gain support and pander to the overall base.
We need a moderate republican with some serious balls that is willing to stick to his principles and bring the party to him instead of sacrificing his beliefs and following the mob.
They ALL do it. The party has had a cosmic shift to the right in the past 15 years, as has much of the US political spectrum (which isn't a bad thing). The issue is that the Republican party by international standards wouldn't even be taken seriously, they would be a fringe party that maybe got a few percent of the vote every election season. They had to put Palin up there with McCain because he did not appeal enough to the hard right Christian demographic. Knowing what we know now about her could you imagine if this woman was put into a position that potentially made her the most powerful person in the world? I was finally turned off to them for the forseable future when they launched the most vile, anti-intellectual, lie-filled smear campaigns in memory against Obama. I am not an enormous fan of Obama, but he is trying to genuinely fix some aspects of the US that need to be (though he had horrific timing). Also, their fundamentalist base scares the hell out of me.
Pass what you're smoking please. Obama doesn't want to fix shit, he wants his voter base to expand.
Can you elaborate please?
Obama has had several chances to cut spending. Now that it is the 11th hour he is forced to. The only reason he is trying to act in a bipartisan manner is because he has to. When the Dems had the Sen, House and Presidency he shoved everythign down the GOP's throats.
Cuts are needed, I wouldn't deny that. Obama was asking a 75% cut 25% tax rise deal, that is more than fair. The GOP is coming off looking childish and stubborn when they categorically refuse to raise taxes on the wealthy or even to cut loopholes. That is stunning considering the number of concessions Obama has made. How do you think this makes them look?
txjustin wrote: awm55
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
The Republican base is fundamentalist christians. The tea party is an ignorant mass of misinformed white people who call for lower taxes and to get the socialist out of the white house. The same socialist who has lowered taxes to their lowest levels in a century, far below what any Republican president ever has.
You seem to be the one who is misinformed. Based on how you describe the Tea Party you couldnt be more wrong. Please stick your head back in the sand now.
Please tell me then what they stand for, I genuinely want to know. They are very fiscally conservative but would they be for cuts to SS, Medicare, and Medicaid? Judging by the age of most of them I doubt it.
The base believe in small government and minimal government intervention. If they don't believe in cuts in entitlements programs, then they're hypocrites and are no different than RINO's.
I think you might not be aware of the views many of these tea partiers have. They are the ones protesting against the government healthcare option while at the same time wanting the government to keep their hands off their Medicare. They are the ones protesting the fact that Obama is a Socialist who wants to redistribute wealth when tax rates are in reality at historic lows. They honestly come across as hypocritical and undereducated, whether they are is up for debate.
ANT wrote: Stimulus was shit.
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
With all do respect ANT, without the stimulus our economy would be in the gutter right now. Everyone whines about how the stimulus did nothing, but few realize just how badly we needed it.
Cutting entitlements ISN'T just as easy as increasing taxes. When you cut entitlements, people effectively die & suffer. There should be a long term plan to cut entitlements, but massive cuts in entitlements right away is not so easy for those who live off them. As lucky the lucky individuals we are, we are ignorant to this fact.
Raising taxes on the rich (short-mid term) may not be the best solution, but it is far better than letting Americans starve. It's pathetic that people can't take a hit on an already LOW tax rate to save our economy. In effect, they'd rather see people starve.
I'm not one for large government or lots of taxes, but why can't people grasp the problem in the short-term. We need more $$ coming in, less $$ going out. Cut some entitlements, raise some taxes. What is the goddamn problem???? The time to make major cuts in entitlements is when we are in the position in which we can do so without letting people suffer. Not now..
The liberal insanity on this
The liberal insanity on this thread is hilarious. If I wasn't typing this on a BB I'd take you to task on this idocy.
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rothyman wrote: ANT
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
With all do respect ANT, without the stimulus our economy would be in the gutter right now. Everyone whines about how the stimulus did nothing, but few realize just how badly we needed it.
Cutting entitlements ISN'T just as easy as increasing taxes. When you cut entitlements, people effectively die & suffer. There should be a long term plan to cut entitlements, but massive cuts in entitlements right away is not so easy for those who live off them. As lucky the lucky individuals we are, we are ignorant to this fact.
Raising taxes on the rich (short-mid term) may not be the best solution, but it is far better than letting Americans starve. It's pathetic that people can't take a hit on an already LOW tax rate to save our economy. In effect, they'd rather see people starve.
I'm not one for large government or lots of taxes, but why can't people grasp the problem in the short-term. We need more $$ coming in, less $$ going out. Cut some entitlements, raise some taxes. What is the goddamn problem???? The time to make major cuts in entitlements is when we are in the position in which we can do so without letting people suffer. Not now..
I agree, we need more coming in. YOu just don't realize we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Also, don't give me that liberal bullshit about people starving and shit. Fuckem. I grew up and did my shit on my own. This is America motherfucker, if you can't survive in this country, you'd be dead in a few minutes anywhere else. No sympathy here.
awm55 wrote: txjustin
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
The Republican base is fundamentalist christians. The tea party is an ignorant mass of misinformed white people who call for lower taxes and to get the socialist out of the white house. The same socialist who has lowered taxes to their lowest levels in a century, far below what any Republican president ever has.
You seem to be the one who is misinformed. Based on how you describe the Tea Party you couldnt be more wrong. Please stick your head back in the sand now.
Please tell me then what they stand for, I genuinely want to know. They are very fiscally conservative but would they be for cuts to SS, Medicare, and Medicaid? Judging by the age of most of them I doubt it.
The base believe in small government and minimal government intervention. If they don't believe in cuts in entitlements programs, then they're hypocrites and are no different than RINO's.
I think you might not be aware of the views many of these tea partiers have. They are the ones protesting against the government healthcare option while at the same time wanting the government to keep their hands off their Medicare. They are the ones protesting the fact that Obama is a Socialist who wants to redistribute wealth when tax rates are in reality at historic lows. They honestly come across as hypocritical and undereducated, whether they are is up for debate.
I really think you are describing the outliers. I can't say for fact, I am not affiliated with the Tea Party. I do know their core beliefs though as I'm a huge Ron Paul supporter.
txjustin wrote: rothyman
Stimulus was shit. Cutting entitlements is just as easy as increasing taxes. Half this country pays ZERO in Federal taxes and that is utter bullshit.
Republicans should shit can any deal that raises taxes. The only thing I would be cool with is ending tax credits.
Glad to see the Republicans listening to their base. Democrats are being shown for exactly what they are, the party of theft from hard working people.
With all do respect ANT, without the stimulus our economy would be in the gutter right now. Everyone whines about how the stimulus did nothing, but few realize just how badly we needed it.
Cutting entitlements ISN'T just as easy as increasing taxes. When you cut entitlements, people effectively die & suffer. There should be a long term plan to cut entitlements, but massive cuts in entitlements right away is not so easy for those who live off them. As lucky the lucky individuals we are, we are ignorant to this fact.
Raising taxes on the rich (short-mid term) may not be the best solution, but it is far better than letting Americans starve. It's pathetic that people can't take a hit on an already LOW tax rate to save our economy. In effect, they'd rather see people starve.
I'm not one for large government or lots of taxes, but why can't people grasp the problem in the short-term. We need more $$ coming in, less $$ going out. Cut some entitlements, raise some taxes. What is the goddamn problem???? The time to make major cuts in entitlements is when we are in the position in which we can do so without letting people suffer. Not now..
I agree, we need more coming in. YOu just don't realize we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Also, don't give me that liberal bullshit about people starving and shit. Fuckem. I grew up and did my shit on my own. This is America motherfucker, if you can't survive in this country, you'd be dead in a few minutes anywhere else. No sympathy here.
I used to do charity work in Camden New Jersey, you would find comparable living conditions in a war torn country and I am being very serious.
You honestly can't compare
You honestly can't compare America with the rest of the world and the quality of living. They put themselves in those living conditions. There is no better place in the world for opportunities. The government has enabled them to live like that and continues to allow it. Enough is enough.
Half this country pay
Half this country pay nothing. I think the issue is we have 150MM free riders.
The poor in Camden are kings in Somalia. Our poor are pretty well off.
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txjustin wrote: You honestly
You honestly can't compare America with the rest of the world and the quality of living. They put themselves in those living conditions. There is no better place in the world for opportunities. The government has enabled them to live like that and continues to allow it. Enough is enough.
Wow my man, you obviously haven't ventured out to any areas of the country that are slums and have been slums. These people are born into this, it's not totally in their control to shape their destiny. Just because you grew up in a middle-class (or even lower middle class family) and made your own life doesn't make you the end all be all on people in poverty. Congrats bro, A LOT of us grew up in families who weren't well to do and made it.
You really show your ignorance when you say 'fuckem letem die' and honestly tells me you probably haven't seen a lot of the shit that I have seen being around the country/the world. Once you start leaving your own people out on the street, there is no turning back. It's what separates our country from the others. Believe it or not I'm not a liberal, I'm a moderate conservative, but when it comes to leaving people out on the street over a cloud of shit-fulled politics, that is unforgivable.
It's like taking Oxycontin away from a opiate addict; the government has been giving these entitlements for so long that people rely on them. Shit, yes it is bad. We need to end the entitlements, I am all for that. But it needs to be done gradually. These politicians throw around the idea of defaulting on our debts like they're trading baseball cards.
what are the arguments
what are the arguments against raising taxes when the United States is 15 trillion in debt?
blastoise wrote: what are the
what are the arguments against raising taxes when the United States is 15 trillion in debt?
My reasoning is pretty simple:
Whatever we give the government is going to be completely shitted down the drain. Does anyone who advocates more taxes actually believe that ANY of this money will be used to pay down the debt and not just thrown at more pet projects to get these guys reelected? Or maybe another Nancy Pelosi $150K open bar happy hour on her taxpayer owned private jet?
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People are born into poverty
People are born into poverty all over the world. People are born poor and come to the US and do very well. US poor have free education K-12, plenty of assistance programs, charities, etc. Not saying it is easy, but it is entirely possible.
The real thing that screws poor kids is bad parenting and that is something that cannot be controlled.
Tax increases cannot solve this problem. Only half the country shoulder the burden. We spend too damn much. What we need to do is cut tax credits. Why should people be rewarded for having kids? Why should people deduct mortgage interest?
Government needs to get out of the business of trying to reward social behavior.
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there's a basic level of
there's a basic level of decency that we should guarantee one another. I agree that the welfare system is as we have it is poorly developed, but that doesn't mean that the alternative is no support at all for people who need it.
Nobama88 wrote: blastoise
what are the arguments against raising taxes when the United States is 15 trillion in debt?
My reasoning is pretty simple:
Whatever we give the government is going to be completely shitted down the drain. Does anyone who advocates more taxes actually believe that ANY of this money will be used to pay down the debt and not just thrown at more pet projects to get these guys reelected? Or maybe another Nancy Pelosi $150K open bar happy hour on her taxpayer owned private jet?
This is what I am talking about, the utter lies that you guys are spoon fed. I know the Dems are guilty of it as well but I swear the republican party has absolutely no shame. The shit you guys come up with is like reading a bad tabloid.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/sep/21/michele-b...
If you go on Politifact and skim through it without fail most of the completely batshit crazy made up slander is said by Republican's.