true... ideally... -- tony
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:38 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ideally we wouldn't be spending 1 trillion dollars ANYWHERE. We don't need > wars and we don't need extended welfare programs......McCain provides the > war, Obama provides the welfare.....at this juncture, i'll take the welfare > over the war. > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> id rather spend 1 trillion here on these people than 1 trillion >> on a fucking war in iraq. >> >> what part of that doesnt make sense to you? seriously man, you are >> a smart guy... but damn... >> >> -- tony >> >> Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. >> -- siddhartha gautama >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121910303529751345.html?mod=googlenews_wsj >> > >> > Obama's Tax Plan >> > Is Really a Welfare Plan >> > By PETER FERRARA >> > August 19, 2008; Page A17 >> > >> > Barack Obama's tax plan is the opposite of supply-side economics. He >> > proposes to raise marginal rates for just about every federal tax. He >> > also proposes a raft of tax credits that taxpayers can receive if they >> > engage in various government-specified activities. >> > >> > Moreover, the tax credits would mostly go to those who pay little or >> > nothing in federal income taxes. His trick is to make the tax credits >> > "refundable." Thus, if the tax credit is for $1,000, but the taxpayer >> > would otherwise only pay $200 in taxes, the government would write a >> > check to the taxpayer for $800. If the taxpayer pays nothing in >> > federal income taxes, the government would pay him the whole $1,000. >> > >> > Such credits are not tax cuts. Indeed, they should be called The New >> > Tax Welfare. In effect, Mr. Obama is proposing to create or expand a >> > slew of government spending programs that are disguised as tax >> > credits. The spending on these programs is then subtracted from the >> > total tax burden, in order to make the claim that his tax plan is a >> > net tax cut overall. >> > >> > .... >> > >> > >> > continued at wsj.com >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266136 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
