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truebluegreen

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1. Does seem obvious. After all, our troubles and galloping growth in inequality started

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 10:17 PM

Sep 2013

when we stopped taxing the wealthy and corporations.

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To solve budget problems, raise taxes on the rich and the corporations. [View all] Octafish Sep 2013 OP

Does seem obvious. After all, our troubles and galloping growth in inequality started truebluegreen Sep 2013 #1

Republican Shrine of Swine documents the greedheads... Octafish Sep 2013 #2

Also, increase the tax base with massive Federal spending. nt Deep13 Sep 2013 #3

Agree. We need the New New Deal. Octafish Sep 2013 #4

Kick for the Solution to America's problems. Octafish Sep 2013 #5

Well, that would be the logical, reasonable, common sense thing to do. Zorra Sep 2013 #6

It's perfectly clear who their constituents are. Octafish Sep 2013 #9

Octafish, are you familiar with "modern monetary theory"? PETRUS Sep 2013 #7

That article is oustanding! I had no idea... Octafish Sep 2013 #8

I'm so pleased you found it worth your while. PETRUS Sep 2013 #10

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