I have an offer for all you Job Creators

[daveman]

How would cutting the defense budget by several hundred billion dollars do that? How does cutting back on food stamps or Medicaid going to working families do that?

Cutting back on food stamps doesn't help the Democrats amass power. That's precisely why they will never agree to it.

Why do you seem to think that everything the Democrats do is to 'amass power' but nothing the Republicans do is for the same purpose?

EVERYTHING the Republicans want to do is to 'amass power'.

True enough...but what Republicans do with that power benefits the nation as a whole.

Democrats? It benefits only Democrats and their special interest groups.

 

[ba1614]

You don't want cuts in food stamps or Medicaid. Just on Defense.

I want you to tell me how cutting the defense budget affects people who do nothing but receive wealth from those who earned it.

You do know how the economy works, don't you?

No, probably not.

Companies make stuff. They buy stuff from other companies to make that stuff. Those companies' employees pay taxes, and the companies pay taxes. All that tax money is the source of redistributed wealth.

If you close down those companies, there is less tax revenue to be redistributed to those who didn't earn it.

Got it now?

Ain't it something , and the same dumb pricks will claim 4yrs worth of unemployment benefits are a stimulus.
Poor America

 

[daveman]

as opposed to handing out money to rich people?

No. Allowing them to keep what's already theirs.

Funny how some people just can't comprehend that. Damn shame they're running the country.

Based on that foolishness, no taxation is justifiable.

How would run a nation, any nation, let alone an 'exceptional' nation as you would call the US,

if you weren't allowed to collect any taxes at all?

This is the part where you get to find where I ever said there should be no taxes.

I won't hold my breath.

Some taxes are necessitated by the Constitution. Not all of them.

And it's not at all surprising that you consider letting people keep what they earned "foolishness".

 

[daveman]

I want you to tell me how cutting the defense budget affects people who do nothing but receive wealth from those who earned it.

You do know how the economy works, don't you?

No, probably not.

Companies make stuff. They buy stuff from other companies to make that stuff. Those companies' employees pay taxes, and the companies pay taxes. All that tax money is the source of redistributed wealth.

If you close down those companies, there is less tax revenue to be redistributed to those who didn't earn it.

Got it now?

Ain't it something , and the same dumb pricks will claim 4yrs worth of unemployment benefits are a stimulus.
Poor America

Like I said: It's a shame people who can't comprehend the basics are running the nation.

 

[rightwinger]

Cutting back on food stamps doesn't help the Democrats amass power. That's precisely why they will never agree to it.

Why do you seem to think that everything the Democrats do is to 'amass power' but nothing the Republicans do is for the same purpose?

EVERYTHING the Republicans want to do is to 'amass power'.

True enough...but what Republicans do with that power benefits the nation as a whole.

Democrats? It benefits only Democrats and their special interest groups.

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

 

[ba1614]

Why do you seem to think that everything the Democrats do is to 'amass power' but nothing the Republicans do is for the same purpose?

EVERYTHING the Republicans want to do is to 'amass power'.

True enough...but what Republicans do with that power benefits the nation as a whole.

Democrats? It benefits only Democrats and their special interest groups.

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

That's not a surprising comment, progressives always think "everyone else" needs government to "take care" of them.

 

[rightwinger]

True enough...but what Republicans do with that power benefits the nation as a whole.

Democrats? It benefits only Democrats and their special interest groups.

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

That's not a surprising comment, progressives always think "everyone else" needs government to "take care" of them.

Of course we need government to take care of us. when we stopped living in caves and established communities we relied on the government to take care of the needs of the community.

The US is one huge community. It is also the best government in the world.

 

[daveman]

Why do you seem to think that everything the Democrats do is to 'amass power' but nothing the Republicans do is for the same purpose?

EVERYTHING the Republicans want to do is to 'amass power'.

True enough...but what Republicans do with that power benefits the nation as a whole.

Democrats? It benefits only Democrats and their special interest groups.

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

And you're just stupid enough to believe that.

 

[daveman]

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

That's not a surprising comment, progressives always think "everyone else" needs government to "take care" of them.

Of course we need government to take care of us. when we stopped living in caves and established communities we relied on the government to take care of the needs of the community.

The US is one huge community. It is also the best government in the world.

Then why do you keep insisting it be changed?

 

[Skull Pilot]

Why do you seem to think that everything the Democrats do is to 'amass power' but nothing the Republicans do is for the same purpose?

EVERYTHING the Republicans want to do is to 'amass power'.

True enough...but what Republicans do with that power benefits the nation as a whole.

Democrats? It benefits only Democrats and their special interest groups.

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

Well if the bush tax cuts didn't benefit the middle class and below why do you want to keep them so badly?

 

[boedicca]

True enough...but what Republicans do with that power benefits the nation as a whole.

Democrats? It benefits only Democrats and their special interest groups.

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

Well if the bush tax cuts didn't benefit the middle class and below why do you want to keep them so badly?

I know I know I know - cuz he's middle class.

 

[Meister]

Since Republicans have deemed that we can no longer call the wealthiest Americans rich, but must refer to them as "job creators"

How about instead of a MASSIVE 4% tax increase across the board for the richest 2%....Those who can actually demonstrate that they have created jobs get no tax increase

Those in the richest 2% who cannot demonstrate that they are creating jobs face an 8% tax increase

Does investing in America through the NYSE count? I mean when they invest....that does create jobs, and are part owners of any given public corporation.

 

[rightwinger]

True enough...but what Republicans do with that power benefits the nation as a whole.

Democrats? It benefits only Democrats and their special interest groups.

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

And you're just stupid enough to believe that.

Name a single accomplishment of the Republicans in the last four years that has not been targeted at the 2% ?

 

[rightwinger]

Since Republicans have deemed that we can no longer call the wealthiest Americans rich, but must refer to them as "job creators"

How about instead of a MASSIVE 4% tax increase across the board for the richest 2%....Those who can actually demonstrate that they have created jobs get no tax increase

Those in the richest 2% who cannot demonstrate that they are creating jobs face an 8% tax increase

Does investing in America through the NYSE count? I mean when they invest....that does create jobs, and are part owners of any given public corporation.

Funny you should ask

Tax financial transactions: Solve debt crisis and stop reckless trading.

A tax on financial transactions. It will give us gobs of revenue. It will fall on a sector that has generated enormous and unwarranted profits for a very few, who at the same time have benefited from huge bailouts and regulatory help and largely escaped any responsibility for their central role in creating the financial cataclysm that we are still struggling with.

Here is the idea: A tax of less than half a percent on every $100 of stock sales or sales of other financial instruments including bonds, derivatives, and options. The tax could raise anywhere from $170 billion to $350 billion per year

 

[Skull Pilot]

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

And you're just stupid enough to believe that.

Name a single accomplishment of the Republicans in the last four years that has not been targeted at the 2% ?

I thought I already did.

I'll ask again if the Bush tax cuts only benefited the top 2 percent then why do you want to keep them for everyone making under 250K?

You should be all for letting all the tax cuts expire after all they were a republican scheme so obviously they didn't benefit 98% of the people.

 

[rightwinger]

But there is an added benefit here: Trading in the equity and debt markets has gone wild over the past few years. High-speed trading and speculation have overtaken the economically legitimate reasons for our desire to have highly liquid markets: the capacity to raise capital and then allocate it efficiently among sectors and companies. The trading that has emerged over the past few years is not serving that purpose—it is a casino enterprise driven by hidden pools and computer algorithms that do not seek to hold capital for longer than an instant.

 

[daveman]

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

And you're just stupid enough to believe that.

Name a single accomplishment of the Republicans in the last four years that has not been targeted at the 2% ?

Easy.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/polit...d-but-reid-refuses-to-schedule-for-votes.html

 

[bripat9643]

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

Everything Democrats do only benefits the ticks on the ass of society. Everyone else gets fucked up the ass.

 

[bripat9643]

EVERYTHING the Republicans do benefits the wealthiest 2% of Americans

The Democrats take care of everyone else

That's not a surprising comment, progressives always think "everyone else" needs government to "take care" of them.

Of course we need government to take care of us. when we stopped living in caves and established communities we relied on the government to take care of the needs of the community.

Wrong. Government started out exploiting the community. It has done so ever since.

The US is one huge community.

That's just and idiot slogan.

It is also the best government in the world.

That's like saying America has the best extortionists in the world.

 

[rightwinger]

And you're just stupid enough to believe that.

Name a single accomplishment of the Republicans in the last four years that has not been targeted at the 2% ?

Easy.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/polit...d-but-reid-refuses-to-schedule-for-votes.html

Did you read them?

I did

More deregulation for the 2%