pez Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 With the number of layoffs happening across the company, tax cuts aren't the solution. Obtaining money to generate new jobs is pretty much the most needed solution. There was a report on the news recently where I have heard something I have never heard from the DC Metro Area.... people can't find jobs.. Tax cuts are pretty much like putting a band aid on a gushing artery if you are jobless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsonian Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 This argument always ends predictably. You state the simplistic axiom, that "small government" is always better. And I ask "which programs would you cut?" And you answer "that isn't my problem," or "I didn't make the mess." Or some other distraction. Would you cut Social Security? How about Medicare? Any entitlements at all? Pork spending is less than five percent of the total budget, so don't mention that. Can I take a stab at this? Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Transportation, IRS, Federal Reserve, Social Security, for starters. And we should bring our troops home and stop trying to run a world empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailskinz1991 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Pretty convincing stuff here.....this was a full page add taken out across the country in major newspapers. http://www.cato.org/fiscalreality "There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy." — PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 9 , 2009 With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true. Notwithstanding reports that all economists are now Keynesians and that we all support a big increase in the burden of government, we do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance. More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending did not solve Japan's "lost decade" in the 1990s. As such, it is a triumph of hope over experience to believe that more government spending will help the U.S. today. 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Big Mac Patty Wack Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Yes..... The "free market" "power to the people" approach the Repubs continue to rally behind has been one enormous epic fail the last few years. Giving large tax cuts to businesses in the hopes they in turn hire employees with it is a great thought - if it could be required to work that way. We just got rid of a president who championed that approach since 01. What the hell is wrong with you? I actually had to exit out of this reply to thread window to see if you are in America. Somehow, you are. Free market=capitalism. Do you want communism? Honestly. Is there something bad about power to the people? You want power to the government then? The free market is what made this country so powerful. FREE MARKET=POWER TO THE PEOPLE=CAPITALISM=AMERICA. That's just how it is. That's econ101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mac Patty Wack Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 With the number of layoffs happening across the company, tax cuts aren't the solution. Obtaining money to generate new jobs is pretty much the most needed solution. There was a report on the news recently where I have heard something I have never heard from the DC Metro Area.... people can't find jobs.. Tax cuts are pretty much like putting a band aid on a gushing artery if you are jobless. The job of Americans as taxpayers is not to give money for other people to get jobs. As unpleasant as it sounds, capitalism is based on competition and the dog-eat-dog philosophy. The government should give me a tax break so I can start my small business and in turn give someone a job in my business to make it bigger and stronger. That's what the ideology comes down to. It might sound nice for the government to use tax money to "create jobs," but since when has the government done anything successfully. Just look at what happened to Social Security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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