Posted on 12/08/2010 7:31:47 AM PST by PJ-Comix
ditto. gotta have “skin in the game”.
The reality is that would leave 50% of the country as non-voters initially. I suspect those of us with net tax payments would remedy that fairly quickly.
Most people don’t vote anyways... lol
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Depends who they are and how they may react to being “ruled” by “rich” people.
Can you imagine the riots if the people in the inner cities had their “right to vote” revoked because they receive money from the government? I can. They wouldn’t be pretty.
Or, of course, it could just be a tax bill. Could go either way.
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"You wanna know what makes me sad? YOU DO! Why don't we just chug on over to namby-pamby land, where maybe we can find you some self-confidence, ya jackwagon?"
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“We support massive deficits if it helps the wealthy.”
Hey DUmmies,
By my own estimation of crude numbers, the tax increase you so desperately desire for the “rich” would generate about $40-50B in revenue. That also assumes constant economic activity, so that is even at risk. Now that amount is about 2% of the current budget, or to put it in other language, it is about HALF OF THE AMOUNT SPENT VIA EARMARKS. You know, that “miniscule amount that wasn’t worth eliminating.”
What is it, miniscule or budget busting?
In the economic wasteland of the past three years, the biggest success story has been a website that gets us to buy stuff we never knew we wanted: helicopter-flying lessons, hot stone massages, professional photo portraiture, obscure ethnic food, hot air balloon rides. More precisely, what we buy at Grouponthe two-year-old startup that, with projected revenue of more than $500 million this year, was called the fastest growing company ever in a recent Forbes cover storyis the right to buy all that stuff at a huge discount, so long as we all act fast. In other words, what Groupon sells (as its clever name indicates) is coupons, but with a social twist. Its been such a huge moneymaker that scores of copycats have emerged, including other startups like LivingSocial and 8coupons. Established online presences like Yelp and have also jumped in; the biggest and most recent entrant is AOL, which in October announced its own Groupon clone, Wow.com.
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Not so coincidentally, I am headed out the door right now to do some major league couponing.
Sorry for triple post. I have reported myself to the mods for a wet noodle beating!
LOL!
hmmmm...where have I heard that before! :)
Frickin' communist.
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