Cut everything not mentioned by name in the constitution. Judah McAuley wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Judah wrote: >> Are we just supposed to say "Fuck the poor!"? >> >> >> lol, that just reminded me of Mel Brooks. > > I do that a lot. I've really really been hoping that Obama would pull > out a moment from Blazing Saddles during a debate and say "Where's all > the white women at?" > >> I would much prefer to see an economic stimulus plan that pushes job >> creation for small business. There are already lots of existing programs to >> help small business, veteran-owned business, minority-owned business, >> woman-owned business. Let's make those programs bigger. Let's make a >> concerted effort to hire those firms for federal government contracts. These >> are the people that make new jobs in this country. And while we're at it, >> let's not raise capital gains taxes or high-income tax bracket taxes. The >> people that will be affected by these tax hikes are the ones we need to dig >> us out of this mess by hiring workers. > > I can see your point on this, no doubt. I take a "first do no harm" > approach though. As the economy deteriorates and job losses mount, we > need to make sure that basic needs are met. Nothing fancy here. I'm > just want to make sure that people, as much as possible, are able to > eat and have a place to live. We have to make sure that the basic > safety net is in place. > > After that, I do agree with you about economic stimulus for job > creation, especially in small business. Regarding the tax hikes and > cap gains tax on high income tax brackets, I'm not sure. I don't want > them to be taxed to the point where there is no reason for them to > work at the jobs they are. People should be rewarded for work. On the > other hand, this is going to require sacrifice from people in all > income brackets. People at the top income brackets have more wiggle > room for safety than people down at the bottom. > > How much of the financial effort we need as a country should be > financed via debt versus taxes? Even if we got out of Iraq right now, > that would just reduce the rate of debt we are incurring. There are > other areas we could cut some spending, but we are talking overall > some pretty good sized numbers needed. So what's the mix? > > Judah > >
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