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To: PJr who wrote (42389)	12/22/2012 1:50:23 AM
From: llap	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 221961

If you were pleased with the results during the Clinton years, then surely you wouldn't want to risk that agreement just because you have preferences to spend the same amount but with different priorities. Unfortunately, this is a perfect illustration of why there will never be consensus in Congress to do the right thing. No, I am actually not satisfied with the results during the Clinton years. I want a broad-based economic boom like during the 1940s-1960s where all income levels participated and not only the top 10%. Also, I want the much better growth rates we saw in the post-WW2 boom. Therefore, we should increase the top tax rate immediately to the 80-90% that guaranteed the prosperity and increase we all once shared at that time as one country and one community. You remember- -the time, before we decided to decrease our overall prosperity and income-equality by slashing taxes on the rich -the time when we were able to do great civic deeds like winning WW2, arming all our allies, invoking the atomic age, building up the infrastructure of our country we still use today - Interstate system, electric grid, dams, etc. -the time when our government called upon all Americans to unite and do their share in this buildup (the rich to pay taxes, everyone else pitch in their work) and everybody gladly followed the call I think it is time for us to start rebuilding this Great Nation again now. Time for the government to issue the call now and for all of us to unite and pitch in according to our ability. This is the time to do the same great civic deeds that we were able to do before, and to put our individual differences behind us. Hopefully, we do not need to wait for a foreign dictator run amok again to unleash again America's innate power. We could need it just for renewing our infrastructure and healing our overgrown divisions.