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The GOP tax "reform" bill is the greatest robbery in recent American history.
Topic Started: Dec 21 2017, 01:52 PM (323 Views)
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It's robbery when you give "their" money back, but insist on still spending the country into bankruptcy. Which means that eventually you're going to tax the crap out of the rest of us, taking "our" money in order to pay down the national debt or totally collapse the government.
And where did you stand on the National debt when Obarmy was spending?.... :dunno:
My stand on the national debt has always been pretty clear. During the recession, the government needed to pick up some of the economic slack by spending more, even if that meant incurring debt. That would have been an excellent time for a major nation wide infrastructure project, particularly since the U.S. government could borrow money so cheaply. However, once the economy has turned around, which it has at this point, we should be looking at reducing spending and eliminating the deficit, even paying down the debt.

Starting two wars while giving out tax breaks, then continuing those tax breaks, and then giving even more tax breaks, while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid.
"while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid."

Tell that to the ones on the front line.... :oyvey
How many wars do we really need to be fighting? Libya? Syria? Afghanistan? Iraq? Anti-terrorist activities all across the entire freaking Middle East, trillions pissed away, and for what? Are we "safer"?

It sure doesn't look like it.
And how many of these were started by Trump....None....He just got stuck with the hand me down problems.... :oyvey

Now....how do you suggest we disengage and pull our people out to suit your budget constraints....

And then keep the enemy out of America with your leftist support for open borders....

Tell that to the ones on the front line....Your Pathetic


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My stand on the national debt has always been pretty clear. During the recession, the government needed to pick up some of the economic slack by spending more, even if that meant incurring debt. That would have been an excellent time for a major nation wide infrastructure project, particularly since the U.S. government could borrow money so cheaply. However, once the economy has turned around, which it has at this point, we should be looking at reducing spending and eliminating the deficit, even paying down the debt.

Starting two wars while giving out tax breaks, then continuing those tax breaks, and then giving even more tax breaks, while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid.
"while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid."

Tell that to the ones on the front line.... :oyvey
How many wars do we really need to be fighting? Libya? Syria? Afghanistan? Iraq? Anti-terrorist activities all across the entire freaking Middle East, trillions pissed away, and for what? Are we "safer"?

It sure doesn't look like it.
And how many of these were started by Trump....None....He just got stuck with the hand me down problems.... :oyvey

Now....how do you suggest we disengage and pull our people out to suit your budget constraints....

And then keep the enemy out of America with your leftist support for open borders....

Tell that to the ones on the front line....Your Pathetic


My point is that we're wasting a butt load of money on war that we can't afford anyway. And then Trump and his Congressional crew of misfits insist on handing money back to the taxpayers hand over fist, while doing absolutely nothing to cut back on our military spending.

It's freaking retarded.
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"while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid."

Tell that to the ones on the front line.... :oyvey
How many wars do we really need to be fighting? Libya? Syria? Afghanistan? Iraq? Anti-terrorist activities all across the entire freaking Middle East, trillions pissed away, and for what? Are we "safer"?

It sure doesn't look like it.
And how many of these were started by Trump....None....He just got stuck with the hand me down problems.... :oyvey

Now....how do you suggest we disengage and pull our people out to suit your budget constraints....

And then keep the enemy out of America with your leftist support for open borders....

Tell that to the ones on the front line....Your Pathetic


My point is that we're wasting a butt load of money on war that we can't afford anyway. And then Trump and his Congressional crew of misfits insist on handing money back to the taxpayers hand over fist, while doing absolutely nothing to cut back on our military spending.

It's freaking retarded.
What's retarded is that....Trump got handed a shirt load of problems by previous admins and you won't even give him a chance to sort threw it....

Condemn....condemn....condemn....11 months in office and miracles just magically happen.... :oyvey ....I repeat your Pathetic.... :rollseyes:
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Dec 22 2017, 11:22 PM

Quoting limited to 5 levels deep"while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid."

Tell that to the ones on the front line.... :oyvey
How many wars do we really need to be fighting? Libya? Syria? Afghanistan? Iraq? Anti-terrorist activities all across the entire freaking Middle East, trillions pissed away, and for what? Are we "safer"?

It sure doesn't look like it.
And how many of these were started by Trump....None....He just got stuck with the hand me down problems.... :oyvey

Now....how do you suggest we disengage and pull our people out to suit your budget constraints....

And then keep the enemy out of America with your leftist support for open borders....

Tell that to the ones on the front line....Your Pathetic


My point is that we're wasting a butt load of money on war that we can't afford anyway. And then Trump and his Congressional crew of misfits insist on handing money back to the taxpayers hand over fist, while doing absolutely nothing to cut back on our military spending.

It's freaking retarded.
What's retarded is that....Trump got handed a shirt load of problems by previous admins and you won't even give him a chance to sort threw it....

Condemn....condemn....condemn....11 months in office and miracles just magically happen.... :oyvey ....I repeat your Pathetic.... :rollseyes:
Government spending does not stimulate the economy as well as tax cuts do.............. :)
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Quoting limited to 5 levels deep"while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid."

Tell that to the ones on the front line.... :oyvey
How many wars do we really need to be fighting? Libya? Syria? Afghanistan? Iraq? Anti-terrorist activities all across the entire freaking Middle East, trillions pissed away, and for what? Are we "safer"?

It sure doesn't look like it.
And how many of these were started by Trump....None....He just got stuck with the hand me down problems.... :oyvey

Now....how do you suggest we disengage and pull our people out to suit your budget constraints....

And then keep the enemy out of America with your leftist support for open borders....

Tell that to the ones on the front line....Your Pathetic


My point is that we're wasting a butt load of money on war that we can't afford anyway. And then Trump and his Congressional crew of misfits insist on handing money back to the taxpayers hand over fist, while doing absolutely nothing to cut back on our military spending.

It's freaking retarded.
What's retarded is that....Trump got handed a shirt load of problems by previous admins and you won't even give him a chance to sort threw it....

Condemn....condemn....condemn....11 months in office and miracles just magically happen.... :oyvey ....I repeat your Pathetic.... :rollseyes:
So you're of the opinion that decreasing government revenue while increasing government spending is going to "sort" this problem out?

If so, then you're a bigger idiot than Trump.
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Quoting limited to 5 levels deep"while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid."

Tell that to the ones on the front line.... :oyvey
And how many of these were started by Trump....None....He just got stuck with the hand me down problems.... :oyvey

Now....how do you suggest we disengage and pull our people out to suit your budget constraints....

And then keep the enemy out of America with your leftist support for open borders....

Tell that to the ones on the front line....Your Pathetic


My point is that we're wasting a butt load of money on war that we can't afford anyway. And then Trump and his Congressional crew of misfits insist on handing money back to the taxpayers hand over fist, while doing absolutely nothing to cut back on our military spending.

It's freaking retarded.
What's retarded is that....Trump got handed a shirt load of problems by previous admins and you won't even give him a chance to sort threw it....

Condemn....condemn....condemn....11 months in office and miracles just magically happen.... :oyvey ....I repeat your Pathetic.... :rollseyes:
Government spending does not stimulate the economy as well as tax cuts do.............. :)
And on what do you base that claim?
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Dec 22 2017, 11:22 PM
Tell that to the ones on the front line.
Better: tell the ones who sent them.
Robert Stout
Dec 23 2017, 12:45 PM
Government spending does not stimulate the economy as well as tax cuts do.
Actually it depends how you define "stimulate", how you spend, and what taxes get cut. From a pure macro sense, government spending boosts GDP, but tax cuts don't. In reality spending that boosts productivity or long term employment has a more positive effect than other outlays. Tax cuts for high earners have very little value as stimulus, but rebates to low earners help. For this reason, progressive taxation is sensible, no matter how you feel about it ideologically.
Edited by nNeo, Dec 23 2017, 02:22 PM.
“Strong people don’t need strong leaders.”
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Dec 22 2017, 04:17 PM
my hard earned money.
Ever notice that phrase usually comes from people who don't actually work very hard? I hear it a lot from middle men, sales types, the investor class, and often from people who dis minorities and immigrants. I suspect that Mexican guy doing the landscaping outside is working a lot harder in most cases.
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Quoting limited to 5 levels deep"while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid."

Tell that to the ones on the front line.... :oyvey
My point is that we're wasting a butt load of money on war that we can't afford anyway. And then Trump and his Congressional crew of misfits insist on handing money back to the taxpayers hand over fist, while doing absolutely nothing to cut back on our military spending.

It's freaking retarded.
What's retarded is that....Trump got handed a shirt load of problems by previous admins and you won't even give him a chance to sort threw it....

Condemn....condemn....condemn....11 months in office and miracles just magically happen.... :oyvey ....I repeat your Pathetic.... :rollseyes:
Government spending does not stimulate the economy as well as tax cuts do.............. :)
And on what do you base that claim?
Less overhead costs.......... :tongue:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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my hard earned money.
Ever notice that phrase usually comes from people who don't actually work very hard? I hear it a lot from middle men, sales types, the investor class, and often from people who dis minorities and immigrants. I suspect that Mexican guy doing the landscaping outside is working a lot harder in most cases.
Some people overwork their brains when to work............... :)
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Quoting limited to 5 levels deep"while continuing to spend at an ever increasing level, particularly on things like the military which is already way over funded, is just plain stupid."

Tell that to the ones on the front line.... :oyvey
What's retarded is that....Trump got handed a shirt load of problems by previous admins and you won't even give him a chance to sort threw it....

Condemn....condemn....condemn....11 months in office and miracles just magically happen.... :oyvey ....I repeat your Pathetic.... :rollseyes:
Government spending does not stimulate the economy as well as tax cuts do.............. :)
And on what do you base that claim?
Less overhead costs.......... :tongue:
So you spend that government cheese you get every month differently than you would if it were from a private employer?
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my hard earned money.
Ever notice that phrase usually comes from people who don't actually work very hard? I hear it a lot from middle men, sales types, the investor class, and often from people who dis minorities and immigrants. I suspect that Mexican guy doing the landscaping outside is working a lot harder in most cases.
Some people overwork their brains when to work............... :)
We all know that wasn't you.
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