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Originally Posted by BFT3K
I would rather see the unfunded, unnecessary, Bush tax breaks, expire for everyone, rather than see them extended for the rich. Just let it all expire as scheduled. The economy was not helped at all by these cuts, and they just added shitloads more debt to the budget. We were all better off BEFORE these one-sided cuts were introduced.
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From my point of view:
How could they be "unfunded"? The ONLY "funding" is when the govt. TAKES our money as taxes. And no...letting you and I KEEP our own money is NOT what caused us to go into debt. Two stupid wars, having our military occupy 80 something countries all over the world, Nancy Pelosi flying around in a private jet...and BILLIONS of other wasteful things the govt. does, in other words SPENDING is what caused the deficit.
Think of it like this: If you make a thousand dollars a week and spend one thousand five hundred a week...are you going to say that because you aren't making an extra five hundred it's not your fault?
Of course not. You can't do that.
The government keeps doing it. I can't spend more than I have. You can't spend more than you have. But the govt. just keeps on doing it. And those Senators and Representatives are drunk on money. They never cut anything. And every bill they pass is loaded with earmarks.
We are taxed enough. The govt. needs to cut it's spending. I don't care what they have to cut...they need to spend no more than they bring in.
I see people say that "We" believed we could fight wars and pay out all these expenditures to millions of Americans AND pay less tax.
No..."We" didn't. The Senators and Representatives just keep spending like drunken sailors and bringing home pork so they can get re-elected over and over and over again.
Spending is the problem. Not taxing.