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  1. “ishtar, I don’t want to sound like a jerk, and I know there are a lot of people hurting out there but there is also a very large portion of the population who are actually not hurting or are OK, and they will start to spend more.”

    You don’t sound like a jerk, dibs. It is a statement of fact that majority of Americans are doing ok. We are just in an unfortunate position that a large enough number of Americans aren’t and I don’t think extension of tax cuts are going to help them. I wish I had a real solution that would increase demand and put these people to work, but I don’t.

    I calculted what I would lose with a tax increase and it isn’t big enough to impact my spending habits. It would lower my savings by an insignificant amount, though.

  2. Wait, DIBS, “left wing Democrats are doing it?” What left wing Democrats? I haven’t seen a left wing Dem in years

    Centrist lame-ass spinless wuss Democrat, sure. (Bernie Sanders is a self-identified Socialist)

    Tax cuts for the rich, slightly fewer tax cuts for the rich, they’re still rich and they’ll still keep most of their money. Until such time as the masses wake up and take more of their damn money away from them.

    No matter what happens, the answer will always be ‘let me make as much money as possible.’ If that means being logically inconsistent, if that means being eventually self-destructive, it that means being socially irresponsible, that’s what’s gonna happen.

    Lower taxes? They should be lower yet. Reduce regulation? It should be reduced even further. Economy tanking? Lower taxes/regulation. Economy booming? Lower taxes/regulation. Economy flat? Lower taxes/regulation.

    It’s just horsepuckey nonsense, and whatever economic theory might be out there has nothing to do with it.

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