Cityskier wrote:XtremeJibber2001 wrote:Cityskier wrote:
"Let's not boast about a $300 billion deficit,"said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Any statistic you look at recognizes the rich in America are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and the middle class is getting squeezed."
I've altered the quote you've cited and changed it to how it should read.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wrote:
"Let's not boast about a $300 billion deficit,"said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Any statistic you look at recognizes the rich in America are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and the middle class is getting squeezed. To fix the deficit, we should tax those that are successful, use those funds to pay off the deficit, and then redistribute the wealth to those of whom who are less successful."
Either way, it's better that estimates are wrong and we spent even less then we had anticipated. It's a win for all taxpayers, amidst one of the largest deficits in History.
"How it should read"?!?!?!
Who the hell do you think you are, other than some uninformed, ignorant kid.
The Bush administration made a choice to go to war and we all must pay for this decision. I don't know how many history classes you have taken, but wars and tax cuts don't exactly work well together. The leadership this country has received every step of the way since this conflict began has been abominable. We were insulted by estimates that this conflict would cost some 50-60 billion dollars at the outset and now of been reading that the congressional budget office is estimating the cost to be 1.27 trillion dollars before it is all said and done. Yet people make a big deal that the defecit is less than projected.
There's more to what's going on than the headlines you read. If you could think for yourself you'd realize you're just getting suckered.
Kid? I won't give you that. Ignorant? You may have a case there, depending what subject you pick.
Lets start here ....
"Bush administration made a choice to go to war"
- No, congress voted and passed legislature that allowed GWB to wage war. Overwhelmingly passed it, if you recall.
"I don't know how many history classes you have taken, but wars and tax cuts don't exactly work well together."
- No, they don't work well. The war was inevitable IMHO, which is shown by what politians were saying on both sides of the fence given the pre-war intelligence. That being said, we're involved in a war, how would you stimulate the economy ... raising taxes? Please share this secret with me because I am but ignorant.
"The leadership this country has received every step of the way since this conflict began has been abominable."
- Agreed. With some reservations.
"We were insulted by estimates that this conflict would cost some 50-60 billion dollars at the outset and now of been reading that the congressional budget office is estimating the cost to be 1.27 trillion dollars before it is all said and done."
- You work in a publicly traded company, right? Hell, you could work for a private firm or a non-prof company. How many projects have you been on that ran over budget? Just last year a project I was part of ran $13 million over budget. Considering how poor DC is fiscally, is this REALLY shocking?
"Yet people make a big deal that the defecit is less than projected."
- We're going to save $100 billion on the deficit. That's not a big thing to you? What is a big thing to you .... $200 billion of the deficit? The deficit sucks either way, I'm happy we saved what we did.
Now I know I already asked you how to wage an active war and stimulate the economy without tax cuts .... but cutting back to the real issue, just what do you think this comment means:
"Let's not boast about a $300 billion deficit," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Any statistic you look at recognizes the rich in America are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and the middle class is getting squeezed."
If this doesn't mean Reid wants to tax the rich and give to the poor in addition to getting rid of the deficit, then why bring up the rich?