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why do you think that "increasing revenues" exclusively means taxing people?...because that`s what the media tells everyone....you live in louisiana you`ve seen what government regulation has done to the energy industry down there....start by deregulating the industry,it would create tons of jobs and kick start the econmy...

big business has lots of money invested offshore that isn`t invested in our economy...why?...because they`re getting taxed and regulatrd out the ying yang here...they`d be crazy to come back home...they aren`t in business to lose money...

taxing people to death is akin to opening a new charge card with a high limit to pay the minimum on their other credit cards and continuing the spending spree...and i don`t get that..it`s just kicking the can down the road....we need to make some hard choices....

i was shocked at what i heard alan greenspan say on t.v. yesterday...he said we couldn`t default because we can always print more money....that was a mind boggling statement...what about inflation?..if we followed his thinking,you`d eventually need a wheelbarrow to take enough money to the grocery to buy bread and milk...this guy ran the fed for decades?....no shocker that we`re in the fix we`re in......what about the world deciding to abandon the dollar as the universal international currency?.....you can`t just print money...you can`t just tax people...that`s not putting money into the economy...it`s taking money out of it by devaluing the dollar......

it`s crazy..i`m still trying to figure out why theres no outrage over this administration stripping money out of medicare to put into medicaid(obamacare)...taking money away from citizens(you and your parents) that have been funding the program their entire lives and giving it to people who have basically sat on the sidelines their entire lives........how can anybody with a straight face think that nationalized healthcare would save money?..look at the post office.....
...and why in god`s name did the people that wrote the legislation exempt themselves from it?....
wheres the media on this stuff?...this is insanity...

i`m not rich...not by a long stretch...but i understand that something`s really wrong here and we`re all getting misled and royally f-cked...

How about trying to relax. If you didn't feel my question was worthy of an answer, that's cool, but I don't feel like reading a long angry rant. While you are at it, how about you stop putting words in my mouth?? I didn't say tax hikes are the only source of revenue. I simply asked where you would cut. It's a shame you can't discuss these things calmly, as I had actually been interested in your thoguhts...
 

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Speaking of lines of work--

Would imagine an accountant who personally thinks people should be paying more taxes --has to really stay on his toes to hide fact from clients. :SIB

It's not that hard. Just got to work in growing industries

I would imagine someone who was in the business of monetizing people's fear would have to live, dress and act like a flood victim to keep the scam running as long as he could.
 
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