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Originally posted by Eladar[/b][/i]one more example of someone rummaging through a huge pile of apples at a marketplace until they finally find a rotten one and then exclaiming "Look at THIS!!! I found a rotten apple!! This proves that every single apple here is rotten!!"
[b]It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red.
So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise last week for operating without a license, you might just sigh and say, there they go again.
Except[i] this entrepreneur was a 7-year-old named ...[text shortened]... d_runs_i.html
Go get her. She's an evil business owner who needs to be put in her place!
06 Aug 10
Originally posted by sh76For the same reason they would pass any law: because they think it might get them votes. Aren't they now implementing new laws in Britain in the aftermath of the expenses scandal?
Why would the democratic Congress pass a law targeting the staff of a Democratic President and why would President Obama sign a bill that targets his own staff?
It's easy to see "pass a law" for everything, but sooner or later, I think it's reasonable to ask our leaders to show some personal responsibility.
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Originally posted by EladarOn the positive side, I heard she's eligible for a $180,000 bailout.
[b]It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red.
So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise last week for operating without a license, you might just sigh and say, there they go again.
Except this entrepreneur was a 7-year-old named ...[text shortened]... .html
Go get her. She's an evil business owner who needs to be put in her place![/b]
06 Aug 10
Originally posted by Hugh GlassYou are just one of those conservative nut jobs who thinks government should be fiscally responsible. Don't you know that the more they spend the better the economy will be?
Michelle Obama sends out letters via e-mail telling us to tighten our belts,, is she nuts, don't we lead by example, apparently not in her case...
Michelle Obama's Free Staff at our expense - WTF?
Posted 11/11/09 Read all 16 comments +2Written by Dr. Paul L. Williams
"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country th ...[text shortened]... how many she took to Spain, while the rest of us tighten our dam belts,,,GRRRR!
Geesh!!
06 Aug 10
Raising taxes does not necessarily revenue income for the government. Lowering taxes does not necessarliy decrease revenue fo the government. If lowering tax rates increases production, then taxing more production at a lower rate can increase revenue.
In the same way, increasing taxes which results in lowering economic activity could result in less revenue based on taxing less production at a higher rate.
Things aren't exactly linear here.
06 Aug 10
Originally posted by EladarYeah, except that in every society in the world tax rates are below the Laffer curve maximum.
Raising taxes does not necessarily revenue income for the government. Lowering taxes does not necessarliy decrease revenue fo the government. If lowering tax rates increases production, then taxing more production at a lower rate can increase revenue.
In the same way, increasing taxes which results in lowering economic activity could result in less revenue based on taxing less production at a higher rate.
Things aren't exactly linear here.
06 Aug 10
Originally posted by KazetNagorraWhen Ronald Reagan lowered tax rates, it resulted in raising revenues. True, tax rates were pretty high back then, but I would not think it was higher than many Europen nations.
Yeah, except that in every society in the world tax rates are below the Laffer curve maximum.
06 Aug 10
Originally posted by EladarAfter correcting for inflation? I doubt it.
When Ronald Reagan lowered tax rates, it resulted in raising revenues. True, tax rates were pretty high back then, but I would not think it was higher than many Europen nations.
Reagan vastly increased the U.S. public debt.
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Originally posted by EladarThanks for explaining that Eladar, not many people seem to recognize this fact...
Raising taxes does not necessarily revenue income for the government. Lowering taxes does not necessarliy decrease revenue fo the government. If lowering tax rates increases production, then taxing more production at a lower rate can increase revenue.
In the same way, increasing taxes which results in lowering economic activity could result in less revenue based on taxing less production at a higher rate.
Things aren't exactly linear here.
06 Aug 10
Originally posted by Eladarcomplete silence,,,, all the left wingers seem to have left now?
After correct for inflation? We are only talking a year. Read this and you'll get a better idea of what I'm talking about:
http://www.house.gov/jec/fiscal/tx-grwth/reagtxct/reagtxct.htm
Notice this is an official US government document.
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Originally posted by EladarI googled whoever wrote that.
After correct for inflation? We are only talking a year. Read this and you'll get a better idea of what I'm talking about:
http://www.house.gov/jec/fiscal/tx-grwth/reagtxct/reagtxct.htm
Notice this is an official US government document.
This is the first hit you get:
http://www.factcheck.org/republican_economist_asks_retraction_but_our.html
Seems like lying about the effectiveness of tax cuts is this guy's raison d'être.
