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21. Great OP

Reply to TM99 (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 08:29 AM

Jun 2015

People keep saying you can't raise taxes that it can't be done. Well guess what? It can be. Is it easy? No. But few things are easy.

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Yep. This illustrates the difference perfectly. djean111 Jun 2015 #1

This is why I support Bernie, and consider Hillary a Republican disguised as a Democrat. Scuba Jun 2015 #2

Ditto. SoapBox Jun 2015 #8

+1 n/t MissDeeds Jun 2015 #12

+2 L0oniX Jun 2015 #19

My republican friend told me she knows of three other republican women who will vote for Clinton. CrispyQ Jun 2015 #33

Both are good ideas, but... JaneyVee Jun 2015 #3

The second one involves for-profit, debt mill colleges brush Jun 2015 #7

Yes, let's set our bar so low the R's will even like it. Or ... Scuba Jun 2015 #35

"Thirty years later, we got the down, but we never got the trickle." Al Sharpton merrily Jun 2015 #4

WE THE PEOPLE, not RoccoR5955 Jun 2015 #5

Both are conceptually good - but neither one is the EXACTLY right approach JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #6

I agree with that appoach and it was a huge mistake for communities to abandon shop classes Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #10

I don't know . . . JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #11

Totally, we all need to be vigilant or it won't happen. Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #13

As a small business owner, I have to just tuck this on to your post- KittyWampus Jun 2015 #18

Yes, yes, yes! JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #22

So right on Kitty. raouldukelives Jun 2015 #29

What's a small business? jeff47 Jun 2015 #32

+100 heaven05 Jun 2015 #26

Undo the Reagan tax cuts, the Reagan De-evolution. Tax the billionaires and their empires. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #9

Clinton's approach is very Reaganesque. It is all about that trickle down. Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #14

more like heaven05 Jun 2015 #24

excellent post- my only quibble, and it's a very minor one- is cali Jun 2015 #15

Well, we could say Bernie's idea is typically Bernie- KittyWampus Jun 2015 #17

far better than Hillary- thecorporations-first-and-foremost-for-ever-and-ever-amen cali Jun 2015 #20

They are both good ideas. Both different. Both have pluses and minuses…. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #16

Couldn't he suspend certain laws like Raygun did? Or unsign treaties like Shrub d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #34

Great OP Autumn Jun 2015 #21

excellent description heaven05 Jun 2015 #23

Yes it does. PatrickforO Jun 2015 #25

Internships are modern slavery maindawg Jun 2015 #27

BS oberliner Jun 2015 #28

They have no choice maindawg Jun 2015 #30

My enterprise telecom JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #31

I worked in television news heaven05 Jun 2015 #37

...and there is a post on the Greatest Page insisting that Hillary is an "Economic Liberal". bvar22 Jun 2015 #36

In my view, tax credits are corporate welfare, so I'm against it. grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #38