Lizzette Wendroth: Money down a rat hole.
Malissa Porth: No because that wouldn't be fair. Israel has killed millions of innocent civilians so that means Palestine should have the whole world by now and half the solar system if you really think about it. As an Israelite and Jewish/zionist yourself, you wouldn't want that to happen because the UN would step in and say 10% for the same with Palestinans due to human rights and fairness and yadda yadda yadda. Plus keep in mind that in the Torah it does say that once the Hebrews conquer the Middle East their end will come swiftly (which is why some Jews disagree with zionism)....Show more
Darnell Cutliff: Yes! We should cut all taxes untill there is no more money to protect the environment, there is no more money to educate people, our roads crumble to pieces, we will have no more money to fund our army, and people that can't take care of themselves are left starving and out in the cold, all so the rich can get ric! her and the poor get poorer. Great idea!
Merna Fauset: because it did i guess you forget about the recession in 2000 that bush led us back from i guess you forget about the economic effects of 9/11 that bush led us back from i guess you forget about the roughly 7.5 million jobs greated after the bush tax cuts (that meant more people paying taxes)
Wilbur Marksberry: Stop trying to exploit their deaths for political gain. You should be ashamed.
Hermina Ketring: Liberals want government to control everything. Liberals want to control the government. They don't care if people have financial success. Liberals like to keep their constituents poor so they can control the poor with promises of government help.
Elden Bardach: But unfortunately Bush wants a "path to citizenship" for illegals.Wake p republicans. Your man Bush is fooling you yet again."the Bush administration -- which has fought for a "path to citizenship" for people who have lived peaceably ! in the United States" http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/12/deporta! tion.cost/......Show more
Adrian Sherlin: National healthcare fee might be four or five occasions the once a year price range of the navy. The fee of the warfare in Iraq would not even come practically procuring country wide healthcare. Why do you consider such a lot of humans are towards it.
Lucien Hellerman: 90% of legislation is unread and unanimously passed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B751mhY-QE
Elden Dedon: The Illuminati... Every time you turn on the light, the cabal gets stronger...
Evelin Turlich: Bush WILL NOT SEAL THE BORDERS. the tab is estimated at $100 billion. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/12/deportation.cost/...So if the war in Iraq cost $3 billion per week I have a compromise.Let us save some American lives and cut the Iraq war short by 8 months and spend that same $100 billion dollars and secure the border and ge rid of the illegals.You think that after 911 and 6 years of Bush and a republican cogress the borders WOULD HAVE BEEN! the highest priority to the republicans. But instead of securing the border and rounding up 12 million ilegals for a merley $100 billion dollars, Bush waged war in Iraq to the tune of $3 billion per week. 4 years = roughly 48 months (but more actually have passed) 48 months x 4 weeks per month= 192 weeks lets just call it 200 weeks. 200 weeks x $3 billion is roughly $600 billion wasted dollars! you think in tha $600B Bush could have bothered to seal the borders and round up the illegals?nahhhh...Show more
Maurice Breuning: The Titian's of corpo-Capitalism are indeed puppet mastering all levels of govt NOT just the feds! For decades the corporations lobbyist lawyers have actually written the laws they want passed to fleece the citizen majority. The lawmakers get paid off only if their legislation gets signed into law. The Representatives are supposed to be writing & creating laws themselves to favor the citizen majority NOT solely cater to highest bidder.The way to st! op this is to end & replace Republic of phony representative govt puppe! t mastered by the wealthy under a illegitimate plutocracy, with a true daily direct Democracy! We also will need a secure voting system you can monitor like your bank account for accuratcy & accountability. the current system is a total sham and you got vote for someone who is looking to line their pockets and get rich.A daily direct Democracy gives all the legal citizens full legislative power over money/business/govt the missing check & balance we have never had in 234 years.I think all levels of govt should be smaller effective well managed fire at will employee's only! I wouldn't mine voting on a few issue's each business day so long as the issue are short,simple not written by lawyer spin to intentionally confuse people....Show more
Denna Prudente: http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/30/world/meast/israel-m...
Merna Fauset: Disagree
Coleman Senn: You can have all the revenue you want with tax cuts.But the morons in charge have spent more above revenue than any! other president in history creating the largest deficit in history.
Ginny Trickett: TRUTHiness IS BACK!A republican always measures the economy from the top down.A democrat measures it from the bottom up.In other words, just because there is rise in the average of income by the numbers, it doesn't mean incomes are growing. It can simply mean the rich are getting richer. That's not a bad thing in and of itself. There is a balance that TRUTH was talking about. Between where the economy is so good we don't need the government (which is highly unlikely) and where the economy is so bad that we can't function without government (which is a depression). And I, like a lot of people, think we hit that balance very well during the 90's and we were on a very sustainable course.To answer though, yes everyone loves a tax cut. But it's hard to justify the economy wouldn't be doing the exact same thing if there were no tax cuts. The difference would be, that we'd have no deficit. T! hat money has to come from somewhere- either by a huge steady increase ! in economy over a generation...or through a tax hike.====ADDITION====That ‘balance’ I was talking about IS the division in this country. Just because the economy seems to be working, that doesn’t mean it’s working for everyone or even most. There are real major challenges that face people these days at the bottom. It’s not a matter of ‘not being lazy either’, it’s a matter of affording things like housing, or education, or health! And often times overcoming prejudice. Those are necessary things. Frankly, I think the economy is working for less people than it is working for. It’s the difference between where the people are, and where the money is. Right now the money has the power....Show more
Johnny Sirko: Hmmm, you seem to be leaving out the fact that the people behind 9/11 have not been able to bring off any other acts of terrorism in the USA since 2001. As far as the money goes, you obviously don't understand that by ending the war we do not ga! in money. If you think that money spent protecting our country is wasted, you are beyond any rational thought or conversation.
Robin Marchione: Economics 101,The revenue increase is because we are at war not because of the tax cuts. War which is paid with credit. So while we build revenue from war, we spend more money than what we make.Is just like getting a 1,000,000 loan to create a business but the business is not producing enough to pay the loan. So while everybody think you are a millionare because of your business you know you owe everything. Who are you trying to fool?...Show more
Mercedez Trabue: In fact you are 100% correct. As Republicans we need to get our Leaders to quit spending so much though.....
Jose Bouliouris: You're right. Most senators and congressmen don't read every little line of the legislation. If they did, nothing would get done. Literally, they'd take two years to pass one bill. Luckily, they came up with a way to keep the count! ry goiong.You see, these people have what's called a '"staff". These my! thical creatures read the legislation and write what's called "briefs", which the senators read and base their judgments on....Show more
Rayford Speziale: Obama
Leisa Brodnex: Don't be discouraged, we, the voters still control the government. The reason it has gotten this way is apathy. For instance, a lot of people are upset with gov, right? Did these people vote in the primary? In PA only 25% of voters voted. That means 3 out of 4 people are happy or stupid. You could argue that the primary wasn't important but consider the message to DC if close to 100% voted. I don't think they would pass another vote without reading it after that.Another instance. My congressman, Gerlach (R) voted for TARP 1 after 9 out of 10 people called his office and told him to vote against it. Gerlach is still in office and is looking to get reelected this November.Our votes will count when we start voting....Show more
Woodrow Neyman: Apparently, Bush does not care abou! t the future of the USA or he would not be attempting to bankrupt it.
Ardell Luy: Indeed. If we cut spending, we could cut tax rates even further. Then, everyone could do with their incomes as they see fit. Giving, spending, saving, etc.
Rosella Figliola: So, if revenues are up so much, why not reduce the deficit?
Antonia Boomershine: And I'll add to that - the revenue increases from 1966-1969 were followed by a surge in inflation. In 1969 inflation hit 5% and CPI ultimately rose much more. When Bernanke says he's focused on inflation that means in theory it could crack 3%, we have very different tolerance levels now.But I think you should clarify the ALLOW part, because that's it. YES a business makes an investment if the after-tax return justifies the cost, and so taxes affect that. Individuals, same thing. But the bigger issue is the capital with which the overall level of investment and production and consumption increase - - the Fed does not cr! eate capital, it can affect the supply of money. The economy generates! its own capital, if it is, as you say, allowed to. Profit is capital. When you tax profit you leave less capital for the economy to reinvest - - which the economy ALWAYS does - - - except for Japanese housewives.What makes it work is the multiplier effect, a lot more than the behavioral part of it. It's both but it's more the multiplier effect.Now, some Lib will point out that even if there is a Laffer Curve, it has a right side. Yes, it does. Tax cuts allow the economy to grow organically, in the form of rising incomes, which are taxable. Up until a certain point, the increase to the tax base more than offsets the decrease in the tax rate. The experience of the last four years tells us we were still on the left side of the curve both when Bush Sr. raised tax rates (real revenue fell the following year by more than 2%) and when Bush Jr. cut them (tax revenue is increasing at about 11% per year, 4X CPI, as you point out).However at some point the equation does flip! .But the increase in economic activity, in the tax base, is still there. The rising incomes, the job creation, is still there.So there should be less of a "need" for many of the government programs then - you should be able to cut jobless programs when unemployment falls.So, yes, keep cutting even after we've passed the point where the tax cuts continue to pay for themselves on the federal revenue side, because the macroeconomic result is still a reduced "need" for federal spending.Kevorkian, you know the answer to that - the deficit is declining, we shouldn't have one at all, we do but that's on the spending side. YES I BLAME BUSH but not his tax policies - - - if your boss gives you a $4K raise and your husband blows $5K at the track, you're down $1K but it's not your boss' fault.Jose the war has nothing to do with it - - interest on foreign held debt is, and has for several year been, much larger than the total deficit. That means we're not "pumping" the economy Key! nesian-style, haven't been since early in the Reagan years. Should th! is be the case? Is that good? NO. But it cannot be said that the budget deficit is artificially pumping the economy....Show more
Morris Olexy: you bet ye, we want to get those stupids out of office.
Armando Somes: interns and lawyers. really.
