tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post3028893389665713333..comments2023-11-05T03:05:05.785-05:00Comments on MyRightWingDad.net: Fw: The economyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-60290220798590515872011-07-13T21:38:57.290-04:002011-07-13T21:38:57.290-04:00How do you know a RW forward is really "reach...How do you know a RW forward is really "reaching?" When they recycle one-liner #1 in one-liner #19.<br /><br />That is all.CMcDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-33385043028022031382011-07-13T11:08:00.325-04:002011-07-13T11:08:00.325-04:00Thanks, at least there has been some true "di...Thanks, at least there has been some true "discussion" on this post, rather than just "nanny nanny boo boo" stuff.<br /><br />As an extremely radical bleeding edge lefite/liberal, I disagree that Obama has been "held hostage" by so-called "Republicans." Yes, Republicans have pretty much refused to negotiate on any sane basis, but it's my opinion (ferschitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-44712873262508206062011-07-13T09:54:37.932-04:002011-07-13T09:54:37.932-04:00http://www.tax.com/taxcom/taxblog.nsf/Permalink/CH...http://www.tax.com/taxcom/taxblog.nsf/Permalink/CHAS-89LPZ9?OpenDocumentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-3470753855560672392011-07-13T00:13:39.511-04:002011-07-13T00:13:39.511-04:00"Progressives Suck" is making the common..."Progressives Suck" is making the common mistake of assuming every "progressive" has to stand behind every decision Obama makes. I doubt conservatives want to admit to supporting everything Bush did, either.<br /><br />The CBO has been <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11579" rel="nofollow">saying for years</a> that the economic benefit of lower income taxes doesn'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-46357846257275744842011-07-12T21:13:37.933-04:002011-07-12T21:13:37.933-04:00Statistics are hard to ignore and the $3,000 savin...<i>Statistics are hard to ignore and the $3,000 saving would require over $200,000 income and less than 3% of Americans make that.</i><br /><br />That's only if you are looking just at income and rates. There are also deductions and other provisions which were set to expire but had to be extended. The AMT patch, childcare credit, EITC, small business depreciation, college tuition tax Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-33486853919442261482011-07-12T20:29:59.520-04:002011-07-12T20:29:59.520-04:00I stand by my statement (irregardless of what Obam...I stand by my statement (irregardless of what Obama said) Statistics are hard to ignore and the $3,000 saving would require over $200,000 income and less than 3% of Americans make that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-43866715455035412302011-07-12T20:06:26.048-04:002011-07-12T20:06:26.048-04:00Suck it
Suck what? Obama always wanted to extend...<i>Suck it</i><br /><br />Suck what? Obama always wanted to extend tax cuts for the bottom 99% and roll back the marginal rate for the top 1%. Republicans held everything else hostage in order to secure a payout for their rich overlords. So the President decided to sacrifice that part of his plan in order to get everything else done, including tax cut extentions for the 99% (an undoubtedly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-47536730864245384542011-07-12T18:57:50.367-04:002011-07-12T18:57:50.367-04:00@Anonymous: $3000 remark came from President Obama...@Anonymous: $3000 remark came from President Obama.<br />http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/12/06/statement-president-tax-cuts-and-unemployment-benefits<br /><br />Suck it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-46673177495810074442011-07-12T18:53:03.592-04:002011-07-12T18:53:03.592-04:00“Make no mistake, allowing taxes to go up on all A...<i>“Make no mistake, allowing taxes to go up on all Americans would have raised taxes by $3,000 for a typical American family and that could cost our economy well over a million jobs,” Mr. Obama said at the White House.</i><br /><br />Yes, and he was referring to the fact that the GOP would only extend tax cuts for 99% of people if they also got them for the top 1%. It was hostage taking, pure Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-6135399372501287762011-07-12T18:51:32.714-04:002011-07-12T18:51:32.714-04:00Or the fact that Obama voted to extend GW’s tax cu...<i>Or the fact that Obama voted to extend GW’s tax cuts for two more years.</i><br /><br />He did that because the Republicans in the Senate held the nation hostage unless they got their upper class tax cuts extended.<br /><br />They refused to allow anything to pass: middle class tax cuts, unemployment extention, the START treaty, repeal of DADT, etc unless they got their tax cuts for the top 1%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-12237558875357091202011-07-12T18:21:23.473-04:002011-07-12T18:21:23.473-04:00The economy is so bad, a truckload of Americans we...<i>The economy is so bad, a truckload of Americans were caught sneaking into Mexico.</i><br /><br />Sadly, this is already true. At least a million Americans travel to Mexico for affordable medical procedures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-73353354222553265292011-07-12T17:04:19.119-04:002011-07-12T17:04:19.119-04:00It would be interesting to see where youre figures...It would be interesting to see where youre figures for a typical american family($3000)came from.<br />According to Citizens for tax justice the effects of the 2001-enacted tax cuts in 2010 for a average tax savings of <br />$2,780 your income would be from $205,000 to $518,000 seams like those figures would be more like the average millionare's income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-64985000603717971592011-07-12T16:56:02.607-04:002011-07-12T16:56:02.607-04:00The economy is so bad because our economy has been...The economy is so bad because our economy has been operated on by Dr. Milton Friedman and his "Free Market" true believers for decades.<br /><br />The patient is so sick at this point, it will take years to fix. And since the Dems don't have a magic wand, the economy will continue to gasp, wheeze, and shit the bed -- allowing the GOPs to blame the Dems for the suffering GOP gruaudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-85873874425967430402011-07-12T16:06:33.565-04:002011-07-12T16:06:33.565-04:00@ferschitz Bush/Obama endless tax cuts for the ric...<i>@ferschitz Bush/Obama endless tax cuts for the rich has emphatically FAILED</i><br />You are 100% right!!!Progressives Sucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-29509522009968035222011-07-12T16:02:53.906-04:002011-07-12T16:02:53.906-04:00@Hard Headed Bastard named Anonymous - What’s the ...<i>@Hard Headed Bastard named Anonymous - What’s the matter GW’s tax cuts for the rich were supposed to solve all these problems how much longer do you suppose it’ll take before you hard headed bastards admit you’re wrong?</i><br />Or the fact that Obama voted to extend GW’s tax cuts for two more years. <br />If it was so evil, then why didn’t Obama stop it?<br />“Make no mistake, allowing taxes Progressives Sucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-41615137699683955582011-07-12T16:02:29.097-04:002011-07-12T16:02:29.097-04:00Sadly most of these "jokes" are true, ab...Sadly most of these "jokes" are true, absent the last one about EXXON "laying off" 25 Congress creeps. If anything, EXXON has PAID OFF even more.<br /><br />But what's the point of this?<br /><br />Are we just laughing our butts off while the ship of state sinks below the water line... and then feeling all smugly & piously indignant about??? about what? Dirty liberals?ferschitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-63228383876621085252011-07-12T15:34:24.519-04:002011-07-12T15:34:24.519-04:00Anonymous take your meds
Says anonymous, without ...<i>Anonymous take your meds</i><br /><br />Says anonymous, without even specifying which of the other two he was wrongly referring to. Triple fail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-13254558001306150482011-07-12T13:59:29.025-04:002011-07-12T13:59:29.025-04:00Anonymous take your medsAnonymous take your medsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-65702648287658127672011-07-12T13:20:49.790-04:002011-07-12T13:20:49.790-04:00The economy is so bad, Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Con...<i>The economy is so bad, Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen.</i><br /><br />Gotta say, I liked this one. If only it were true... <br /><br />Sadly oil companies are about the only things still raking it in these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921098406878065065.post-33590640218438418062011-07-12T12:01:51.855-04:002011-07-12T12:01:51.855-04:00What’s the matter GW’s tax cuts for the rich were ...What’s the matter GW’s tax cuts for the rich were supposed to solve all these problems how much longer do you suppose it’ll take before you hard headed bastards admit you’re wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com