Comments on: Re: Tax Cuts http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/ FrontBurner® has been called the best blog in Dallas (repeatedly), a snarky celebration of ignorance, and a daily conversation about Dallas among the editors of D Magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:28:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bethany http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-23230 Bethany Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:19:47 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/#comment-23230 oh crap..you people said Nazi. oh crap..you people said Nazi.

]]> By: Puddin'Tane http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-23224 Puddin'Tane Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:54:11 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/#comment-23224 Considering the fact that US citizens (and visitors) may pay taxes in up to approximately 17 different ways on the money they earn, save and spend from birth to death and based on a total population of 303,807,741- the conclusion would be that our Beloved Country wouldn't have the following problem: http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Ldebtclock.htm As the median American household budget goes (extended credit debt vs. income to cover with very little to no savings) so goes the budget of the country as a whole. We have no self discipline on the personal or nation level and deserve to reap what we've sown: bankruptcy and foreclosure. Considering the fact that US citizens (and visitors) may pay taxes in up to approximately 17 different ways on the money they earn, save and spend from birth to death and based on a total population of 303,807,741- the conclusion would be that our Beloved Country wouldn’t have the following problem:

http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Ldebtclock.htm

As the median American household budget goes (extended credit debt vs. income to cover with very little to no savings) so goes the budget of the country as a whole.

We have no self discipline on the personal or nation level and deserve to reap what we’ve sown: bankruptcy and foreclosure.

]]> By: Rawlins http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-23215 Rawlins Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:21:51 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/#comment-23215 And thanks to Trey for a terrific and earnest point of view regarding. That said, facts are facts and this time around the party in power GOP cannot hide. Yet many people do not read, have no interest beyond ‘is the beer is cold’ after work. To that point, I received an email from a friend so far to the right of Wick he was last seen in Madagascar. According to his undoubtedly forwarded email; prior to the Dems taking the congress in '06, the economy was humming, oil was cheap, homes were selling dbl. digit, the White House was the right house. It's all about the Republicans losing in 2006. If that had not happened, the future would continue to be like the opening scene in The Sound of Music. What’s playing on YOUR iPod. To him I sent Wick's, Rod Dreher's, and Trey's threads along with a couple of Peggy Noonan and David Brooks and Pat Buchanan and George Will and Wm. F. Buckley assessments of those 2000-2006 total GOP house, senate and White House scorecards. With an occasional WSJ and National Review piece tossed into the mix. What’s that new X-rated video sensation? Ideological Robots (and Sandra Crenshaw) Gone Wild? And thanks to Trey for a terrific and earnest point of view regarding.
That said, facts are facts and this time around the party in power GOP cannot hide. Yet many people do not read, have no interest beyond ‘is the beer is cold’ after work.

To that point, I received an email from a friend so far to the right of Wick he was last seen in Madagascar. According to his undoubtedly forwarded email; prior to the Dems taking the congress in ‘06, the economy was humming, oil was cheap, homes were selling dbl. digit, the White House was the right house. It’s all about the Republicans losing in 2006. If that had not happened, the future would continue to be like the opening scene in The Sound of Music. What’s playing on YOUR iPod.

To him I sent Wick’s, Rod Dreher’s, and Trey’s threads along with a couple of Peggy Noonan and David Brooks and Pat Buchanan and George Will and Wm. F. Buckley assessments of those 2000-2006 total GOP house, senate and White House scorecards. With an occasional WSJ and National Review piece tossed into the mix. What’s that new X-rated video sensation? Ideological Robots (and Sandra Crenshaw) Gone Wild?

]]> By: Corwin P http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-23203 Corwin P Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:14:50 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/#comment-23203 I'm gonna scream the next time a Repub rants about runaway federal spending and cites welfare and EARMARKS for cryin out loud. Credit to Wick for pointing out the true culprits, everything else is nibbling on the edges. I’m gonna scream the next time a Repub rants about runaway federal spending and cites welfare and EARMARKS for cryin out loud. Credit to Wick for pointing out the true culprits, everything else is nibbling on the edges.

]]> By: Daniel http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-23199 Daniel Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:03:14 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/#comment-23199 Deft parry, Brian: Immediately exhume the Nazis. Hey, weren't you on the debate team with Sandra Crenshaw? Deft parry, Brian: Immediately exhume the Nazis. Hey, weren’t you on the debate team with Sandra Crenshaw?

]]> By: Nate http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-23197 Nate Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:47:49 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/#comment-23197 Let's see...why has W expanded the government and increased spending so much since he took over office? Oh yeah, the 9/11 tragedies. Homeland Security didn't exist before, but it is "needed" now, both for logical and silly reasons. Waging war on terrorism...yeah, costs money to do that, which is never an inexpensive burden. While I'd like to see our troops come home and see our deficit spending drop significantly, we have to admit that Bush faced a crisis unlike any other previous president during his first year in office. He'd barely figured out which bathroom he prefers in the White House when 9/11 took place. Comparing him to any other president is unfair, except for maybe FDR and Pearl Harbor. Welfare definitely needs an overhaul. The abuse and fraud by consumers is frightening. Fixing that and closing the fraud loop could save us a hundred million a year, give or take. Healthcare needs some changes, but socializing it is NOT an answer. (Ask any Canadian doctor about how easy it is to practice there and make money at it.) Setting expectations to fix all of these social and military problems on a timeline isn't reasonable, but setting incremental goals makes sense. It needs to be done right, not quickly. Let’s see…why has W expanded the government and increased spending so much since he took over office? Oh yeah, the 9/11 tragedies. Homeland Security didn’t exist before, but it is “needed” now, both for logical and silly reasons. Waging war on terrorism…yeah, costs money to do that, which is never an inexpensive burden.
While I’d like to see our troops come home and see our deficit spending drop significantly, we have to admit that Bush faced a crisis unlike any other previous president during his first year in office. He’d barely figured out which bathroom he prefers in the White House when 9/11 took place. Comparing him to any other president is unfair, except for maybe FDR and Pearl Harbor.
Welfare definitely needs an overhaul. The abuse and fraud by consumers is frightening. Fixing that and closing the fraud loop could save us a hundred million a year, give or take. Healthcare needs some changes, but socializing it is NOT an answer. (Ask any Canadian doctor about how easy it is to practice there and make money at it.)
Setting expectations to fix all of these social and military problems on a timeline isn’t reasonable, but setting incremental goals makes sense. It needs to be done right, not quickly.

]]> By: Brian http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-23196 Brian Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:41:19 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/#comment-23196 Daniel, Yeah, you are right. How dare FDR spend all that money fighting the Nazis. I mean, heck, they didn't attack us. Daniel,

Yeah, you are right. How dare FDR spend all that money fighting the Nazis. I mean, heck, they didn’t attack us.

]]> By: Daniel http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-23194 Daniel Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:54:23 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/04/07/re-tax-cuts/#comment-23194 Trey, I agree with you in principle, but where is the courage of Republicans' convictions when it comes to this ungodly expensive war? Comes a time to put your money where your mouth is -- not the next generation's money. Trey, I agree with you in principle, but where is the courage of Republicans’ convictions when it comes to this ungodly expensive war? Comes a time to put your money where your mouth is — not the next generation’s money.

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