tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post4585260391583893636..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: I Love The Tax Reform BillK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-38861945087366820612017-11-26T19:43:08.426-08:002017-11-26T19:43:08.426-08:00Taking more from the people who work is, quite obv...Taking more from the people who work is, quite obviously, not working to lower the deficit.<br /><br />Maybe try the thing that has at least partly worked-- letting people keep more of what they make, which appears to make them work harder, so you skim a higher raw amount a smaller bit at a time. Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-20027273245874199642017-11-18T04:08:24.770-08:002017-11-18T04:08:24.770-08:00"They also want this corporate tax cut, so wh..."They also want this corporate tax cut, so why not get this one first and deal with the deficit afterwards?"<br /><br />Why not? Because it's a bribe to look the other way while they screw your kids, is why not. Are you happy to do that? Because I'm not.tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-72063204657853115322017-11-17T14:01:09.759-08:002017-11-17T14:01:09.759-08:00The ones who need to freak out are the kids. They ...The ones who need to freak out are the kids. They are the ones getting screwed. We can't be outraged for them. All of the Tea Party folks I know are still there and still feel the same way, but they got shivved in the back by both parties. They also want this corporate tax cut, so why not get this one first and deal with the deficit afterwards? Whether or not any of the politicians care about the kids enough to cut spending remains to be seen. I'm skeptical.<br /><br />In the meantime, I'd like to see jobs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alabama, ...K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-10087567124871009452017-11-17T10:13:26.917-08:002017-11-17T10:13:26.917-08:00That's an excellent question, KT. Where *is* t...That's an excellent question, KT. Where *is* the outrage? What happened to all the Tea Partiers that used to say they cared intensely about the deficit? When did the Republican party, that used to be so keen to balance the budget, decide they wouldn't worry about it after all? <br /><br />The people who used to say they were worried about it still exist, don't they? Where did they all go? Surely you and I aren't the only ones left?<br /><br />There's still the <a href="http://www.crfb.org/" rel="nofollow">CRFB</a> out there banging the drum for fiscal sanity, but not enough people want to listen.<br />tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-78495292748617038862017-11-17T09:00:17.365-08:002017-11-17T09:00:17.365-08:00I'm with you on the deficits. This blog is loa...I'm with you on the deficits. This blog is loaded with anti-debt posts. $20T is insane, but where is the outrage that would drive real change? I despair of fiscal sanity. Why hold up much-needed tax reform for something that isn't going to happen in the foreseeable future? K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-64488715421714010732017-11-17T08:28:27.191-08:002017-11-17T08:28:27.191-08:00That's fine as far as it goes, and I agree tha...That's fine as far as it goes, and I agree that corporate taxes are mostly counterproductive, especially with big multinationals that can just shuffle the money around the world to whoever has the lowest tax rate. <br /><br />But what I'm concerned about is the fact that everything I hear about the tax bills is that they are going to increase the deficit (the number I keep seeing bandied about, and that even supporters of the bills don't seem to be seriously denying, is an increase of $1.5 trillion over the next decade, above and beyond what the deficit was going to be in the first place). <br /><br />I don't like this. I never liked deficits, and like them even less when they are unforced deficits during a period of economic growth. It's one thing to deficit spend when you are engaged in a war critical to the existence of the nation, or when the economy is collapsing. But to do it at a time when we are about as much at peace as we ever get, and the economy is already growing OK? This is the time when the government should be building up reserves for the next disaster, not blowing up their debt load so that the next big recession (or war, or even the coming wave of retirees demanding their social security) will drive us into bankruptcy.<br /><br /><br />tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.com