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Lucky Luciano

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43. Part of your math is fuzzy too.

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 03:38 PM

Dec 2012

"The President is recommending additional stimulus spending of 250 Billion to promote point (4)

Which leaves a net = 140 Billion"

Stimulus should generate jobs which generates taxes. The biggest way to erase the deficit would be to get our GDP growing again by 4% or more. That will mean unemployment will come crashing down (along with the very expensive unemployment benefits) and the deficit would be reduced heavily.

I don't see a need for 60% marginal tax rates or higher - that is not necessary.

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