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customerserviceguy

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6. Let all the tax breaks expire

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 10:50 PM

Dec 2012

Poor folks without jobs aren't going to pay them, and the relatively small amount taken out of the middle class is more than worth all the taxes the rich simply won't be able to wriggle out of. That 2% tax holiday, the expiration of which takes $1K from the worker making $50,000? Well, it takes four times that from the rich couple where both spouses make over the cap. They're the real beneficiaries of this two year mistake.

Time to start getting towards a balanced budget like Bill Clinton got us to.

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Why NOT Raise Taxes? [View all] riqster Dec 2012 OP

There is no argument I can think of as to why not raise taxes on the rich. NONE. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #1

The problem is bouncing taxes back up on the poorest Warpy Dec 2012 #3

Oh agreed, taxes are not the only thing that need looked at riqster Dec 2012 #5

Most of the financial problems faced by the country as a whole Warpy Dec 2012 #12

The poorest are too poor to pay taxes jmowreader Dec 2012 #13

I managed to listen for a few minutes today.. Permanut Dec 2012 #2

Hard to argue with such informed and erudite people such as he riqster Dec 2012 #4

Let all the tax breaks expire customerserviceguy Dec 2012 #6

I'd pay it. riqster Dec 2012 #7

Paying off the national debt is a pretty good use customerserviceguy Dec 2012 #8

Very true! riqster Dec 2012 #9

because they just spent a billion dollars buying the republican side of the aisle spanone Dec 2012 #10

And maybe if I were part of the 1%, riqster Dec 2012 #11