Our country has moved so far to the right that there's hardly any difference between a Republican who wants to cut Social Security and Medicare and a Democrat who wants to cut Social Security and Medicare but raise taxes slightly. Ronald Reagan raised taxes and IMO was more of a Democrat than Obama.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-budget-deals-of-reagan-bush-clinton-and-obama-in-one-chart/2011/07/06/gIQA98w11H_blog.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote: > > Because it isn't "the American people don't want higher taxes"....the > question is "do the american people want a proportionately fair tax system on > the money made from the corporations and wealth aristocrats (that is not > coming back to us via the "trickle down theory or will it ever) on the backs > of us working class." Â This is another Republican myth that they are > spreading to instill fear. > > --- On Tue, 7/19/11, richardjwilliamstexas <willytex@...> wrote: > > From: richardjwilliamstexas <willytex@...> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Economic Collapse -- why it won't be stopped > (and The Last Mountain) > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 3:26 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > > > In the context of our continued political system, it is > > > > easy to "blame Obama" while we whine and cry and call > > > > foul - where is the loyalty > > > > > authfriend: > > > Are you even *aware* that there are many who think > > > cutting spending to reduce the deficit is the very *last* > > > thing we should be doing while the economy is still in > > > such bad shape? > > > > > "But why insist on higher taxes in the middle of weakest > > economic recovery in the post-World War II era?" > > > > http://tinyurl.com/3ba2snc >
