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Posted by Edgar on January 17, 2008, 6:56 pm
>
>>> Democrats controlling Congress are looking at tax rebates, extended
>>> unemployment benefits and more food stamps to stimulate the sagging
>>> economy.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2uurfr
>>>
>>> "Pelosi, you ignorant slut. That's not a stimulus. It's insulation."
>>>
>>> Bush's wild-ass spending ways look awful until you realize that what the
>>> Dems want to do is even worse:
>>> "We'll trump Bush's spending and raise you with more government
>>> handouts".
>>> So the Dem *solution* is to give more money back to those families who
>>> already pay no taxes and get IRS rebates to boot.
>>> Sounds a lot like current Venezuelan economic policy.
>>>
>>> Seems to me that, for one, cutting Corporate income taxes, the 2nd
>>> highest in the world, would far more likely to stimulate growth and job
>>> creation than rebating taxes not payed, more food stamps and longer
>>> unemployment benefits.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You're joking right? Corporations are the biggest welfare recipients in
>> existence. They don't even pay taxes at this point.
>
> You are obviously way out of touch with reality, Edgar.
> Everything is taxed at all levels especially raw materials and labor.
> Get up to speed before making a comment that is off base.
>
>
> So basically you just
>> want to give them back money they didn't earn?
>
> Notice the words *give back*.
>
>
> You want to rebate money
>> they haven't paid?
>
> If they haven't paid it, how can it be given back?
>
>
> No I don't think so. Trickle down economics doesn't
>> work, because nothing ever actually trickles down.
>
> You introduce a concept, then you claim it doesn't work.
> Am I supposed to argue with that?
>
>
> It should be called
>> "Hoarding Economics" for truth in advertising. If the corporations want
>> to be looked at as individuals, with those same rights (which they are at
>> this point) then they should be taxed like the rest of us.
>
> Thats just lovely Edgar.
>
>
> If you want to even
>> think about cutting corporate taxes, we should also be cutting corporate
>> rights too then.
>
> A corporation does not have 'rights', it is a gov't construct so it has
> 'priviledges'.
> You should familiarize yourself with what those two things are.
>
Look up "Corporate Personhood" and tell me again who needs to familiarize
themselves with what.
--
Edgar
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