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To: bentway who wrote (631216)10/11/2011 9:50:49 AM
From: i-node1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1577025
 
>> The wealthy don't pay ENOUGH

Personally, I think the half of Americans who pay ZERO, or even get refundable credits after paying nothing in, don't pay enough.

>> Chart the explosion of our debts and deficits, and they correspond EXACTLY with the Reagan and Bush tax CUTS.

Correlation doesn't imply causation. I would think you'd know that. The mathematical relationships between tax rates and deficits are immensely complex. You can't just compare tax rates with, for example, revenue, and draw any conclusion at all.

You're just as shallow as the media on this subject, apparently.



To: bentway who wrote (631216)10/14/2011 9:27:02 PM
From: TimF2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1577025
 
Spending increases account for over 100% of our deficit. If spending had staid the same as it was before Bush and Obama than we wouldn't have a deficit now.

Most of the increase in spending was social spending, particularly entitlement spending.


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