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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:34 AM Original message |
Do you believe taxcuts create jobs? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Tax STABILITY is a component of the predictable economic climate needed for job creation |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Only thing "Stable" are the Tax Loopholes that Outsource American Jobs |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. COMPANIES WHO OUTSOURCE TO OVERSEAS. .... I would make PENATY TAXplu |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. "Tax Holiday" rewards Corps that outsource jobs |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, they do not create jobs. They create investment opportunities for those |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Nope - and the economic data cleary bears that out |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Taxcuts for the middle and working class |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. ^^^ This. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. More Workers in China |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
59. The right is fanatic that it has never really been tried |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. they must |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Of course they don't |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Tax cuts to the right people will provide them with more money to spend. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. The people getting the tax cuts though |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Well yeah. Obviously those tax cuts are harmful. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. The U.S. government is the nation's largest employer |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Demand is what creates jobs, not the tax code. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. So how do we get more demand? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I prefer the model that works. That would be expenditures that put |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I agree. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Largely this from my largely ignored post from yesterday: |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Working Class Tax Cuts just means more stuff from China |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Lesser taxes can actually increase demand, |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. They can be a stimulus but largely ineffective one when there are major |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. They can when taxes are too high, but taxes aren't too high |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. With the profits many companies are making...? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. If they were aimed at small business owners & start ups, yes. |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. Here is Georgia we have cut taxes and favored |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. Yes, if they can be paid for, and we can afford to lose the tax money. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. No. Higher sales/higher demand for services/products creates jobs |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. Higher wages create jobs in the long run |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. No, nor do I believe in the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. No they do not |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. I really can not say. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. They can if they are narrowly focused and short term |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. There's A Glaring Absense Of Evidence That They Do |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. No. |
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alc (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
34. tax policy can create jobs |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yeah, I believe that tax-cuts could create jobs, heh!! |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. If tax cuts created jobs then we would all be employed now. |
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dissidentboomer (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. It SEEMS SO logical, doesn't it? However, there is no evidence - for decades - to show that tax cuts |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
39. For High End Products |
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roomfullofmirrors (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. slave labor creates jobs. You want a job, get into the slavery business. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. depends on the context. generally, no. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. nope |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Depends, but that's not the only quesiton .... |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. No. Tax cuts for business should be structured as tax incentives. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. NO! If they did we would have plenty of jobs right now... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. if they did, we'd be swimming in jobs |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. They created jobs... |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
49. Tax cuts to consumers absolutely help stimulate demand |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. Absolutely! |
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Trey9007 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yes! Tax cuts to job creators definetly creates jbos! The problem is... |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. Is that supposed to be a rhetorical question? |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. My feelings exactly! If tax cuts helped...we'd have jobs now. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. Of course not. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
55. Tax cuts destroy jobs, tax increases create jobs. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
56. They can as stimulus. But so does spending, and more effectively. n/t |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. That's the right answer. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
57. NO |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
60. Yes. |
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