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To: Alighieri who wrote (625392)	8/21/2011 7:26:08 PM
From: TopCat	Respond to of 1577928

"...it has to do with the budget deficit...a problem that can't be solved with cuts alone." Of course it can....quit being so stupid.

To: Alighieri who wrote (625392)	8/21/2011 9:12:35 PM
From: i-node	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577928

>> .it has to do with the budget deficit...a problem that can't be solved with cuts alone. Where did you get THAT idea? As has been pointed out multiple times by others, all you'd have to do is to FREEZE government spending for a short period of time. Not cut anything. Just stop increasing it. What WON'T solve it is increasing taxes. WTF is wrong with people who want to have people forking over MORE MONEY to the federal government when they can't even competently account for, let alone CONTROL, what they're already getting?

To: Alighieri who wrote (625392)	8/22/2011 4:05:19 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577928

Trade deficits and thus eventually budget deficits are tied together, with the latter sooner or later following the former. Now that said, let's get back to my question and please don't dodge it this time: Admit that 'taxing the rich' doesn't make much of a dent in the budget deficit, OK? So the main ( I didn't say 'only' this time...) reason for you libs pushing that agenda is a different one, right? Now come up with an idea how we could invent some tax, which would indeed make the Buffetts of this world pay 'reasonable' taxes. The ball is now in yard and I expect some creative ideas from you here, since you have obviously spent some time thinking about this problem. /Taro