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Ag with kids

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  1. You should probably practice that.
  2. Interesting... Didn't realize you were the left to Karl Marx...
  3. Do you have anything more intelligent than ad hominems?
  4. Name the posters that are conservative on here. Shouldn't take you long...
  5. I'm not sure I really believe you care about "fiscal conservatism" or deficit reduction. I know you couldn't post on this site regularly espousing those positions without getting shit on. What were GHWB's: a) massive debt funded tax policies 2) wars of convienience iii) new entitlements D) proposed borrowing to finance the transition (and what "transition"?)
  6. So, are you of the opinion that SS operates at 100% efficiency?
  7. Define your version of "conservative". Maybe others that were conservative bastardized your/the definition. Maybe the left has been able to stigmatize your/the definition. I'd like to see your view. HOWEVER...I'm going to steal this from someone else I know because it definitely fits me: I'm no longer a "conservative". I'm for whatever limits domestic government, keeps taxes low, maximizes liberty, while always putting Americans first. Find a label for that and I'll take it.
  8. GHWB increased taxes. THAT is why they abandoned him. Then in 1991, he signed a bill increasing taxes. His son, GWB, DID propose reducing spending, though. But, it would have involved reforming social security. The Democrats shot that down.
  9. He does. And it would be amusing (to me, I'm sure not you) if he trolled people and named it Trump University (yes I know about the other one).
  10. Really... That's all you have now? I'm curious. Did you try to bring me back because you wanted honest, intelligent discussion, or because this echo chamber has run off everyone that is even remotely conservative? Or were you were you being disingenuous and just trying to bring me back so that I could get attacked by the denizens on this site?
  11. Nope. They'll just borrow more. Do more of that @Bozo_Casanova "wealth transfer" he's against...
  12. Hell, I had this entire forum on ignore until @Bozo_Casanova sucked me back in for the first time in a few years.
  13. Are you aware that wealth and income are two separate things?
  14. The SSA not only disagrees with you, but they point to a different party that changed the accounting rules... Note that in 1968, the Democrats controlled the Senate, House, and Presidency... I posted above some data for you.
  15. You DO understand that is a graph of federal REVENUES, right? Can you explain how those revenues increasing contradicts my other post?
  16. Sigh...we're discussing FEDERAL INCOME taxes. There are not any FEDERAL sales or property taxes (well, I'm sure the tax code has some fucked up obscure ones, but not for the vast majority of people). Some people avoid SS by working in jobs that don't pay into it. Texas teachers, for instance. But, almost 50% of workers do not pay ANY federal income taxes. The top 50 percent of all taxpayers paid 97.7 percent of all federal individual income taxes, while the bottom 50 percent paid the remaining 2.3 percent. And there are a significant percentage of those bottom 50% that pay a NEGATIVE income tax rate. Could you expound on this?
  17. You DO understand that SS and MC will soon not take in enough money to pay out current benefits within a decade, right? In a decade, if something doesn't get fixed/reformed/whateveryouwanttocallit with both programs, the "wealth transfer" that bozo doesn't want WILL occur... So, if you'd like to ignore the upcoming problem, feel free... But, at some point in time, even the Democrats will be voting to reduce benefits when they realize the "Social Security Trust Fund" is nothing more than this:
  18. The tax REVENUE increased after the cuts. In fact, it increased 47% from 3.33T in 2018 to 4.9T in 2022. Assuming, the dumbass gov't didn't increase spending, then the deficit would decrease and the debt would grow slower. But then, even IF the dumbass gov't DID increase spending, the debt would STILL grow slower than without them... Please explain how DECREASING the rate that the debt increases is a "wealth transfer" from future generations when they will owe LESS with those tax cuts.
  19. I didn't make a comment on them other than to ask how h4l's post jived with the actual numbers... Not a finance guy, either...
  20. How is it a "wealth transfer" when the tax rates went DOWN? And when 50% of people pay 0% taxes...what wealth is being transferred where? NOW...the spending part is Dumbass 101, but that's on both sides...
  21. Wait... Biden got a bump in Nov 2016 after Trump was elected???? And tax revenues decreased after the 2017 tax cuts??? It appears they grew from $3.32T in 2017 to $4.9T in 2022. Can you explain how that is a REDUCTION in revenues?
  22. I said that lower profits were often part of the equation. But, not making enough profit often means they just go out of business. That doesn't help anyone - customers, shareholders, or employees...
  23. So if costs go up for a company, they should just accept it and not pass it through? Should just take no profits during the period or possibly lose money so that the customers don't bite the pillow? BTW, I'd bet that most companies deal with inflation the same way they do any other increased costs. They pass it to the the employees in lower hours, fewer benefits (like free food at restaurants), cutting employees or cutting back on hiring. They also pass it to the shareholders in lower earnings and dividends (this comes with less capital for future use though). Then, they pass it to the customer in higher prices. And finally, many companies DO take lower profits as part of it. Now, as my link pointed out though, increases in price will generally cause higher profit margins on paper, but not necessarily in reality...
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