that’s actually what they are afraid of, paying back bonds taken against social security

they used ss to claim surplus to justify “tax cuts”, things like that

also, why in the hell does the labor class pay into it against their entire salary and the wealthy pay into it on a fraction of their salary?

love your post, one addendum which you did touch base on but I would like to touch base again;

The best move would be to tax everyone at a base 10% rate (from current 7.9% rate) for FICA and have no cap on it and tax capital gains and dividends as regular income and we are really moving forward. If that happened then we suddenly are fully funded FOREVER

I would find a method for equalizing regressive taxes so the poor aren’t paying more then the wealthy on use taxes fees and services, regressive taxes are the real problem that never seems to find a solution

The Bush Tax Cut Fight on the Left

I don’t know why I keep doing this david, it seems you never participate in your own threads, anyway I must point out for everyone else since you don’t ever seem to get it

these are NOT the bush “tax cuts”, they are the obama “tax cuts”, bush’s “tax cuts” EXPIRED

that’s the first thing

the second, they are NOT “tax cuts” they are a redistribution of middle class assets into the pockets of the wealthy

buy I sure am tired of responding to authors who don’t participate in their own threads

hey ecahn, you’re gonna get a real kick out of this
remember a few days ago you asked tongue in cheek, “I wonder if the gop to say the solution to the 2 billion dollar bad bet would be less regulation” or something like that?
I answered;
“that’s like wondering if water is wet”
or something akin?
I don’t have the link but sure as shooting;
“RNC Chair Calls for Less Regulation of Wall Street After $2 Billion JPMorgan Loss”,

do I have to grow the potatoe too?

can I buy popeye’s batter?

I wonder if they will deep frie in olive oil

popeyes fries are the best

DOLAN: That’s rather superficial [...] It still gives no attention to these choking mandates, this choking definition of religion that we find to be so strangling.

does he have any idea what he’s asking for?

suppose the government did NOT ave “a choking definition of religion”

he would have to compete with cults in every neighborood, either all getting the same tax break his church gets or his church getting nothing like they do

I wonder if they would rather have “no choking mandates” but have to pay taxes on their property

actually letting the obama’s redistribution of middle class assets to the wealthy scheme (marketed as tax cuts)expire would have a positive affect, it would get more people working and relieve financial tension

there is no down side to letting that scheme expire as far as the economic health of this country is concerned

Dems Start Negotiating Against Themselves on Bush Tax Cuts
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correction

they are negotiating FOR their corporate supporters which means they are negotiating FOR themselves, against their constituents is what you meant to say jon

Considering that two years ago, there was virtually no outside money on the Democratic side, even the miniscule amount creates a bit more equity.

terrible math there david, if they’ve managed to increase their coffers ten fold and with those contributions the dems increase their coffers one fold, that is a negative, it brings them further from equity

off topic, in memory, my favorite beegees song of all time, probably my fav comming to age song too, robin gibb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRNTQvXSsfA

But I’ll bet you anything Schilling would get mad if you called it welfare.

these should be blog post titles all by themselves;

“wealthy republicans will rickets, curt shilling ask for and receive welfare, then complain about welfare to poor people”

I wish I could believe a re-elected President Obama would not approve Keystone. Also, I wish Obama would let all the Bush Tax Cuts expire, but he won’t – or if he does, he’ll immediately propose the Obama Tax Cuts. You know, “middle class” is $50K a year, not $250K.

actually it’s more likely getting approval if obama is elected since the democrats won’t fight him, they will fight romney

as far as obama letting the bush redistribution of middle class assets scheme expire, they did expire, he could not do anything about that, these ARE the “obama tax cuts” (more correctly, the term is “the obama redistibution of middle class assets to the wealthy scheme)

off topic, I just got a push poll here in new york by computer phone call

all but one of the 4 questions were legitimate, the push question was;

“do you think the pipeline should be approved, it will help relationship with canada and lower dependence on oil import (both wrong)

or you don’t believe the pipeline should be approved

correct me if I am wrong

didn’t germant initiate at least some austerity?

if so the right wing bats will point and say “look, it works”

lite?

more like on steroids