westerntigerfan

More like 30 years ago.

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I don't think anyone needs

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There's the problem with this line of thinking.

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increase taxes on the rich

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Do yourself a favor and just do a simple Google search on which country has the most progressive tax system in the world. The answer may surprise you. Raising taxes on the rich will not have the desired effect that you seek. We either need to slash entitlements, or raise taxes on the middle and lower classes. The reason most other countries can afford to have large social safety nets without going bankrupt is because they tax everyone. In America nearly half of all adults pay no income tax, and the majority of retirees get more in social security benefits than they paid in. You can't just expect the "rich" to foot the bill for all of the spending and expect balanced budgets; it is impossible.

The solution is moving to a consumption tax. The Fair Tax would make US produced goods more competitive in foreign markets. It would bring manufacturing back to America, because corporations would not be taxed at all. It would achieve all the goals that tariffs are supposed to achieve without the negative economic effects.

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VATs. Another screw job by the Europeans. The US has been the world’s piggy bank for too long.

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How does the European VAT screw Americans on relation to any other country? H

You may have liked what Santelli said there, but he lost the argument. He jumped over logic, conflated issues that aren't related, and appealed to feelings instead of reason and facts. Liesman owned him, but Rick was more passionate, so the populists will think he had the better argument.

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Before your last breath, I promise you will not be worried if the new GWagon order is late or the installation of the new marble floors are past due either.

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Regardless of what he does with his money, no one is entitled to the fruits of another man's labor.

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f Democrats opened their eyes instead of being by the mainstream media. They would come to realize that they have more in common with MAGA than what they were lead to believe

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Yes, populism is normally a leftist movement. This time around if was packaged with some traditionally conservative themes (prolife, anti-woke, pro-growth ect.) to sell it to republicans. MAGA was quite successful in doing this, in large part due to the fact that the democrats ran some pathetically weak candidates during a time of politcal and social unrest.

You can be a conservative and a pragmatist at the same time. Nobody's actions alling with their ideals 100% of the time. What we needed in the 80's was pro growth policies, and a massive military build up to end the cold war. The debt had to take a back seat to these priorities.

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