"Bush tax cuts" - why do people care?

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  • TDMize15
    TDMize15 Posts: 166
    Because the government needs money...

    And when you cut taxes and increase spending, this happens:

    http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/2008-presidential-election/21040d1212792152-what-will-you-give-up-pay-national_debt.jpg
    All the rusted signs, we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...

    And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
  • digster
    digster Posts: 1,293
    know1 wrote:
    1. So why don't we just make the tax cuts properly representative across the board rather than worry about increasing taxes for some other group?

    2. Even with those cuts, our tax is still progressive.

    3. Let's require the government to only spend what it takes in rather than call for higher taxes on some other group of people to fund something we all oppose.

    1. Because then, if spending is not decreased, then we would go further into debt. And I think we need a strong defense, and strong social programs that do work, and taxes are worth that.

    2. And? You asked, and received an answer. The tax cuts of 2003 indisputably benefitted those in the higher tax brackets more than those in the bottom three or four quintiles. We're not talk the poorest of the poor here; most people received a minisu

    3. Well, where were you in 2003? I was calling not to go into Iraq when we could have been spending that money on things that mattered, or if the situation demanded, called for more tax cuts. I feel that these calls are too little, too late.

    Look, when it comes to spending, it's not that we need less spending or more spending. Those are blanket absolutes that are meaningless; we need smart spending. We need to invest in early childhood education because it works and is necessary, and we need to get rid of those programs that have been proven not to work. We need to stop funding that bullshit Pentagon pet project they've been nursing since the 70's that is meaningless in our current day and age, and start funding more human intelligence in the Middle East and port security. We just need a Congress and a President not idiotic enough to be stupid spenders. Bush was a stupid spender, and he cut taxes on top of that which left the country further in debt. Congress, by nature of so many politicians Democrats and Republicans alike in one place, will tend to be a stupid spender. Luckily, we will hopefully vote in a President on Nov. 4th that would not be a stupid spender.

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