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19th September 2003, 02:07 PM
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http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/19/news..._400/index.htm
Hmmm, what are those unemployment rates again? I thought those tax cuts were supposed to help the middleclass 
I gues Bill Gates really needed a couple billion more 
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19th September 2003, 05:26 PM
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Reps: 1,389,323,873,000,013 (power: 1,389,323,873,013) | | | So? What are you implying here? How do you know that the middle class isn't also benefitting since the article never mentioned it? Even though the main players are big liberals I don't begrudge it to them. |
19th September 2003, 05:34 PM
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Reps: 69,090 (power: 86) | | Originally Posted by brewmama So? What are you implying here?
That we are going 500 billion in debt, so that the rich can get richer. How do you know that the middle class isn't also benefitting since the article never mentioned it?
Well, unemployment is at a 9 year high. Everytime you turn around some company is laying people off. Even though the main players are big liberals I don't begrudge it to them. 
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19th September 2003, 10:02 PM
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Reps: 8 (power: 0) | | | This is exactly what was predicted by Bush's agenda. The amazing thing is that he convinced the common blue collar worker to stand behind him, and many continue to do so as their job goes down the toilet and the rich get richer.
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19th September 2003, 10:12 PM
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Reps: 1,535,466,883,506 (power: 0) | | | Any taxcut is a good tax cut. They take time to work. When was the last time you were offered a job by a poor person? M |
19th September 2003, 10:59 PM
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Reps: 133 (power: 0) | | | However, throughout America full time workers are being laid off so that these companies can hire younger, part time workers for cheaper. Wow, the tax cut really helped the economy! |
19th September 2003, 11:01 PM
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19th September 2003, 11:07 PM
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Reps: 8 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by MichaelFJF Please focus in on the "takes time" part of the post. Nothing works overnight. M
Does it ever occurr to you that these rich men, with large interests in big oil and defense contracts, just might have duped the working class?
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20th September 2003, 09:40 AM
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20th September 2003, 03:39 PM
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Reps: 20 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by MichaelFJF Please focus in on the "takes time" part of the post. Nothing works overnight. M
Maybe you should take a look at my thread The Tax-Cut Con. Supply-side economics has been discredited as an economic theory, and now exists only for politicians to sneakily dismantle massive entitlement programs like social security. The claim that tax cuts take time to work is lacking any supporting evidence as well.
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