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1 posted on 01/10/2007 7:37:21 AM PST by Lucky9teen
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"The additional tax money would be earmarked for education, according to the text of the bill, 'to teach America’s children the fundamentals of economics in a capitalist system.'"

Touché!

2 posted on 01/10/2007 7:44:28 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Peace will come when the Palestinians love their children more than they hate Israel)
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Republicans said the new minimum wage would also produce a windfall of tax revenue as millions of Americans move from paying no federal income tax, straight to the highest tax bracket.

Love that Scrappleface.

3 posted on 01/10/2007 7:45:57 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Conservatism hasn't been tried and found wanting, it has been found wanting to be tried.)
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They should do it.

I'm willing to destroy the economy to make a point.


4 posted on 01/10/2007 7:46:43 AM PST by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
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To: Lucky9teen
Republicans said the new minimum wage would also produce a windfall of tax revenue as millions of Americans move from paying no federal income tax, straight to the highest tax bracket.

Wow! Applying the principle of robbing Peter to pay Paul used in Congress to the rest of the country. What a great idea!

5 posted on 01/10/2007 8:30:19 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
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Ya know, this might work if a 95% tax was implemented along with the raise.


6 posted on 01/10/2007 8:31:27 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
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To: Lucky9teen

I'm watching the debate on C-Span..one dem got up there and said a raise will provide an additional $4,400 a year to families for groceries and health care..ROFL..

how about an additional $4,400 a year for new "grills", "tennis shoes", "iPods", "lottery tickets", all the extra beer they can handle and that ever beneficial street gun..


7 posted on 01/10/2007 8:39:54 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info..)
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meanwhile, at the DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3082484


10 posted on 01/10/2007 8:50:22 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info..)
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To: Lucky9teen

$175k a year?

Nice!

Too bad a pack of gum would cost $543.00.

Gotta love that Scrappleface!


17 posted on 01/10/2007 10:22:53 AM PST by RockinRight (To compare Congress to drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors. - Ronald W. Reagan)
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which typically includes an annual cost-of-living-it-up increase.

ROFL!!!

18 posted on 01/10/2007 10:23:28 AM PST by RockinRight (To compare Congress to drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors. - Ronald W. Reagan)
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