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Obama: ‘Economy Would Be Much Better Off’ With More Government Workers
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| July 30, 2013 - 4:37 PM
| Fred Lucas
Posted on 07/30/2013 9:35:37 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
In the old Soviet Union,
everyone worked for the government. Those who fell out of favor weren't allowed to do so and simply starved. Those who objected were thrown in the gulags and simply died.
How did that work out for everybody? The only ones who prospered were the government bosses, who lived on caviar and drove their fancy Zils to their private dachas!
That's where we are headed...
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posted on
07/31/2013 8:04:58 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are void-Jefferson, 1798)
To: Mopp4
Example: a Federal Employee has a salary of 100K (forget benefits) - lets say they pay 40K in taxes - so as an individual they pay taxes but they don’t contribute to the tax base - the government’s real cost for that employee is 60K (multiplied by millions) - that money can only come from private sector tax payers - meaning all the government bills are really paid by the private sector. So the idea that people who work for the government will pay taxes and reduce the deficit is stupid.
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posted on
07/31/2013 10:24:44 AM PDT
by
DHerion
To: DHerion
cool...makes sense now...thanks!
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posted on
07/31/2013 10:39:28 AM PDT
by
Mopp4
To: Jim Robinson
"Obama is an idiot." I hear the next edition of Websters will have his picture next to the word in order to better explain the definition.
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posted on
07/31/2013 10:42:26 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: DHerion
"So the idea that people who work for the government will pay taxes and reduce the deficit is stupid." No, see using "Liberal Math" you can pay for government employees by taxing them if you can double the number of Government employees each year.
Its "new school" thinking...
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posted on
07/31/2013 10:45:48 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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