The Old Fat White People, Cavorting About Naked On Other Peoples Yachts--Dumping Substance And Other Treasure Into the Sea--Are Economy Contractors, Not Expanders. Mainly they perversely want it all, only for themselves!
Bush II, Terms I & II, can understand a thing or two about GOP Conservative Berserkers!
"Traditionally, the Republicans have favored cutting taxes, an act that benefits economic growth. Democrats traditionally have wanted to spend more, which also benefits economic growth. Unfortunately, the Tea Party, a perverted outgrowth of President Reagan’s memorable statement, “. . . government is the problem,” has taken over the Republican Party, who now will do and say anything to get into power."
"This has dragged in the Democrats, who will do and say anything to stay in power, so both parties now are preaching an anti growth line, being led by a group of economic know-nothings. Extreme views often gain favor during difficult times, when people are desperate for a solution, and in this case, the extreme views are supported by the wealthy. Note how such luminaries as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have made statements actually supporting a tax increase! Why do rich people want their taxes raised? Not out of generosity. Read on."
"Because a growing economy requires a growing supply of money, a tax increase and/or a spending reduction reduce economic growth. And no matter how it’s done, deficit reduction hurts the lower incomes most. Consider a tax increase on the wealthiest. What does it accomplish? It reduces the amount of money in the economy. A Monetarily Sovereign nation does not spend tax money. It has no need to. The spending itself creates money. So what happens to tax money? It leaves the economy and is destroyed. It simply ceases to exist."
"History shows that every depression and most recessions not only have been caused by reductions in the money supply, but even by reductions in money supply growth. See: SUMMARY. Who suffers most during recessions and depressions – the wealthiest or the poorest? Right, the poorest."
"Although tax increases will force the wealthiest to pay more taxes, that will not affect their life styles. They’ll find more tax “loopholes.” They’ll get by on two cars rather than three (Dealerships may fire some working salespeople), and the remodeling of the 2nd home may be delayed a year (Some tradespeople will lose their jobs). But life will go on for the wealthy. Not so for the less wealthy who, during a recession, may become unemployed, lose their housing, spend less and cancel plans for children’s college."
"According to the IRS, the bottom 50 percent of Americans earned less than $32,879 and paid only 2.9% percent of the nation’s income taxes, down from 3 percent a year earlier. So to reduce the so-called “deficit,” shall we increase taxes on these folks?"
"Where the lowest paid really get hit is with FICA. In 2010, income taxes totaled $935 billion, and FICA totaled $875 billion – pretty close. But while all income is subject to income tax, only salaries below $100K are subject to FICA – an enormous saving for the wealthy. And, not only does FICA steal 6.2% from every salaried worker, but it steals another 6.2% from his/her boss. Think of it as 12.4% that could have gone to the salaried employee, but instead goes to the government, where it is destroyed. FICA, not income tax, is the big tax burden on working people."
"In short, all taxes and tax increases hurt everyone in the economy — they are recessionary — but they hurt the poor more than the wealthy, so by comparison, the wealthy become wealthier. Tax increases make the wealth gap grow."
"Now consider a federal spending reduction. Medicare and Social Security are the biggest targets, and who relies most on these federal programs – the 1% of Americans defined as “rich, who earned an adjusted gross income of $410,096 or more and accounted for 22.8% of all wages, while paying 40.4% of total reported income taxes? Or are the 99% defined as “not rich” more likely to need Social Security and Medicare?"
"Right. If Medicare and Social Security are cut, the rich will hardly notice. Warren Buffet probably doesn’t even know whether he receives Medicare and Social Security benefits. Financially, it is meaningless to him. Cutting social programs hurts the poor more than the rich, increasing the gap between rich and poor."
"Or, we could cut military spending. This would cut profits and jobs from all those industries that sell to the U.S. military, and it would cut the number of salaried service people. Cutting military programs hurts the poor more than the rich, increasing the gap between rich and poor."
"No matter where you look in the federal budget, spending cuts would hurt the bottom 99% far more than the top 1%."
"In summary, federal tax increases and federal spending cuts (i.e. deficit reduction) cause recessions, and all three hurt the middle class and poor far more than they hurt the rich. Deficit reduction will increase the gap between the rich and the poor."
"And the wealthy have brainwashed the non-wealthy into thinking this is a good thing."
Rodger Malcolm Mitchell
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