Let's get this straight

[888888]

Over the last 8 years of Bush and 4 years of Obama we couldn't raise taxes (cut spending) to offset some of the debt because it would be bad for the economy. Now we can't raise taxes (cut spending) on the rich as it would be bad for the economy. But we can cut programs where we spend money on those who need help, because it will be good for the economy!

Why don't republicans count the spending ( that is what it is when you cut taxes from being collected) on tax cuts that mainly go to the rich as bad for the country, as it creates a bigger budget deficit?

 

[zzigzzag]

Well, you know, they're the job creators, as they have demonstrated for the past 12 years. If we don't coddle them, we could end up with 8% unemployment, a recession and out of control debt. Wouldn't want that to happen.

 

[Bo-4]

They'll never learn 8s. Not as long as their multi-millionaire overlords own their minds.

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/10/does-taxing-the-wealthy-hurt-growth.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/tax-cuts-for-the-rich_n_1889686.html

 

[Bo-4]

Links fixed. I forgot that you can't copy a link from one post to another (PJ shortens them)

 

[Zoar]

Oh how I detest Right Wingers, let me count the ways!!!!

 

[JuliefromOhio]

talk radio meme:

If we don't give Corporations/wealthy everything they demand, they will punish us.

this is where you hear....if you raise their taxes, they'll just pass it on to the consumer. it's so tiresome, so much malarkey.

 

[Bo-4]

talk radio meme:

If we don't give Corporations/wealthy everything they demand, they will punish us.

this is where you hear....if you raise their taxes, they'll just pass it on to the consumer. it's so tiresome, so much malarkey.

And multi-millionaires will all move to Costa Rica or Panama when we raise their capital gains from 15 to 28%, just like they did under Clinton! ;-)

 

[trapdoor]

So I guess we'll improve the economy by robbing Peter to pay Paul.

 

[888888]

So I guess we'll improve the economy by robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Hey if it works then by all means lets get it done. The wealthy have been robbing the poorer people for ages and you don't seem to mind that trap. Do you see any middle class or poor people making out from the system we have now Trap? Have any of them increased their net worth by 70% over the last 30 years or so? But please explain to us how asking those who use so much that this country has to offer to make so much more than everyone else means that we will have picked on them?

I bet you would want to throw a guy in jail for assault, and ask for damages because he scared your fist up with his face, as you and your buddies beat him to a pulp.

 

[888888]

The right on this site are plain ass stupid as not one of them would be allowed near anyone in the top 10% or their families. They are used like a wet wash rag by the wealthy and then tossed into the hamper until they are needed again to provide them with a following for the greedy hate spewed rightys with money.

The difference is most everyone on the left who is not a part of the top 10% understands it, and accepts the fact that most likely most of us will never get there. Those on the right who are what i call 50% actually think that they all will someday be brought into the fold of that top 10%. They can't quite understand that only 10% can be in the top 10%, and if you aren't none of the chosen ones, your chances are slim if any. They are those kids who grow up standing outside the ballpark waiting for a payer to sign their cap, thinking it makes them something special when they are noticed.

 

[bdtex]

We can't do it because they signed a pledge to a high-powered lobbyist with deep pocket clients.

 

[888888]

Hey if it works then by all means lets get it done. The wealthy have been robbing the poorer people for ages and you don't seem to mind that trap. Do you see any middle class or poor people making out from the system we have now Trap? Have any of them increased their net worth by 70% over the last 30 years or so? But please explain to us how asking those who use so much that this country has to offer to make so much more than everyone else means that we will have picked on them?

I bet you would want to throw a guy in jail for assault, and ask for damages because he scared your fist up with his face, as you and your buddies beat him to a pulp.

Well trap you asked a question and I responded with the answer, but no follow up from you or your band of greedy bastards. The right has done nothing to help the middle class have a better life, except to say we need to protect the wealthy and their way of life. Other wise maybe you could tell us someplace that your side has put anything forward that has made the life of the middle class better, and really a stretch would be to say make the liefs of poor people better.
Come on people tell us what policies or laws that the right have forced us to live with that has helped!