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The ED Show - Republicans Want To Raise Taxes On The Poorest 45% of Americans. (Original Post)
Galraedia
Apr 2012
OP
Taxes for the poor aren't the same as for the rich. Two very different worlds.
freshwest
Apr 2012
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nykym
(3,063 posts)1. Doesn't raising taxes for the 45 million poor
violate Grover Norquist's pledge Mr Cantor?
DJ13
(23,671 posts)2. Excellent point
progressoid
(49,999 posts)3. They'll just call it something else.
Like revenue enhancement modification
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)4. Oh, that's So true!
"revenue enhancement modification"
freshwest
(53,661 posts)5. Taxes for the poor aren't the same as for the rich. Two very different worlds.
PDJane
(10,103 posts)6. This is the Ayn Rand mentality.......
I'm better than those people, they shouldn't be taking my money for the unwashed, let them starve.
It's heartless, self-defeating, stupid.......and their money won't save them. What is money, after all, but paper; and the commodities bubble will burst as well. I will point out that this is why the nascent police state will continue to evolve.