tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post3576673229321599106..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: A Fool's Argument for the Debt IssueAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-56776111367612746202011-08-27T21:22:30.886-06:002011-08-27T21:22:30.886-06:00Psychadelicfuse81 is right. The Super Congress is ...Psychadelicfuse81 is right. The Super Congress is already an open and shut case. The Republicans will be a cut-cut-cut monolyth, and Max Baucus alone renders the entity of the other five Democrats moot.<br /><br />Alonzo: Good post. I've already seen similar stuff playing out. I'm thinking of how Republicans, at different points, have argued that taxing the rich is pointless because it'll make hardly any difference. But they'll then favour social program cuts that will make a difference that is a merely fraction of what a small tax hike to the rich would have made. <br /><br />-RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-63028398888110073942011-08-18T00:00:31.746-06:002011-08-18T00:00:31.746-06:00Alonzo,
Both parties have lost it. I would bet ...Alonzo,<br /><br /><br />Both parties have lost it. I would bet many dollars that there is not going to be a cent of revenue increases as part of the DRS. Every member of the Republican party in the SC would rather eat broken glass with AIDS-infected blood on it than vote for new revenues. <br /><br />On the Democratic side, you have Max Baucus, a man more than willing to accede to the GOP demands.<br /><br />So the GOP has won already. There will be no tax increases. Nor will there be a nickle stripped from the military budget. <br /><br />Incidentally, most of the population favours a millionaire tax, and <i>increased</i> spending on certain social programs.<br /><br />Which just goes to show you the disastrous shape that the American political system is in.mojo.rhythmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901306439675127615noreply@blogger.com