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2541here is a good laugh ..or cry... Sarah Palin didn't know Africa was a contic.hinton-11/6/2008
2540there you have it....for some its all about popularity as opposed to leadership.c.hinton-11/6/2008
2539try this tim.....the great compression......the chart is particularly interestinc.hinton-11/6/2008
2538tim did you even look at the lower income tax brackets during the 1950s? certac.hinton-11/6/2008
2537 What's your point?TimF-11/6/2008
2536 Mega income was taxed heavily but with loopholes you could drive a truck throuTimF-11/6/2008
2535have a gander of the people sitting on the board of directors smokershistory.comc.hinton-11/6/2008
2534tim. there are no income stats prior to the 1930s. and remember that mega incomc.hinton-11/6/2008
2533 Look in to the statistics on income from the 50s and from decades earlier someTimF-11/6/2008
2532Suit yourself tim......but open a book on the house of morgan sometimec.hinton-11/6/2008
2531Suit yourself tim......but open a book on the house of morgan sometimec.hinton-11/6/2008
2530 That's just ridiculous. The people you grew up with did not control AmeTimF-11/6/2008
2529tim ,that "tiny percentage" controlled a good portion of americas induc.hinton-11/6/2008
2528 Yes but since you didn't have access to their financial records, and sinceTimF-11/6/2008
2527That might have been better. (Not directly taxing home ownership or mortgages, bTimF-11/6/2008
2526Of corse i dont know the vast majority and i am not a cpa...but i certainly havec.hinton-11/6/2008
2525so there is nothing meaningful to suggest she is qualified to hold high office.c.hinton-11/6/2008
2524 I never said you didn't. I said "you don't have personal expeTimF-11/6/2008
2523tim ,one could have raised the taxes on home ownership.c.hinton-11/6/2008
2522Tim i do have experience with the mega rich...i grew up with them and played on c.hinton-11/6/2008
2521<I> how would raising taxes have increased the bubble? </i> I'TimF-11/6/2008
2520tim look at your post...it make no sense. " No its not bigger to let the bc.hinton-11/6/2008
2519<I> well if it comes from someone who has had personal experience with theTimF-11/6/2008
2518 No its not bigger to let the bubble get too big, but raising taxes would have TimF-11/6/2008
2517 She was a VP candidate. The policies she officially supported where McCainTimF-11/6/2008
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