Posted on 12/14/2010 7:14:14 AM PST by jackspyder
Could a national sales tax help fix the deficit and gain enough political support to break the stalemate in the nation's capital? Yahoo! reader Brad Sylvester believes it could.
Following a contentious midterm election, some 81 percent of respondents to a recent ABC News/Yahoo! News poll said they expect partisan warfare and inaction to continue over the next two years.
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There are plenty of ideas on how to return the government to fiscal responsibility. ...
Many Republicans refuse to consider any tax hikes at all. And many liberal Democrats — who, ironically, may have even more power in the party now that many of their more moderate colleagues have lost their seats — can't stomach the thought of cutting back government services or programs...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
KEEP YOUR FILTHY HANDS OUT OF MY WALLET UNTIL THIS CRAP STOPS!
http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2010/oinkers.html
The Dunder-head Mifflin Award
to Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Representative Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) for $200,000 for design and construction of a small business incubator and multipurpose center in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The Thad the Impaler Award
to Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) for $490 million in pork.
The Hal Bent on Earmarking Award
to Representative Harold “Hal” Rogers (R-Ky.) for $10 million for the National Institute for Hometown Security.
The Little Engine That Couldn’t Award
for $465 million for the Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine.
The Narcissist Award
to Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) for $7,287,000 to continue the Harkin Grant program and to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) for $7,000,000 for the Robert C. Byrd Institute of Advanced Flexible Manufacturing Systems.
The Steak Through the Heart of Taxpayers Award
to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Representative Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas) for $693,000 for beef improvement research.
The Sapping the Taxpayers Award
for $4.8 million for wood utilization research in 11 states requested by 13 senators and 10 representatives.
The Jekyll and Hyde Award
to Representative Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) for his ever-changing stance on earmarks; first signing a no-earmark pledge, then receiving $21 million in earmarks, then supporting the Republican earmark moratorium.
The Kick in the Asp Award
to Delegate Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) for $500,000 for Brown Tree Snakes control and interdiction in Guam.
The Plane Waste Award
to Senators Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) for $3,500,000 for the National Institute for Aviation Research.
The Do You Want Fries with That Award
for $2,573,000 in potato research in four states requested by five senators and five representatives.
The Putting on the Pork Award
to Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) for $400,000 for restoration and renovation of the historic Ritz Theater in Newburgh, N.Y.
The Lights! Camera! Earmark! Award
for Representative Diane Watson (D-Calif.) for $100,000 for career exploration and training for at-risk youths for jobs in filmmaking at the Duke Media Foundation in Hollywood.
The An Earmark Grows in Brooklyn Award
to Representative Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) for $400,000 for construction and renovation for safety improvements at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Perfect! I loved that movie - though I cannot remember its title.
Joe: “For the last time, I’m pretty sure what’s killing the crops is this Brawndo stuff.”
Secretary of State: “But Brawndo’s got what plants crave. It’s got electrolytes.”
Attorney General (Sara Rue): “So wait a minute. What you’re saying is that you want us to put water on the crops.”
Joe: “Yes.”
Attorney General: “Water. Like out the toilet?”
Joe: “Well, I mean, it doesn’t have to be out of the toilet, but, yeah, that’s the idea.”
Secretary of State: “But Brawndo’s got what plants crave.”
Attorney General: “It’s got electrolytes.”
Joe: “Okay, look. The plants aren’t growing, so I’m pretty sure that the Brawndo’s not working. Now, I’m no botanist, but I do know that if you put water on plants, they grow.”
Secretary of Energy (Brendan Hill): “Well, I’ve never seen no plants grow out of no toilet.”
Secretary of State: “Hey, that’s good. You sure you ain’t the smartest guy in the world?”
Joe: “Okay, look. You wanna solve this problem. I wanna get my pardon. So why don’t we just try it, okay, and not worry about what plants crave?”
Attorney General: “Brawndo’s got what plants crave.”
Secretary of Energy: “Yeah, it’s got electrolytes.”
Joe: “What are electrolytes? Do you even know?”
Secretary of State: “It’s what they use to make Brawndo.”
Joe: “Yeah, but why do they use them to make Brawndo?”
Secretary of Defense: “‘Cause Brawndo’s got electrolytes.”
Without regard to the merits, never confuse how much taxes are collected with how they are collected.
At the end of the day, we just have too much spending.
Nope.
A national sales tax would be a “Stealth Tax”. It would happen on every transaction and there would be no accountability for where those taxes go.
brilliant, funny, and sad ... did you make that up?
That was the Cabinet meeting in “Idiocracy.” As you can see, we are pretty much there now.
oh wait - I figured it out - it’s from the movie - sorry!
It’s like letting a junkie have a key to a distributor’s stash.
Not only NO, but HELL NO! Another tax will simply encourage the Congress to increase spending!!
It's coming.
The writer is a fool, especially if he believes giving the government more money will somehow lead to fiscal responsibility.
The best thing to bring down the deficit is for Congress to cut spending to the bone. Then, any “yahoo” that opens their mouths about how taxes should be increased should have THEIR taxes increased, but only theirs.
Can you clarify for me why this is a bad thing? Isn't doing research to further aviation (i.e. for military planes and the like) a good thing, or does this organization not do that type of stuff?
Well its worked for sooooo long why not try it again, God Almighty we need sanity in the government, time to start selling off Washington, DC, let states collapse, eliminate all income, estate, business, and capital gains taxes...Tie the federal government up..starve the friggin beast...
No, a national sales tax will not help bring down the deficit because politicians only know how to spend money. What will bring down the deficit is cutting spending.
Will a nice glass of orange juice help stave off blood loss from severe arterial hemorrhage?
At this point, letting the government take more of our money is like giving out free whiskey at an AA meeting. Not just counterproductive, but downright rude.
No. A tax is a tax.
starve the friggin fed, sell off federal assets, sell parks, no more taxes, no money for those crooks..pass laws that bills must be clear and contain matters of 1 subject, no pork etc....
Maybe, but not until all other taxes are repealed.
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