Originally Posted by JDB1523
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3. All you've done is spouted off instances in American politics that have angered you. Some include Obama, most don't. Regardless, why don't you touch on something like the income, corporate, capital gains taxes, gov't regulation of markets and a proposed nationalized health care that would make people hate Obama? (psssst...they've historically been relatively low, spurring economic growth and staying true to the phrase 'Land of Opportunity')
So OK you say I am a sheep to Obama,.. Right? Because I support everything he does. Right? I say things about his policy I am not fooled by andsay things that I hate about his policy. You say so and still say I am still sheep? So anyone who follows Conservatism economic policies 100% or 80% are sheepto Conservatism.. You follow liberalism above 70% you are a sheep to liberalism... You like to be as moderate as possible you are a sheep to moderation.. Nomatter what we are all sheep.
But I already addressed that there is nothing wrong with hating Obama, I think if it is a lie (He's a terrorist, not a U.S. citizen, "deathpanels", he wants to purposely destroy America, his skin color) are wrong reasons to hate Obama. I also called this a bull crap question page 1 or 2I'm not sure which one.
I will address how I view what you said we both know why people would hate these policies so no point of me stating something we both know
1. Land of opportunity would mean we have no taxes at all. Any form of taxes would be a hindrance of anyone's opportunity.
2. Certain things need government regulation. Hence outlaw of monopolies, the saying "Bust the Trusts". Without Theodore Roosevelt and thatgovernment regulation, Monopolies would still exist, and therefore the land of opportunity is now the land of you got money, you got a business. Regulationlapses were a large part of the collapse of the financial market. Glass-Stegall, deregulation of rating agencies giving triple A ratings to awful loans, NakedCredit Default Swaps, etc. etc., sub-prime bubble burst which was caused because of the bets on derivatives that included bad loans. Some banks even bet ontheir own loans to fail.
3. I am not a person who believes in huge taxes for Corporations and Capital gains tax.. I would like to keep it at some form of normal rate. With that said Iam against cutting corporation taxes if all Shady corporate tax loopholes are not shut down. There is no point of lowering these taxes down 10% from itscurrent rate if they will still take 10% off the top of the new tax rate by hiding the money.. Another place where regulation is needed. Also I will agree thatthis creates jobs BUT not anywhere close to the extent it should. It is still divided largely among the top execs. and the board.
4. Personal tax is not as effective on the economy as corporate taxes. (I am talking about upper class personal taxes. My view of lower and middle taxes isdifferent.)That money doesn't stimulate the lower class, or middle class as much as you think. Doesn't create jobs. The upper class already has many ofthe things they want so an extra 5% on 250k, is not going to Best Buy or Sears because they would have it with or without the tax break. Also factor in theamount of money lost in tax revenue.. Now I am fine with tax breaks for the rich but take the money out of something else.If we cut taxes we have to cutprograms... Not the arts, phys ed, health or any other form of education.. Take it out of something big i.e. some of the Defense Budget.. There are billions ofwasted dollars in the defense budget. So now we take that money out of tax revenue, people will get fired because there is not as much money anymore in the"government pot".. So let's find out what government jobs are: Teachers, Fireman, Police Dept., Community Workers, Colleges, Post office, I thinkyou see where I am going. Everything has a good/bad effect. Nothing will be 100% good, nothing will be 100% bad.
5. The Public Option is what I want, who knows what comes of it. You can't write it off as it will automatically be 100% success and you can't say itwill definitely fail. But some complete overhaul does need to be done. Not just medicare and Medicaid and SS, but the private insurance needs some sort of fireunder their @+*..With that said, I am more sold on it than tax cuts and let's see what happens, it happened in 93 and didn't work out so well.. Itisn't proposed nationalized health care but I know what you mean by it, so I will argue it as you see it, instead of how it is proposed. If it forcesPrivate insurance out of the business that sucks but the counter to it is, If government health care is so bad they can offer something government can't.It doesn't even have to be at a lower price but offer something Gov't can't. That is free market and the idea of differentiation.