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| May 16th, 2003 09:38 AM | |
| sspadowsky |
What, Max? You mean you wouldn't use all that money you'd get in dividends from your portfolio? Maybe you should just sell your yacht to pay down the credit account at Tiffany's. ________ KOREAN RECIPES |
| May 16th, 2003 09:32 AM | |
| mburbank |
Our school are getting cut to the bone. My daughter's school, which is a Massahcusetts exmplar school (meaning it's ed model has won major awards) is loosing all it's para professionals, phys ed has been cut in half and there's no longer any foreign language program. It also occurs to me that if you want to goose the economy, you should give the most money to people likely to spend it or pay off their bills. |
| May 16th, 2003 09:16 AM | |
| sspadowsky |
I guess what I'm getting at is, how can we throw down $75 billion just for the little "war" (which it wasn't- a war is when TWO armies are fighting), probably a couple hundred billion for the occupation of Iraq, and the Prez wants to cut $550 billion in what would be revenue for the government? Meanwhile, schools all over the place (particularly in my state) are cutting staff and programs, and raising tuition because there's not enough federal and state money coming in. Also, if I remember correctly, one of Dubya's big targets of funding cuts (to support the tax breaks) is education. As if we're not dumb enough already. ________ PAXIL SETTLEMENT INFORMATION |
| May 15th, 2003 06:36 PM | |
| El Blanco |
I too plead ignorance in manners of finance, but I think the reasoning goes like this: We live in a capitalist society, which thrives on free spending. The idea is that if people were given back this money, they would go out and spend it. This puts more money into the economy. this extra money can then be taxed again. Or something like that. |
| May 15th, 2003 03:04 PM | |
| Jeanette X | Now where is Ror when you need him? |
| May 15th, 2003 02:55 PM | |
| FS |
HOW can you possibly care about money when terrorism and all-out peril are just around the corner!?  GET BACK UNDER YOUR DESK, MISTER. AND DON'T FORGET YOUR DUCT TAPE. |
| May 15th, 2003 12:44 PM | |
| AChimp | Didn't you know? Bush shits gold and diamonds fall out of his nose. :rolleys |
| May 15th, 2003 12:27 PM | |
| Protoclown |
I must admit I am largely ignorant when it comes to economics, and I have only a very basic understanding of how the economy works on a large-scale. So I'm interested in seeing other people's thoughts (and hopefully explanations given) but I have nothing to offer, myself. |
| May 15th, 2003 09:55 AM | |
| sspadowsky |
Dubya's Big Tax Cut I'll be doing some of my own research on this, but I'm curious to hear everyone's take on Bush's proposed tax cut, as far as what programs will suffer as a result, where the hell they think this money is going to come from, and over what period of time this $550 billion is being cut. I ask because Sen. Ben Nelson is considering voting for Bush's version of the tax cut (as opposed to the lesser cut proposed by others in the Senate), in return for $20 billion for aid to states, about $150 million of it going to Nebraska. Now, I'm no economist, but I'm anxious to know where all the dough is coming from. How is it so easy to make this big of a tax cut, and still have $20 billion to throw around to the states? When I ponder this, I see an image in my head of a bunch of congressmen sitting around a big game board, playing with Monopoly money. I welcome your thoughts. Fuckers. ________ Squirting Blonde |
