Reagan cut tax rates and DOUBLED TAX REVENUE. It's called supply side economics. You should read up on it. Originally Posted by joe bloeSpare me the Reagan is god myth.
He describes Obama's voters as being dependent on the government and admits that he can't win them over. I'm not sure if the remarks will help or hurt him. Originally Posted by joe bloe
The truth always hurts in politics. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuySo tell us, you two. How many people in your respective families don't pay any federal income tax?
BULLSHIT!It doesn't HAVE to come from anywhere. Congress could quit spending too much.
Simple math. If you CUT taxes, you CUT revenue to the government. IT IS A LOSS OF MONEY!!! It then has to be covered by taking money from somewhere else!
Are you guys in another fucking universe? Originally Posted by markroxny
Romney just said what every conservative knows. The freeloader vote is locked in. They don't pay taxes. They don't give a damn that we're going bankrupt. The welfare parasites will suck the government teat until it runs dry. Originally Posted by joe bloeBut you can't win a general election with only the wing net vote. Something that is apparently only occurring to the Republicans now. That might get you to 20-25%, add the Country Club Republicans that haven't turned Democrat, and you get to 40%. Now what!!
Romney is just digging a bigger hole. See this is how he really acts with his rich friends at a $50,00 dollar per plate fundraiser when he thinks no one is watching.One of the best posts I've seen so far on the subject. Amen!
It's not the 47% percent of people who don't pay taxes do it intentionally, they can't file taxes because they are not eligible.
I have a table of minimum income requirements on the link below.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/...link1000170407
If they make below the listed amounts then they are not eligible to file taxes. That could include high school students working minimum wage jobs and retired seniors who are unemployed . So for Romney to make this broad jump and say anyone who doesn't pay taxes is a selfish freeloader, who will suck on Obama tit no matter what- is making a fool out of himself.
Alot of people right now are taking whatever job they can get, that means alot of over qualified people are working in retail and fast food and most of those jobs that are barely over minimum wage and their yearly accrued wages might barely make them eligible to pay for taxes. He shouldn't be talking down about these people he should be looking for ways to empower these people, not just give up on them and just focus on the "self reliant" part of America.
He pretty much saying "I only believe in half of America- the other half can go fuck themselves, I am done trying to appeal to them"
You know you have a shitty candidate when bible belt voters would rather have someone they acknowledge as a "Muslim" over some billionaire "Mormon" .
Now we will wait for someone to claim that the speech was fake and Romney was set up.
Originally Posted by SkylarCruzWantsYou
Obviously, not all Democrats are freeloaders. Romney's statement was a generalization. The truth is, that the upper ten percent pays seventy percent of the taxes and the lower fifty percent pays two percent of the taxes. The current system is not sustainable.I'min that top one percent. And I have many colleagues who are higher up in that ine percent than I am. Like most folks, we talk shop from time to time. And not once have I ever heard a soul say that they felt penalized or were going to work less because they had to pay 35% taxes on their next fee or their next well. Nor did that happen when our tax rate was 39.6% under President Clinton. The very idea would be laughable.
You can't penalize people for working and reward people for not working. Eventually, fewer and fewer people will work and more and more people will freeload. At some point the system collapses; we are approaching that point.
“The trouble with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Margaret Thatcher Originally Posted by joe bloe
Joe bloe? Cog? Come on. How many in your family are freeloading moochers who don't believe in personal responsibility? Originally Posted by DooveThis just in: It's called "Red State Socialism" - LOL
Apparently, the Wall Street Journal, America's most widely read newspaper, didn't get the word. Originally Posted by joe bloeExactly true, Skylar +1, WSJ -1.
But you can't win a general election with only the wing net vote. Something that is apparently only occurring to the Republicans now. That might get you to 20-25%, add the Country Club Republicans that haven't turned Democrat, and you get to 40%. Now what!! Originally Posted by TexTushHogWell, I guess we'll see how it works out. There is something very appealing about just telling the truth, even when all the focus groups indicate that lying is a better strategy. I wish Romney would tell the general population the same message he tells the party loyalists.
So tell us, you two. How many people in your respective families don't pay any federal income tax? Originally Posted by Doove
Joe bloe? Cog? Come on. How many in your family are freeloading moochers who don't believe in personal responsibility? Originally Posted by DooveTap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap.