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Please look at what happened in Illinois and California when they adopted such short sighted policies.
Originally posted by David9176
The audio will play automatically - if you don't hear it you may need to adjust your computer's volume. It is from a speech that Sen. Sanders' gave in the US Senate chambers on July 19th, 2011.
sanders.senate.gov...
1. Repeal Bush tax cuts for the rich.
2. Establish Millionaires Surtax.
All good ideas. However, you do realize that WE the people will pay those "taxes" as increased prices, right?
Originally posted by David91763. End tax breaks for Overseas.
4. End Big oil and Gas tax breaks.
5. End abusive offshore tax shelters.
Isn't that the same as capital gains tax?
Originally posted by David91766. Establish Wall Street Speculation fee.
Why tax work? Why tax productivity? Don't you liberals see how bad it is for the economy to PUNISH WORK? You encourage laziness and sloth when you punish work.
Originally posted by David91767. Tax capital gains and dividends like work.
Yeah, because progressive tax rates work so well for the economy.
Originally posted by David91768. Create Progressive estate tax.
Sure, bring home all the troops and close all overseas bases. All for it.
Originally posted by David91769. End wasteful Pentagon spending.
Even better, end medicare and all other socialistic entitlement programs. Think of all the money we could save.
Originally posted by David917610. Require Medicare drug price negotiations.
NO! End all socialist entitlements. Do not add more.
Originally posted by David917611. Enact ROBUST public health insurance option.
First you must fire all the existing politicians, then enact term limits and possibly end elections altogether. Maybe we should draft our politicians for 4 year terms, after which they go back home to their regular jobs.
Originally posted by David917612. End government waste, fraud, and abuse.
We do have some common ground, but I am as anti-socialist as you will find anywhere in the world. I am a firm libertarian and socialism/communism is the complete antithesis.
Originally posted by David9176
reply to post by sonofliberty1776
Even for all you are against.
THERE IS SOME COMMON GROUND based on your posts.
So why can't we fix some things?
What do yo want your country to be?
I want a government that is small and lean and starving for funds. I want a government that does not interfere or intrude in any manner into my private life. I want a government that does not see the Constitution as "an obstacle to overcome". I want a government that stops signing treaties that are bad for us. I want a government composed of people that actually WORK, that have jobs or own small businesses. I want more justice and less legalism. I want fewer stupid laws. I want the federal government to stay out of the state's business. I want a government that recognizes that I spend part of my life making the money they waste. Less government, more freedom.
Originally posted by David9176
What do you want your country to be?
As time went on, i realized that holding dear to one particular ideology is nothing but destructive. All ideologies are flawed. Taking the best ideas and meshing them together is the best option in my opinion.
Originally posted by David9176
The audio will play automatically - if you don't hear it you may need to adjust your computer's volume. It is from a speech that Sen. Sanders' gave in the US Senate chambers on July 19th, 2011.
sanders.senate.gov...
1. Repeal Bush tax cuts for the rich.
2. Establish Millionaires Surtax.
3. End tax breaks for Overseas.
4. End Big oil and Gas tax breaks.
5. End abusive offshore tax shelters.
6. Establish Wall Street Speculation fee.
7. Tax capital gains and dividends like work.
8. Create Progressive estate tax.
9. End wasteful Pentagon spending.
10. Require Medicare drug price negotiations.
11. Enact ROBUST public health insurance option.
12. End government waste, fraud, and abuse.