Quote from Free Thinker:
most american have no clue how the tax system works. they hear right wing winers throw out numbers like obama wants to raise the top rate to 39% and assume high earners would pay 39%. nothing could be further from the truth. no one pays 39% of their income in federal taxes if they are in the 39% bracket. not even close.
for instance, if you earn 100k per year you pay about 14% in federal taxes. is that a lot?
Yes, there are others. And while I think it's important to consider the effect of current policy on future generations, let us not forget that experts on both sides of the political divide believed that the economy was in serious trouble of a major collapse. Looking forward is good, but you still need to deal with the potholes right in front of you, especially when they resemble the Grand Canyon. You don't just close your eyes and wish it away.Quote from Ivanovich:
Apparently, I'm not the only one who feels this way. But I appreciate your attempt to insult me. Still a tad sore over the whole thread yesterday?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/236383
Quote from Hello:
The words Liberal and economist put together are a joke, even in the ultra left wing universities, There is not an economics teacher in the world who will tell you that taxing people more and higher government spending provides economic growth. You cant Find me a single economics text book today which teaches that. The only way for the government to provide economic growth is by running budget deficits. Which ends up being a huge tax on all of us in the end.
Quote from Gabfly1:
Yes, there are others. And while I think it's important to consider the effect of current policy on future generations, let us not forget that experts on both sides of the political divide believed that the economy was in serious trouble of a major collapse. Looking forward is good, but you still need to deal with the potholes right in front of you, especially when they resemble the Grand Canyon. You don't just close your eyes and wish it away.
That was not meant as an insult, but rather as an observation. If you find the observation insulting then that is your burden to bear.
As for the other thread to which you refer, I am not the one who demonstrated that he was all bark and gummy bite. As a moderator, I would think that you should at least conduct yourself by the standards that you YOURSELF had set. Perhaps I'm missing something.