Fair? 140 billion for the rich (two years) / It's actually 56 billion (not 18) for the poor?

Dawgs

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Tue Dec-07-10 10:57 AM
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Fair? 140 billion for the rich (two years) / It's actually 56 billion (not 18) for the poor?

Edited on Tue Dec-07-10 11:12 AM by Dawgs

How is that a fair deal when the rich will not create ONE JOB with those tax cuts?

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leveymg

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Tue Dec-07-10 11:00 AM
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1. Thanks! Where did you get those numbers? I've been wondering about that.

No surprise its about seven-to-one. Why not just cut the top tax breaks to three months worth, or extend unemployment to about 30 million more unemployed/underemployed Americans?

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Dawgs

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Tue Dec-07-10 11:07 AM
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2. Saw it in another thread. 140 billion is 700 over ten years divided by 5.

Edited on Tue Dec-07-10 11:13 AM by Dawgs

Not sure about the 18 billion number.

Actually, just read Krugman's article that 56 billion was used for unemployment. Edited original OP.

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