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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:33 AM Original message |
Doesn't the fact that there's high unemployment PROVE tax cuts to the rich don't work? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. It has been proven for 30 years that trickle down is bullshit economics. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. No, it doesn't really prove or disprove anything |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. That is so obvious that it goes without mentioning |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. They do produce jobs though... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. When it comes to a global economy, is there really a "here" or "there" anymore? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. True. Those CEOs feel no patriotic obligation to this Country. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. But you can get the fundies to hear that |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Tax cuts DO work, so quit saying that. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Absolutely. But, the very wealthy are trying to keep the spoils of their propaganda wars. (nt) |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. Too many variables here to prove anything |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's because taxes were not cut enough. We need a negative tax rate for the rich so they can invest |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. But, but, but...how dare you try and reason through this!!!! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes... They Are Not Even Trickling On Us Anymore |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's worked exactly as intended.... |
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baldingrockwarlord2 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. Ross Perot was right about at least one thing.... |
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TheWebHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. unemployment is high throughout the world's "developed" economies |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. Tax cuts to the rich don't work because |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Now now now, the rich don't get greedy they have more money then they can spend in 10 life times |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. greed always finds an excuse. high unemployment proves we haven't cut taxes ENOUGH. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. The problem is not a lack of proof, for there is nothing but proof that this belief is fallacious. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. Like Mass Media, Economists are on the Payroll. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Not all. It's the reason that Paul Krugman or (the enlightened) Robert Reich |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. No, it proves that we need even more tax cuts and deregulation. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I'd like to be deregulated ...so I don't have to pay taxes. |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
24. It doesn't prove anything. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. RW Authoritarians aren't interested in facts or proof, mod mom; they are interested in POWER |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. but what about their sheeple? aren't they wondering what happened to their jobs? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That's why the Corporate M$M and RW Lie Machine have fused |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
26. Tax cuts make rich people richer, that seems to be the point |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Trickle Down has always meant that the workers will be pissed on - frequently and hard |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Tax the hell out of them and if they leave then tax the fuck out of their products. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yes, and since we now know it is counterproductive to a healthy economy, they need to pay more taxes |
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trayfoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. YES! |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Of course not! It proves tax cuts to the rich DO work! |
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