I'd rather work for my money. I don't want a hand out.

My wife actually told me she hopes she doesn't get paid because it's just more ammo to fling at fed employees. She meant it too.

I told her that's nonsense and to grab the money lol.

teedubbya wrote:

They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
Though I wear a shirt and tie
I'm still part redman deep inside

Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die

But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return, will return, will return,
will return..... :-" :-"

DrafterX wrote:

Who said anything about Trickle Down?! Trickle Up is also widely discredited.
Raising taxes on corporations mean job will be destroyed. Through cost cutting or prices increased. Raising taxes on the rich means they buy muni bonds taxfree.
California is a wonderful but they still can't keep their residents from evacuating eastward. If it weren't for Mexicans, its population would be shrinking.
Cut taxes for everyone and increase govt borrowing is what I suggest.

HockeyDad wrote:

That's why Government employees are despised by so many.

bloody spaniard wrote:

I used to believe that as well but am beginning to question it as an institutional myth pushed by the wealthy.
Think about it. What do the rich do when they have more disposable cash? You see new jobs, factories, and construction all around the Third World, don't you? Why not here? Too expensive? Give them tax benefits and incentives and they'll just invest more aggressively where they can get a better bang for their dollar, again NOT here.

We're on a downward spiral. Government might as well stimulate matters a bit temporarily if nothing else by giving the poor and soon to be (middle class) a few more discretionary dollars to spend on beer, party hats, cigars, & fantasy football. Thus, giving a semblance of normalcy to our foundering, gangrenous, and rather stagnant economy.

bloody spaniard wrote:

So do you now buy into the theory that if you raise taxes on corporations, they'll hire more people? Can we experiment with your business!
?
Businesses invest where the see market growth. In the grand scheme of things the US economy is full and saturated. There are still decent markets, just not untapped markets.

HockeyDad wrote:

Squeeze the rich...now you're talking like a peasant. Now we're gonna go after Hollywood to make it sound more tasty!

Is punishing success really sustainable and at what point are you the targeted "rich". You really want to get ahead by out-stealing others?

HockeyDad wrote:

Didn't say there was a remedy, I think we're too far gone at this point and Hollywood would only be a start.
What would you suggest to spark and maintain our economy short term?

bloody spaniard wrote:

Perhaps HD can offer franchises forr his fail-safe cone concession.

bloody spaniard wrote: