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FakeNoose

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5. We need to turn the clock back - to BEFORE Ronald Reagan!
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 12:26 PM
Feb 2019

By taxing the one-per-centers, it will take the middle class another 50 years to get caught up financially to 1980 - where we were before Reagan. The longer we wait the harder it's going to be.

And that's exactly what we do...eat shit. Constantly. DontBooVote Feb 2019 #1
To hear Republicans talk Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2019 #20
If the richest people in the country had to pay more in taxes, CrispyQ Feb 2019 #2
In 107 years of income tax, 50 of them had top marginal rates of 70%... JHB Feb 2019 #3
_and_ they got to live in a much nicer society for everyone ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #4
During those years we had the Interstate Highway system built LiberalArkie Feb 2019 #15
It's a mystery! Wait, correction... JHB Feb 2019 #18
I wold like to point out that since there are no more turn back funds, the cities, counties and LiberalArkie Feb 2019 #22
Exactly!!! PatSeg Feb 2019 #21
We need to turn the clock back - to BEFORE Ronald Reagan! FakeNoose Feb 2019 #5
Kick for truth. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2019 #6
Thank You Professor McKim Feb 2019 #7
Excellent post. Thank you. Delmette2.0 Feb 2019 #8
K & R mountain grammy Feb 2019 #9
Old saying from the '70's still true today Runningdawg Feb 2019 #10
Well stated. Even dumb, toothless republicans can understand that. pangaia Feb 2019 #11
K&R geardaddy Feb 2019 #12
I'm getting pretty sick of the flavor.. 2naSalit Feb 2019 #13
I predict:In 2100 billionaires will be like slave owners from 1800s -- gone leaving a painful memory Dorn Feb 2019 #14
I always thought that your taxes should not be based on how much you earn, world wide wally Feb 2019 #16
4% - and he's peaking right there. dchill Feb 2019 #17
Ya, 4%. Just enough to give the election to Trump louis c Feb 2019 #19
It is OK. We middle-class tax payers can afford to pay thousands more in taxes this year... debsy Feb 2019 #23
I don't understand why people in this country are so complacent. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #24
The biggest problem we people have is that the people we elect never have to choose between Autumn Feb 2019 #25
yes, they would ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #26
K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #27
Retrumplican would eat a yard of billionaire shit, just to see where it came from maxrandb Feb 2019 #28
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