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Subject:	Re: How many things need to stack up before we throw this jerk out?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:13:16 GMT
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> A great point! Of course, the main reason that state and local tax rates > are rising is because Dubya's administration has cut Federal aid to states. > That way, Dubya can claim to have lowered taxes, even though we're all (well, > except for corporations and the super-rich) are paying much more at the local > and state levels. Additionally, Dubya will probably claim that his economic > stimulus package *would* have worked if only the states hadn't raised their > own taxes! Well that's the first thing I have heard on the subject that makes any sense at all. > I don't have any documentation of this, but I'd be curious to learn whether > Republican-held or -majority states are receiving some sort of hidden > compensation, while Democratic-held states are being forced to tax themselves >to death... Personally I think the real reason the Democrats are always against tax cuts is so they can spend the money on their social engineering agenda rather than letting the people use their own money. So long as people get there legally (read: by hard work) why should they be penalized for making more money than someone who is lazy? As I stated earlier, the Democrats definition of "rich" (which is the top 20 percent of the income bracket) covers 98 percent of Americans for at least one third of their lives. -Mike Petrucelli

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		Re: How many things need to stack up before we throw this jerk out?
(...) Republicans tend to spend the Federal budget into hideous deficits while cutting useful[1] social programs, so that any subsequent tax that Democrates apply to restore such programs can be villified as "tax-and-spend" liberals. [1] I know, I (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: How many things need to stack up before we throw this jerk out?
(...) Really? Pretty much every discussion about the economy that I hear gives Reagan all the credit for the mid/late 90's boom, while all the blame for the Dubya-era recession goes to Clinton. I would go so far as to say that, among conservative (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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