tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post6586594037138674178..comments2023-10-28T07:30:04.147-04:00Comments on Human Voices: Stupid RepublicansCapt. Fogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-28688266850467098702008-11-24T10:52:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:52:00.000-05:00I remember the 50's and 60's as being time...I remember the 50's and 60's as being times of strong growth and rising prosperity. We had a top tax bracket of, I believe, 82%<BR/><BR/>Obama's proposed rates would be similar to what we had under Clinton and of course that was a period that set records for growth and prosperity. I think all the evidence shows that cutting top rates screws up the economy from the point of view of 99% of us.<BR/><BR/>There's something odd about a nation that would rather starve than make money and be taxed on it. <BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I know someone who was both shot and stabbed and she said the knife hurt much worse :-)>Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-52636523769032954462008-11-23T23:21:00.000-05:002008-11-23T23:21:00.000-05:00I still don't understand all the whining about "he...I still don't understand all the whining about "he'll raise taxes" when the alternative is further debasement of the dollar. We're going to get screwed one way or another. <BR/><BR/>It's like debating whether you want to be killed with a knife or a gun. What damn difference does it make?Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-5275036394418818312008-11-22T16:11:00.000-05:002008-11-22T16:11:00.000-05:00I give the guy credit. He won't back off that "th...I give the guy credit. He won't back off that "threat" he made to raise income tax levels to the terrifying levels we endured under the pure Marxism of Clinton. And he won't back down on his statement that the payroll tax formula that "sustains" social security and Medicare will change so that Bill Gates and I are not paying identical amount... Walter Mondale didn't lie about those intentions, either, and he lost 49 states, so maybe, just maybe, with the exception of "Joe the Plumber", the supply-side hoodwinkers' faery tales aren't working with the real plumbers out here any longer.d.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08723367478934978210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-80703312636686573712008-11-21T04:21:00.000-05:002008-11-21T04:21:00.000-05:00Love those Diesels..Love those Diesels..Baltazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027288330478417059noreply@blogger.com