We need a decade straight of "FOR THE WORKING MAN" bills being passed. It's long past time.
C
I love how people complain about programs that cost $10 billion dollars, when our budget is $1.3 trillion dollars, and we actually put more into Defense spending than was actually requested by the Pentagon.
But we don't have money for Meals on Wheels and college kids who were defrauded...
a
I'm sorry but you can call "tax and spend" and so on, but I'm enough of a socialist and Bernie-ite to say I'm in favor of the 'Buffett rule' and the prospect that this countries biggest financial downfall has been its drop from the high taxes on the rich back in the early 1900s (which also saw the rise of many great houses: Fords, Vanderbilts, Morgans, Carnegies, Etc) including the tax drops of the 20s from what once was a 90% bracket down to what it is today. Giving the Rich more money does not work. They ship it off to Switzerland and pass it on to their brethren. The belief that they will invest ti and 'trickle down' economics has been dis-proven many times over. Give the middle and lower classes more money, they will spend it and profits increase and the Rich make money that way: through ownership.
D
Why are capital gains taxed at a lower rate? Income is income. It should all be treated the same. Just another giveaway to the rich.
S
Hey, maybe the rich will trickle on us again, like reagan and bush used to promise ---- remember 2008 - that isn't going to be anything like what the republicans are working on - but depressions are great for the rich - they scoop up all our retirements and assets for a song......
J
If the economy is so strong, why does he want to cut taxes and increase the deficit? Why not do what Bill Clinton did, and keep the tax rates where they were and pay down the US debt? Remember, the economy grew strong under the Obama tax rates.
J
And the deficit approaches $1,000,000,000,000.00. Where are the “fiscal conservatives” and “deficit hawks”, do they hibernate during Republican presidential terms?
D
Why?
T
In order to receive a tax cut..., one must first actually pay taxes. To hand out "tax refunds" to those who did not pay that tax money, is not a tax cut, but rather it is a wealth redistribution scheme, posing as a "tax cut".
D
Ladies and gentlemen your congressman and senators are allowing Trump to do this to you
But we don't have money for Meals on Wheels and college kids who were defrauded...