Posted on 06/20/2011 2:32:55 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
Republicans should support targeted "Revenue Enhancements."
They claim that corporate profits are up and they just have to tax more.
Republicans and Conservatives usually sit there with their thumbs up their ***** and say nothing other than "small businesses make jobs." It doesn't fly. Democrats keep it up with their "increase revenue" BS again and again.
So I had this idea and I want to share it with FReepers.
I suggest that Republicans say "OK, we favor increasing revenues to reduce the debt. We propose targeted revenue enhancements. We will draft our "Fair Revenue Enhancement to Reduce the Debt Act" which taxes at a modest 45% (forty five percent) of the assets of such businesses and groups as:
Like Bruce Springsteen who claims his estate as a farm in order to take a big tax cut,
Talk about the rich. Who is richer than these creeps?
Who can deny that members of the above are:
Rush? Hannity? Quinn? Sarah? can we hear this from you?
I'll say it myself -
targeted revenue enhancements
targeted revenue enhancements
targeted revenue enhancements
Anybody agree? Disagree?
I disagree.
How about we just target registered Democrats.
They suck the government teat way more than republicans.
That would make more sense than higher taxes for the biggest producers.
And more biblical. (Jesus parable about the talents)
Wouldn't work. It's too easy to change registration.
We can't let them win like that.
There is no "revenue problem" in Washington DC. There is a spending problem!!!
"Revenue enhancements" as you call them don't address the spending problem. The reality is that taxation at levels over 20% of GDP have never worked. Attempting to tax at rates that would lead to revenues at that level just slows down the economy by reducing growth.
Spending now is at near (over?) 25% of GDP. There's no way to raise enough revenues to sustain that. It won't happen. No amount of "Hope" will "change" that.
Then, even with "revenue enhancements," Democrats will then want to "invest" the additional revenue in their failing socialist programs.
This country is rapidly becoming a larger version of Greece and Spain. And the end could be only weeks or months away (not years or decades). There are only a few things that have helped us so far. Mainly, 1) The U S Dollar is the "reserve currency" of choice around the world and 2) Our debasing of our currency has allowed the rest of the world to devalue their currencies, easing some of their own debt problems. That has in many ways eased the inflation that should have been triggered by the currency manipulations. So long as everyone does it, prices of finished goods stay mosty in balance. The inflation has been limited to the raw materials and bulk commodities markets. Energy (gas and heating and cooking fuels) and food prices have risen, and that's part of what has triggered unrest and violence in some countries. If we go to far with that monetary policy, things will degrade very quickly here in the USA.
Yet, if we don't continue, the GDP "growth" will halt. The truth is that the "growth" number has been artificially inflated by monetary policy and the currency manipulation. Many believe that if you factor in money supply factors and the real effects of QE and QE2 and other Federal Reserve monkey motion, the GDP has been flat or even shrinking continually since 2008.
I agree, and this touches on a more general point that is extremely important. Liberals are the ultimate hypocrites, and their hypocrisy must be pointed out over, and over again. When this is done it scores points and makes the enemy on the left play defense. They do this to conservatives all the time with cries of racism, fascism etc., and the tables need to be turned as often as possible.
Thank you for getting my point.
Anyone who receives government largesse should be banned from voting for one calendar year thereafter.
How about we tax welfare and low incomes at the same rate that we tax employers and productive people? If 29% or 35% or whatever is good enough for Bill Gates, it’s good enough for everyone. We’ll see how long the push for “revenue enhancement” carries on when everybody is treated equally.
One presidential election cycle = 4 years!
This would give people a reason to vote for lower tax rates for everyone.
We should also only send tax refunds to people who actually pay taxes. Some people don't pay any Federal Income Taxes and still get a refund.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
i don’t want to help fix the current situation.
why not?
it’d help the progressives get out from under the mess they’ve created, allowing them to continue screwing my country.
i went Galt for this reason. once 0bama and crew are gone, i’ll deal myself back in.
until then, they can twist in the wind until they rot, for all i care... i sure as hell won’t help cut them down from the results of progressive control
LLS
the last thing the federal government NEEDS is MOre revenue...
Sounds like “some-one” is really really brain washed..
You know............. Myth Romneyfied...
Did you read my post? If not, read it - the words, NOT the headline.
How about taxing the poor? Its about time they started paying their fair share.
Its a]about time the government workers go into social security and forfeit their pensions for the poor who dont have any.The richest county in the country is in virginia,the subburbs of Washington DC,GOVRNMENT workers are having NO problems,gwt rid of all government Unions,government workers should all be on minumum wage
What the federal government NEEDS is to be gutted like a fish...
LESS REVENUE not More..
And every budget for the next ten years should reduce federal gov’t revenue.. and thereby employment..
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