Compromise: Raise taxes 10%, reduce spending 10%

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Could you support this compromise?

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  2. No

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  1. Lil Mike

    Lil Mike Well-Known Member

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    So either way, the Democrats are not raising taxes.
     
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    Bush41 made that deal, how'd that work out?

    Increase tax revenues or tax rates 10% there's a big difference. Gingrich and Kasich balanced the budgets with tax rate cuts, welfare reform and growth of spending restraint. Bush43 and the Reps had us heading back to balanced budgets using the same. Grow the economy faster than you grow the government and the budget will balance and then we can work on the debt.
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes, if these investments actually "paid off" so well, then the U.S. would not have to continue borrowing at this point.
    How long have these "investments" been going on? 40 years? 50 years?

    The U.S. shouldn't be in any debt at all by now, because these investments should have all paid off.

    Really? So after all this time, the U.S. is simply not wealthy enough to pay for building its own streets and has to borrow that money?
     
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    (original)late Banned

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    Maybe this is something you should know...??

    There is a 7 TRILLION dollar shortfall in infrastructure investment. Biden threw a trillion at the problem, but the reality is he only delayed the inevitable.
     
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    The right has never reduced spending.
     

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