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Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:11 pm to Taxing Authority
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what rates have gone up?
You would think someone with the handle "taxing authority" wouldn't need to ask such a question.
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If anything this data show Romney was right. A healthy(er) economy is the best way to raise revenues.
So the economy is healthy now?
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:12 pm to Powerman
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So the economy is healthy now?
"(er)"
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:12 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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no, it is still a bad thing.
Everything is relative. Having 500 dollars in credit card debt could be considered a bad thing. But it's better than having 50,000.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:12 pm to Powerman
quote:So Odrama cranks it up then tapers it off slightly and you fap.
Not when you compare it to a 600 billion dollar deficit
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:14 pm to Jbird
Is the deficit going down good or bad?
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:14 pm to mmcgrath
quote:Which has nothing to do with what I said... but... congrats on the strawman?
Yeah, because Romney was the only guy to predict that a healthy economy is good.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:14 pm to Powerman
quote:So you are in fact a Simpleton.
Is the deficit going down good or bad?
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:14 pm to Powerman
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Everything is relative. Having 500 dollars in credit card debt could be considered a bad thing. But it's better than having 50,000.
Yes, but that doesn't make it not a bad thing. It is still a bad thing, just not as bad as is in the realm of possibility.
Hitler killed a lot of Jews, but he didn't kill all of them. That doesn't make it not bad.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:15 pm to Powerman
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Everything is relative.
That type of thinking is half the problem. Losing an arm is bad but it's not as bad as losing both arms. Thing is, the comparrison doesn't actually make the first loss of an arm any better.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:15 pm to Powerman
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Not when you compare it to a 600 billion dollar deficit
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:16 pm to Powerman
Why would it ever be a good thing that a government is taking more from it's citizens?
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:17 pm to Powerman
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I thought that when rates go up revenues went down and vice versa? Isn't that the narrative here? Why didn't it happen?
find a post citing that an increase in rates results in a decline in revenue over the short term. go on, ill wait.
while im waiting, heres a downvote.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:17 pm to Powerman
quote:You made the claim in the OP so... let's have it.
You would think someone with the handle "taxing authority" wouldn't need to ask such a question.
quote:Perhaps you missed the (er). There are still significant weaknesses in CAPEX, employment, housing, and of course government debt.
So the economy is healthy now?
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:18 pm to Jbird
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So you are in fact a Simpleton.
Not hardly.
The 460 billion dollar deficit is the lowest we've had since 2002 in terms of real dollars. In other words the last 6 years of Bush's presidency ALL had higher deficits than the one that we have now.
Think about that for a second. In terms of real dollars, not inflation adjusted dollars, the deficit for fiscal year 2014 is LOWER than the deficit for fiscal year 2003 (555 billion)
So we have a deficit that is 100 billion dollars less than the one that we had 11 years ago and you guys think that relative comparison mean nothing all of a sudden?
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:19 pm to Powerman
WHat about you lover Odrama's 5 years of CRs?
Simpleton.
Simpleton.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:19 pm to Powerman
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The 460 billion dollar deficit is the lowest we've had since 2002 in terms of real dollars. In other words the last 6 years of Bush's presidency ALL had higher deficits than the one that we have now.
Think about that for a second. In terms of real dollars, not inflation adjusted dollars, the deficit for fiscal year 2014 is LOWER than the deficit for fiscal year 2003 (555 billion)
So we have a deficit that is 100 billion dollars less than the one that we had 11 years ago and you guys think that relative comparison mean nothing all of a sudden?
Our first Bush reference!!
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:19 pm to Powerman
quote:Nope.
In other words the last 6 years of Bush's presidency ALL had higher deficits than the one that we have now.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:20 pm to Jbird
I don't like Obama. I like facts. Fact is the deficits now are lower than they were over a decade ago in terms of real dollars. That's a significant and very relevant number. And if the trend can continue downward that's a very good thing.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 1:24 pm to Radiojones
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Why would it ever be a good thing that a government is taking more from it's citizens?
Because that would suggest that there is an improvement in economic activity. And we have a national debt that we need to mitigate to some degree.
Now if you have any other extremely stupid fricking questions, please ask someone else.
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