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04-10-2012, 11:01 AM | #1 |
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The politics of s'im-c'ity....
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/a.../national-debt
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04-10-2012, 02:41 PM | #2 |
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I think for the first time I have felt real confidence in President Obama and America as he was speaking of some sort of "buffet rule".
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04-10-2012, 03:24 PM | #3 |
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I think that high taxes is a much more responsible fiscal policy than indefinite debt and thus indefinite interest, but I think that debt is not an insurmountable problem for a government making essential investments in the long term economic stability of the country. Only when a country like Greece can't value their own currency AND can't ensure the long-term stability of their ability to continue paying their debts is there an issue - the U.S. faces neither of those issues.
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not my field of expertise... I'm just a poet/painter but if I had money I would want my taxes to be used in a responsible manner. What I don't understand is that If America has the ability to keep printing more money, then why don't they just print money to pay the debt.
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04-10-2012, 06:51 PM | #6 |
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What is this fascination you have with misplaced apostrophes?
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04-10-2012, 11:32 PM | #9 |
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Why is the buffett rule bs? by all means expand on that.
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04-11-2012, 06:08 PM | #10 |
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The Buffett Rule solves nothing. It significantly addresses no economic problem.
At best it'll cover the interest on the debt for a month. At worst, a couple days. Ibs, what exactly do you think is so great about it?
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I think people making millions of dollars should be paying more in taxes than working people, not less. That's just, something i believe makes fundamental economic, logical, and moral sense. I think closing loopholes and making the hyper-wealthy pay at least the already-low theoretical taxes for their bracket, and in fact raising the amount the highest bracket pays (possibly adding higher brackets).
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Just because we can't do one big thing that will solve the problem doesn't mean we shouldn't do many small things that will make the problem smaller. OF COURSE there isn't one thing, one magic wand wave that will make the deficit disappear. So the only positive choice is to take what steps we can, like a rule like this, and let them all add up. *** On a related note, I think a far better solution would be to treat income from wages and income from capital gains the same. It still wouldn't solve the whole deficit problem, but it would be a step in the right direction, a GIANT STEP.
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Of course, I can't find it... ETA - here is one thing sorta.
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04-11-2012, 09:19 PM | #15 |
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Regarding the Buffett BS - more and more people are stating that it is little more than divisionary politics with an aim at a soon to be candidate.
It simply doesn't do much of anything. Sad, but true.
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