Republicans and the debt ceiling

[Anonymous]

It looks like we'll end up with defense increases and all other discretionary spending cut. I really wish Biden had a primary challenger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am good with default at this point. Let’s do it!

Life must be tough for you.

You have NO idea the impact if what you are suggesting.

8 million out of work
Skyrocketing interest rates
Tankage in the stock and bond markets
much less the primary damage to vets, people on social security, medicare etc.

Sure. None of that will happen because it is just an arbitrary date and line drawn in the sand. The US will pay its debt. Everyone knows it. The US is not going anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just listened to Bloomberg. Apparently the progressives are very angry about all the concessions democrats and Biden are making on the debt ceiling are really angering them.

I think they're so upset about it that they're going to start tearing their cloths off.

There isn't a lot of room to move here. I guess if the progressives prefer the GOP and their judges, then they should continue to be mad at Biden, and not, you know, the GOP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

[Anonymous]

Just so we're clear, the GOP is threatening to blow up the economy for a bunch of fake spending cuts that they will turn around and ignore once we get to the actual appropriations process:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

Well ya when the rich are filthy rich, especially in comparison with those of lower incomes, of course they're going to pay way more in taxes than people making a fraction of what they do. Duh. Maybe what you're looking for is a flattening of salaries at the top so there isn't such gross imbalance in our society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

Like federal income tax is the only kind of tax anyone pays or could pay. Tax the shit out of estates over $50 million.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

What percentage of the wealth do they have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

Well ya when the rich are filthy rich, especially in comparison with those of lower incomes, of course they're going to pay way more in taxes than people making a fraction of what they do. Duh. Maybe what you're looking for is a flattening of salaries at the top so there isn't such gross imbalance in our society.

HALF the country skating on taxes is BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

Like federal income tax is the only kind of tax anyone pays or could pay. Tax the shit out of estates over $50 million.

Nope. That sends the message to offshore. Last thing we need in a global economy.

Flatten the tax code.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

Well ya when the rich are filthy rich, especially in comparison with those of lower incomes, of course they're going to pay way more in taxes than people making a fraction of what they do. Duh. Maybe what you're looking for is a flattening of salaries at the top so there isn't such gross imbalance in our society.

HALF the country skating on taxes is BS.

They are still paying payroll taxes (SS, Medicare) and sales taxes. And property taxes.

The statement about 50% of people only paying 2.3 percent of taxes, is misleading to those who don't read carefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

Well ya when the rich are filthy rich, especially in comparison with those of lower incomes, of course they're going to pay way more in taxes than people making a fraction of what they do. Duh. Maybe what you're looking for is a flattening of salaries at the top so there isn't such gross imbalance in our society.

HALF the country skating on taxes is BS.

They are still paying payroll taxes (SS, Medicare) and sales taxes. And property taxes.

The statement about 50% of people only paying 2.3 percent of taxes, is misleading to those who don't read carefully.

They are not paying income taxes.

They a skating and voting like it too (vote for the most free s*** because you don't have to pay for it). ENOUGH!

Flatten the tax code.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

Like federal income tax is the only kind of tax anyone pays or could pay. Tax the shit out of estates over $50 million.

Nope. That sends the message to offshore. Last thing we need in a global economy.

Flatten the tax code.

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just so we're clear, the GOP is threatening to blow up the economy for a bunch of fake spending cuts that they will turn around and ignore once we get to the actual appropriations process:

McCarthy has almost no majority. There will be CRs this year; no way the house actually passes funding bills

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace the highly progressive tax wth a flat one. Then we can talk.

I'm tired of people want want want and paying zippy.

Like Trump and other millionaires.

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. - the Tax Foundation

Flatten the tax code.

Well ya when the rich are filthy rich, especially in comparison with those of lower incomes, of course they're going to pay way more in taxes than people making a fraction of what they do. Duh. Maybe what you're looking for is a flattening of salaries at the top so there isn't such gross imbalance in our society.

HALF the country skating on taxes is BS.

They are still paying payroll taxes (SS, Medicare) and sales taxes. And property taxes.

The statement about 50% of people only paying 2.3 percent of taxes, is misleading to those who don't read carefully.

They are paying into a Medicare system and collecting Social Security benefits as part of those taxes, really collecting way more than they pay in, though maybe not the case anymore for Social Security.