Post #11,993
10/5/01 5:02:57 PM
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Who didn't see this coming
[link|http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/05/rec.bush.tax.cuts/index.html|Bush has a plan]
Bush has prepared his recomendation to solving the lagging economy. The first one didn't work so we need another one, the fact that we are facing years of hightended expenses doesn't matter.
He's going for the big one to, he wants to repeal the alternative mininum tax for corporations. This is one of the biggest possible free rides for large corporations, since many pay nothing but this tax.
Jay
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Post #11,997
10/5/01 5:12:29 PM
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I guess I didn't...
But then, I failed to see the logic of the first "tax cut", when the majority of Americans diddn't want a tax cut, but rather wanted to protect Social Security and pay down the debt.
But then, I guess Republicans don't count people...they count proxies.
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
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Post #12,021
10/5/01 8:34:28 PM
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Majority?
Don't think so.
[link|http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010214.asp|In the abstract, Americans usually favor tax cuts (for more than 25 years, 70% or more of respondents have told Gallup they favor a cut in federal income taxes)]
It then becomes an essay on how how you ask the question.
If you say "Do you want a tax cut or do you want to save Social Security?" then the issue becomes muddy...and the questions asked are misleading in the first place. They are generally asked as either/or...when it is quite possible to do both and/or all at the same time.
But if you ask the direct question..."Do you think the government should lower taxes?"...the answer is always a resounding yes.
You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #12,253
10/8/01 12:56:14 PM
10/8/01 1:02:35 PM
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Of course.
Democracy works until the people realize they can vote themselves a tax cut and a raise at the same time. <img src="[link|http://www.oz.net/~inthane/slippery.png"|http://www.oz.net/~...lippery.png"] WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=100 alt="Slippery when Sarcastic - but you really should get a browser that supports .pngs!"> Would somebody PLEASE tell me what I'm doing wrong with this link? "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #12,260
10/8/01 1:20:59 PM
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I think Scott has configured Zope not to allow images.
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Post #12,263
10/8/01 1:26:39 PM
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^@!#%!%^@$@#$@#$^@$^@%@!^@@^@^@!$#!@$@#%@^$#
Damn, we need a tag for slippery, then...
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #12,276
10/8/01 2:17:14 PM
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Bah. Oversight.
Will Fix Soon.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #11,999
10/5/01 5:38:48 PM
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Not see it coming? Written on his forehead, in oil..!
Mr. Trickle-down II.. (why find a new slogan when a tried, failed -- but catchy one -- is available?)
Gullibility of the masses, short attention span / cupidity of the 5%, long attention span. Betcha he getsit - for National Security, natch.
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Post #12,000
10/5/01 5:46:59 PM
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We need Bono
I think what could really help people out *and* maybe get people spening money in the economy would be some form of credit debt forgiveness
Jay O'Connor
"Going places unmapped
to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"
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Post #12,206
10/8/01 9:18:06 AM
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Which one
Sonny?
U2's lead singer?
Pro?
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
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Post #12,445
10/9/01 1:12:36 PM
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The second
Bono (Paul Hewson) of U2 has been going around talking with world leaders about getting debt forgiveness for third world nations for the last few years
Jay O'Connor
"Going places unmapped
to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"
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