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The number of days that the expiry of the Bush tax cuts will fund the government.

Moon, Soothfast - why are you willing to do serious, and long-lasting, injury to this country over an amount of money that small?

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
The number of days that the expiry of the Bush tax cuts will fund the government.

Moon, Soothfast - why are you willing to do serious, and long-lasting, injury to this country over an amount of money that small?
Why are you?

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
The number of days that the expiry of the Bush tax cuts will fund the government.

Moon, Soothfast - why are you willing to do serious, and long-lasting, injury to this country over an amount of money that small?
Serious, long lasting injury? 🙄

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Originally posted by kevcvs57
Why are you?
It doesn't fix anything. It doesn't address the real problem of entitlements.

Explain to me the logic of raising taxes but not addressing entitlement reform.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Serious, long lasting injury? 🙄
Really now? Do you know what another credit downgrade will do to this country's financial form?

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
The number of days that the expiry of the Bush tax cuts will fund the government.

Moon, Soothfast - why are you willing to do serious, and long-lasting, injury to this country over an amount of money that small?
That's a pretty huge amount.

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Originally posted by KazetNagorra
That's a pretty huge amount.
So none of you can defend it.

That's what I thought.

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Where did you get the 45 days from ? More specifically, in what time period is the money for the 45 days of running government earned by the tax increase ?

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
Really now? Do you know what another credit downgrade will do to this country's financial form?
I am not interested in analyzing the rules of the artificially created money game. I prefer to discuss physical reality.

We will not starve. We will not lose our land to military invasion. We will not become weak. The USA will be fine. Stop throwing a hissy fit.

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Originally posted by Barts
Where did you get the 45 days from ? More specifically, in what time period is the money for the 45 days of running government earned by the tax increase ?
Actually, I was incorrect. It's about nine days. The tax cuts are worth about $82 billion a year. The government costs $9.7 billion a day to run. That revenue is generated on a yearly basis.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I am not interested in analyzing the rules of the artificially created money game. I prefer to discuss physical reality.

We will not starve. We will not lose our land to military invasion. We will not become weak. The USA will be fine. Stop throwing a hissy fit.
Put another way, you can't defend it.

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
Put another way, you can't defend it.
You cannot defend the Bush cuts in the first place. I have nothing to defend.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
You cannot defend the Bush cuts in the first place. I have nothing to defend.
Oh yes I can. People have the right to the fruits of their labor. That's about as Natural a Right as you can come by.

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
Oh yes I can. People have the right to the fruits of their labor. That's about as Natural a Right as you can come by.
So the tax rate should be zero, then.

That would make it hard to pay for the massive armed forces and other goodies you want.

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
The number of days that the expiry of the Bush tax cuts will fund the government.

Moon, Soothfast - why are you willing to do serious, and long-lasting, injury to this country over an amount of money that small?
Stop your constant complaining about the budget deficit if you don't want to do anything about it. The major entitlements - Social Security and Medicare - at present hardly add to it at all.