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humbled_opinion

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18. Judge a man by actions not words...

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 08:47 PM

Jan 2013

Answer me this...

Where was the discussion on ....

1. a VAT?
2. Actually Rasing the tax rates not just letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the rich?
3. A banking and trading transaction tax?
4. An annual tax on gun ownership?
5. A wealth Tax?

Not a single word by the President on anything like those......but he did come up with the brilliant SS chained CPI.....

Why?

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Judge a man by actions not words... humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #18

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