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President Warren has a plan for that BeyondGeography Jan 2019 #1
My all time favorite song..................from one the greatest bands.....Tax the Rich......... turbinetree Jan 2019 #2
+1. Thanks for that memory. And Alvin Lee, RIP yonder Jan 2019 #11
YES.... one of the greatest songs ever. groundloop Jan 2019 #16
Ooh, I can't wait until those juicy tax cuts trickle down to the rest of us IronLionZion Jan 2019 #3
I can remember when President Clinton DirtEdonE Jan 2019 #4
A good chart says it all. sandensea Jan 2019 #5
A good chart (for a little while anyway) DirtEdonE Jan 2019 #8
Like most of them, that one too excludes Bush war spending - which was adding around $170 bn a year sandensea Jan 2019 #9
Wow DirtEdonE Jan 2019 #12
The GOPee is good at appealing to all the base pettiness out there sandensea Jan 2019 #21
Yeah, that's only the cost of the wars TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #25
Republicans really know how to make wars live up to their reputation sandensea Jan 2019 #26
Only thing to do is cut more taxes for the wealthy... PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #6
KGOP republicans are pissing all over America Achilleaze Jan 2019 #7
Lot of big deficits in the Reagan years. I thought he was the Small Govt. Great Fiscal Conservative progree Jan 2019 #10
"Small government" means small (and weak) enough that the rich guys can do whatever they want FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #18
Now that they aren't using House of Roberts Jan 2019 #13
File this under "no shit". It goes up because no one wants to do what it takes to fix it. oldsoftie Jan 2019 #14
"Taxing the rich" wont fix the problem. There aren't enough "rich" to tax. FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #19
Assets and income are two totally different things. We tax income. And we miss a LOT of it. oldsoftie Jan 2019 #22
That leaves a huge chunk of the world's wealth with a few handfuls of individuals ... forever FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #23
The problem is that we don't tax the way other successful countries do. oldsoftie Jan 2019 #24
Funny how there were enough rich to drive up the debt with their tax cuts. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2019 #29
That still doesn't work. Their tax receipts are still up oldsoftie Jan 2019 #30
Their plan is working.... next step is to slash infrastructure and social programs groundloop Jan 2019 #15
How can they slash what has been being spent on infrastructure? Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #20
During previous campaigns Republicans bragged that if elected they would balance the budget. honest.abe Jan 2019 #17
Deficits don't matter Wolf Frankula Jan 2019 #27
Nothing is being done to stop this insane method for running an economy. democratisphere Jan 2019 #28
Gee, I know... let's get a mega-loan from Putin!!! Talitha Jan 2019 #31
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