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Treasury Secretary Says Letting Bush Tax Cuts for Rich Expire Will Not Slow Economic Growth
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Posted on 07/24/2010 5:14:25 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Treasury Secretary Says Letting Bush Tax Cuts for Rich Expire Will Not Slow Economic Growth

July 24, 2010 6:00 PM

In an exclusive interview on ABC News’ "This Week" to air Sunday, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner said the White House would push to let the Bush tax cuts expire for individuals making more than $200,000 a year and families making more than $250,000, but keep them for middle and lower income Americans.

“We think that's the responsible thing to do,” Geithner said, “because we need to make sure we can show the world that they're willing as a country now to start to make some progress bringing down our long-term deficits."

ABC News pointed out that Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, told Bloomberg News that letting the tax cuts expire -- which the former Fed Chair supports -- would “probably” slow growth, “but I think we have no choice in doing that, because we have to recognize there are no solutions which are optimum. These are choices between bad and worse.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
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To: Sub-Driver


21 posted on 07/24/2010 5:36:15 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Sub-Driver
Just another incompetent Marxist Democrat schmuck talking through his ash. Sheeeesh I'm so sick of this bunch. And notice the scumbag who wrote the story put in "tax cuts for the rich."
22 posted on 07/24/2010 5:36:24 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Timothy Geithner - A tax cheat and a World Class Ass-hat.

It is nearly impossible to believe that people this colossally stupid hold positions of such importance.

23 posted on 07/24/2010 5:38:58 PM PDT by Pablo64 (Political Correctness is a DISEASE. <==> TRUTH is the CURE.)
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To: Marathoner

This bunch is deliberately trying to destroy our economic system and they’re the biggest bunch of idiots and fools ever to occupy the office.


24 posted on 07/24/2010 5:39:44 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Sub-Driver

To a true “Keynesian”, what is the point in the Government collecting taxes at all? Why not just print a couple a trillion a year for their needs?


25 posted on 07/24/2010 5:40:18 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Didn’t Geithner have a problem paying taxes? maybe if all democrats just paid their taxes for once, the deficit would turn into a surplus


26 posted on 07/24/2010 5:41:10 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: Marathoner

How about both?


27 posted on 07/24/2010 5:42:34 PM PDT by RightWingConspirator (Impeach Zerobama and his band of Commie Czars)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Damn! You beat me to it!


28 posted on 07/24/2010 5:43:15 PM PDT by RightWingConspirator (Impeach Zerobama and his band of Commie Czars)
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To: Sub-Driver

Another problem with this theory - most of the beneficiaries of these soon-to-exire tax rates are not, in fact, the rich, but rather individuals of modest means who have done the prudent thing and invested for their own retirement. Since neither the tax-advantages schemes, such as IRAs and 401(k)s nor social security can provide completely for the costs of retirement, prudent individuals invest more than they can put into these arrangements, which means that they are depending on investments they’ve made that are subject to the taxes on capital gains and dividends.

The so-called “rich” won’t be particularly hurt by these tax increases because, generally speaking, they have the economic wherewithal to demand that their bargains get grossed up for the taxes they have to pay, which means that they don’t end up economically bearing the cost of these taxes - their counterparties do, and since those counterparties are usually ultimately banks, that means that the customers of those banks with limited means - us, in other words - end up bearing the economic burden of taxes that are nominally imposed on the so-called “rich.”

This guy, and democrats in general, are too stupid for words to suffice.


29 posted on 07/24/2010 5:45:24 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: Sub-Driver

I wonder how this will effect small businesses? How many people employed by small businesses will lose their jobs? How many businesses will be forced to close?


31 posted on 07/24/2010 5:47:13 PM PDT by GlennBeck08
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To: RowdyFFC

I wish it were that simple, i see something much more sinister here


32 posted on 07/24/2010 5:47:13 PM PDT by mel
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To: Sub-Driver

I remember this very successful tax lawyer I know just gushing over Obama and his pick of Geithner.

Not no more.


33 posted on 07/24/2010 5:54:46 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Sub-Driver

Said by the man who doesn’t pay his own taxes.


34 posted on 07/24/2010 5:55:01 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Timothy Geithner will go down in history as an imbecile, along with the rest of the clowns.


35 posted on 07/24/2010 5:56:37 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

that’s good to hear!


36 posted on 07/24/2010 5:58:59 PM PDT by midnightcat
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To: Sub-Driver

There’s still a chance we can continute those tax cuts. They should be paid for, of course.


37 posted on 07/24/2010 6:02:43 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Marathoner

38 posted on 07/24/2010 6:05:47 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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39 posted on 07/24/2010 6:08:20 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: Sub-Driver

Since we don’t have any economic growth, he’s right.


40 posted on 07/24/2010 6:10:43 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Politicians exist to break windows so they may spend other people's money to fix them.)
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