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Posted on 12/06/2022 8:06:09 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Everything is just fine....
https://twitter.com/Blackrussiantv/status/1600276044992299008
Maybe, maybe not. You stated an ABSOLUTE, I shot it down with actual examples that any reasonable person cannot debunk.
But some respond in other ways when caught...
Caught at what? Lowering marginal tax rates results in increased federal revenue. FACT.
Our political system is so deeply corrupted that it makes banana republics look good. It appears that a watering of the tree of liberty is the only repair remaining.
"Let's start with the lawyers . . . " At least that's what Will said.
Well, we have never faced the horror of Keynesian Economics these multiple decades, so No, we never will until we stand before our graves.
We’re done. Stick a fork in us.
If only the GOP had the presidency and a filibuster-proof Congress, they would implement all that and save our country. Elections will save us.
/sarc
“a woke government with a printing press will fund their political cronies and 1000 social-engineering schemes.
Fix that, and everything else conservatives desire will fall into place.”
Oh, i think we spent well before we were woke. The real problem is that we are a socialist country, and by God, you better gimme, gimme, gimme.
This problem is not fixable by the kind of men we have today. Today government “service” is about looting the treasury of printed money.
No this problem will only fix itself when there is nothing of value that government can give our fellow socialists, and no amount of taxes can be paid to satisfy the government appetite.
We are most of the way there. The misery will be epic. The conflicts seemingly unending, but everybody who survives will understand that not only are they broke, but any program or institution they expected to help them is also broke.
Will we become a more moral society? I suspect we may, after a hopefully brief but intense descent into the immorality of anarchy, starvation, and deprivation.
From such trauma emerges a resilient sel-reliant people.
They will simply keep printing their way out of this, and the devalued dollars will continue to lead to a decrease in our standard of living. With each passing day, there are less and less “normal” Americans to resist this as they are replaced with Thirdworlders for whom this is still a step up (they have indoor plumbing, de facto “guaranteed basic income”, etc.).
I think it’s very telling that the U.S. embarked on this historic, seemingly transformational lunar program during a period in our history when the signs of cultural and moral dysfunction and disorder were becoming increasingly clear. It was not a coincidence.
What evidence do you have to support your claim that tax rates of 40% and 41% are on the RIGHT side of your Laffer curve?
The US is a shell of a nation.
Law enforcement is politicized and no longer protects the citizenry.
First Amendment - free speech suppressed, churches shut down by gov’t mandates, the press works with the FBI and federal gov’t
Second Amendment - under assault daily, constant erosion, only a matter of time
Fourth Amendment - no privacy in your online papers, home or travels. Gov’t tracks you and your bank account.
Fifth Amendment - US Citizens held without charges for nearly 3 years after Jan 6
Tenth Amendment - states rights eroded via dependency on federal dollars
Anyone who thinks this can be salvaged and restored is fooling themselves.
Culture is dead.
No great art, music or cinema has been created. All have been politicized.
No great medical breakthroughs or scientific advances. All depend on gov’t funding and have been politicized.
Breakdown of the family unit, the foundation of gov’t and culture.
Devaluing human life, including children and political opponents.
The entire nation is a hollow shell and in total free fall and you two are debating if 40% or 41% tax rates increase revenue.
Enjoy yourselves.
I don’t know about that. Things are pretty good in my neck of the woods.
We’re no longer a republic.
If we don’t fix that FIRST, we’ll never fix anything again.
I think I'll pass. The Federal Reserve has way too much power because we debased the currency by leaving the gold standard. This unconstitutionally gave the Fed complete control over the currency by setting interest rates. The politicians went along because the Fed allows them to spend like drunken sailors and they cream a percent of the bloated budget for themselves and their backers.
What we need is: a) a halt to all immigration; b) stiff tariffs on imported manufactured goods and re-capitalization of American manufacturing; c) massive anti-trust break-ups of the banks, airlines, cell phone companies, etc.; d) restoration of the division between banks and investment banks. Make the banks make money by investing in loans to businesses and not speculation on Wall Street; e) tie executive compensation to long-term company performance so they can't cash in by boosting profits temporarily by gutting a company's core competencies and walking away from a husk like GE and Boeing; f) give the US military the capability to deter any aggression by other great powers. Does anyone thing Russia would have attacked Ukraine if Trump had remained in office?
Above all, restore election integrity.
As someone called it, the agenda to Make America Great Again.
Short of a genuine revolution where most of the current political and business classes are lustrated, I seriously doubt any of this will happen.
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