Kill the Cap or Kill Granny?

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Wednesday November 17, 2010 · 11:40 AM PST

2010/11/17 · 11:40

The current discussion about Social Security has not made the essential point – that current levels of Social Security can be achieved forever by eliminating the $106,000 cap on Social Security income. The current law is simply another tax cut for the rich – 90% of the people pay tax on 100% of their income, and the rich – well, they are just not that into taxes, and pay no additional tax on income over the cap.

IF we don’t give tax cuts to the rich, we will give cuts to Granny – cuts in her Social Security. Make bricklayers work until they are 70. Cut benefits to the most vulnerable – after they’ve paid into it all their life.

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Tuesday October 19, 2010 · 9:45 AM PDT

2010/10/19 · 09:45

The core philosophy of the Republican party is lower taxes, lower spending, and smaller government. They contrast themselves to the "tax and spend" Democrats, who they say believe in more government services and higher taxes. Which of these philosophies has worked for the American people? Let’s compare the last five presidents and see how they did with spending, debt, GDP, and employment.

Republicans increase spending 23% more than Democrats.
Republicans increase the debt 8.6 times more than Democrats!
Democrats increase GDP 17% more than Republicans.
Democrats increase job creation 2.3 times more than Republicans!

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Sunday August 15, 2010 · 1:48 PM PDT

2010/08/15 · 13:48

As we continue to try to stimulate the economy, there is much discussion about continuing the Bush Tax Cuts. One position is they are simulative to the economy, while the other position is that they add to the debt.

Guess what? Tax cuts for the rich depress the economy. Tax cuts for the poor, on the other hand, stimulate the economy.

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Friday July 30, 2010 · 12:07 PM PDT

2010/07/30 · 12:07

If more border security is in order, why not use good old American firepower to secure it? Instead of occasionally sending the National Guard to the border, why not just let them take their annual training near the border?

Every National Guard unit has an annual training exercise that lasts from 14 to 21 days. There are 500,000 soldiers serving in the National Guard. If we have 14-day deployments, we’d have 19,230 soldiers per deployment and 26 deployments that cover the entire year if we wish.

20,000 soldiers would perform their annual training exercise while training for desert warfare, and protecting us from illegal immigrants and dope smugglers.

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Saturday July 17, 2010 · 8:02 PM PDT

2010/07/17 · 20:02

I wonder what kool aide the GOP is drinking. Cut taxes to increase revenue. Over and over again. When we cut taxes to zero, will revenue explode to infinity? Are they running a Ponzi Scheme of stupid?

For the intellectually challenged (Tea party, this means you!), revenue from individual income taxes usually rises every year as inflation raises prices and wages, and as new entrants expand the job market (and the tax base) by a million workers a year.

We’ve had this experiment. Two tax cutters and one tax raiser. Let's look at the facts.

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Saturday July 03, 2010 · 7:58 PM PDT

2010/07/03 · 19:58

The reason for President Obama missing the White House greeting for the USA Soccer team was not, as White House spokesman Gibbs said, that Obama had a headache. The truth is that Obama took an Air Force flight to Afghanistan, single-handedly infiltrated Pakistan, captured Osama Bin Laden, and brought his back to the USA for trial.

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Friday March 26, 2010 · 2:13 PM PDT

2010/03/26 · 14:13

I just got a mailer from the Boehner for Speaker campaign to unseat Nancy. It states that when he is speaker of the house:

"...And we will fight to keep the President from Importing terrorists into our communities and giving them the same rights as American Citizens."

Not really a diary, just a comment on the sickness of Republican Politics.

Let 31,000 American Voters Live!!

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Friday March 19, 2010 · 12:11 PM PDT

2010/03/19 · 12:11

It is estimated that 45,000 people of the 45 million without health insurance will die every year. One person out of a thousand without health insurance dies. Every year. That’s the status quo. The Health Care bill will save 31,000 American lives - voters - a year.

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Wednesday March 17, 2010 · 9:00 AM PDT

2010/03/17 · 09:00

Can’t the Fact Checkers get it right? Obviously not...

AP has an article up titled "FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan" that then shows how premiums go down. The logic in the piece is that people will buy better insurance than they have now, causing premiums to go up.

Apple, meet Orange.

Perhaps it would be instructive to read the rest of the article and see how they reached their conclusions.

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Sunday February 21, 2010 · 12:20 PM PST

2010/02/21 · 12:20

A rising tide lifts all boats.

I’d like to consider the effect of raising taxes on high-income individuals – on the rich. If we raise taxes on high-income individuals and give a matched cut to lower-income individuals, a higher percentage of total income will be spent, increasing the multiplier effect and creating additional demand. This additional demand will allow high-income individuals to do higher volume and earn more money. And it won’t hurt the poor, either, or affect revenues.

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Friday February 19, 2010 · 1:07 PM PST

2010/02/19 · 13:07

Some on the Right say that government run (or even influenced) medical care is unconstitutional. I respond that it is the responsibility of our government to meet any crisis that dramatically impacts everyone in the USA, and argue that the founding fathers would agree with me.

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Sunday February 14, 2010 · 10:59 AM PST

2010/02/14 · 10:59

Cheney is dead wrong on just about everything about terror, and continues to try to re-write history. He’s wrong on how to prosecute terrorists. He has proven himself incompetent in running a war. He continues to defend torture, even as we know that it is the prime recruitment tool for terrorists.

Cheney is simply wrong. He needs to STFU.

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Let 31,000 American Voters Live!!

AP Fact Check FAIL!!

Tax the Rich to Make Them Richer!

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