Posted on 11/28/2012 10:25:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
With a Deficit and Debt as large as ours, you can confiscate not only 100% of the earnings of “The Rich”, but all of their accumulated assets, and you still don’t permanently cover the deficit or retire the debt.
There aren’t enough rich people.
Socialism has to come after the Middle Class. That’s where the money is.
6 out of 10 believe stealing is OK (as long as it’s not from them). The republic is dead - long live mob rule (AKA democracy)...
That’s what I’v been sayin’. Hit the gas pedal. Go off the cliff. Let it burn to the ground. That’s the only way you’ll ever get the lollipops away from the babies!
You are right. That is the completely absurd part of this debate. Sure, let’s hike taxes on the rich. And it will barely make a dent in the deficit. And, as was the case in England, all the sudden the ranks of people earning over $1 million will drop through the floor as they either defer compensation or leave the country. Then what? What is the game plan then? There is none because the Dems don’t want to raise taxes on the middle class to cover their out of control spending.
The answer is very simple. Either cut spending back to about 18% of GDP to match taxes or we get a huge Middle Class tax hike to cover the spending. That is the choice but the Dems don’t want to say it and the media covers for them.
And the American population is so drunk on the Welfare State that they think they can keep getting benefits with the “rich” paying for them. Its why the rotten system is on its last legs.
Only answer - go off the cliff, everybody pays - and don't increase the federal debt ceiling. When checks stop coming, maybe the takers will realize WE'RE OUT OF MONEY!Won't make any difference.
They'll still blame Bush/Republicans/conservatives. You can't overcome generations of brainwashing*.
*public schools and the NEA
6 in 10??
That's not Romney's 47%, thats 60%.
Romney was off by 13%
Clueless Republicans, this was Romneys main argument too. Maybe he used Gallop and Rasmussen research to tell him that it was a big winner.
I think Kissinger said something similar about American voters years ago. But replace “Chilean” with “American” and it sure fits:
“I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.”
When I first read this (or similar) quote years ago I thought “What a pompous ass”. Now I realize Kissinger was right.
Did those 6 in 10 consider cutting government waste?
” RE :”WaPo/ABC poll: Six in ten favor raising taxes on $250K+ households for fiscal-cliff solution”
6 in 10??
That’s not Romney’s 47%, thats 60%.
Romney was off by 13%”
This shows how dumbed-down the American people have become.
Taxes from this will pay for 1 or 2 days of government. Jobs will be lost. Hiring will be curtailed. So the tax will have a net negative benefit on the economy.
The 49.5% have spoken.
There, fixed it.
RE: The 49.5% have spoken.
Where are you getting that number from?
I’m weary of caring, actually.
I say, give them everything they want.
Raise taxes on the rich; go ahead.
Continue to spend money no one has. Free stuff for everyone.
Let it all fall completely apart. You just can’t cure stupidity. Only death can. Let the dumb die.
Isn’t that the percentage that voted for Obama over Romney and the Libertarians, Greens, and associated third partiers?
Then 6 out of 10 are too f’n clueless to waste our oxygen.
Raising those taxes won’t do DIDDLY to avoid the fiscal cliff.
The deduction that must be reduced is the standard deduction.
Those not paying taxes should pay something/more.Reducing the standard deduction as opposed to only fiddling with deductions of those who itemize is what is really fair.
Those who think it is only fair for the well to do to pay taxes must be eliminated. They are enemies of the Republic
Just giving up isn’t going to get that deadbeat brother in law out of your basement. It’s better for the states with half a brain to get out while the getting’s good and leave the rest to self implode.
That's really nice of the 6 in 10 Axholerods to be so generous with someone else's money. Good commies. Good little commies. They're learning.
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