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12-04-2017, 12:19 AM
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The "leadership" of Congress has been...
The "leadership" of Congress has been deteriorating over the course of the Bush and Obama administrations. It is becoming more and more us vs. them, with no adults in charge capable of real debate...
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12-03-2017, 06:46 PM
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I clicked on your link and got the pay wall. WaPo...
I clicked on your link and got the pay wall. WaPo lets you read a few articles within some time period and then blocks you. I do read some of their stuff, so I must be over my limit right now.
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12-03-2017, 06:29 PM
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Okay, to nitpick, I was referring to Krugman's...
Okay, to nitpick, I was referring to Krugman's opinion, i.e., analysis, of O'Brien's analysis. But writing or recommending, it is still better than a 1:9 favorite that he is wrong, based on his past...
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12-03-2017, 06:12 PM
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Are these not Krugman's words? Is this not...
Are these not Krugman's words? Is this not analysis that he is sponsoring as correct?
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12-03-2017, 01:12 PM
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Pot, meet kettle: ...
Pot, meet kettle:
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12-03-2017, 01:08 PM
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This is the guy who thought that Obama walked on...
This is the guy who thought that Obama walked on water when he and the Dems doubled the debt in 8 years, but GOP deficits are toxic. :D
Sorry, any economic analysis that has his name at the top is...
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12-03-2017, 11:34 AM
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I agree. The problem is that taxes should be cut,...
I agree. The problem is that taxes should be cut, but so should spending. But once a welfare program is in place, Congress views it as in entitlement, and even questioning it is political blasphemy. ...
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12-03-2017, 10:18 AM
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Some people don't like the idea that tax cuts...
Some people don't like the idea that tax cuts only have a direct benefit for the 53% of people that pay taxes.
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12-02-2017, 07:43 PM
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Congress is in session for two more weeks, then...
Congress is in session for two more weeks, then their year is over. They have no major accomplishments this year. Trump has gotten none of his legislative program passed. This is a last-gasp effort...
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12-02-2017, 06:28 PM
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The ACA was a lot longer document (2700 pages),...
The ACA was a lot longer document (2700 pages), but didn't give a lot of information about what ObamaCare really was. It delegated the determination of much of the actual rules and regulations to the...
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12-01-2017, 07:13 PM
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McConnell has been busy buying votes in the...
McConnell has been busy buying votes in the Senate, and it appears that they have enough now to pass the bill.
The latest "convert" is Susan Collins. She got a number of concessions (i.e.,...
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12-01-2017, 01:42 PM
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You say that like anyone with an IQ above room...
You say that like anyone with an IQ above room temperature didn't know that was going to happen. :D
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11-27-2017, 07:57 PM
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I doubt that. Remember that 47% of the population...
I doubt that. Remember that 47% of the population do not pay any federal income tax. How many of the rest will be significantly affected by the tax bill? How many will forget about it by next...
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11-22-2017, 07:48 PM
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We should not have a trade policy or NAFTA or...
We should not have a trade policy or NAFTA or anything else. Trying to fix them will just make them worse. Throw them all out and let the private sector businesses work out their own trade policies....
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11-22-2017, 11:33 AM
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And you think that the government can do a better...
And you think that the government can do a better job of that than the private sector? Why would you say that the private sector can do a better job of managing investment but not of managing trade?...
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11-20-2017, 01:25 PM
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GDP consists of goods and services. Opponents of...
GDP consists of goods and services. Opponents of free trade tend to concentrate on the goods side. Even there, 80% of manufacturing jobs lost in recent years were lost to automation, only 20% were...
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11-19-2017, 11:44 PM
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They claim to care, but they just don't get it....
They claim to care, but they just don't get it. There are Kool Aid drinkers on both sides of the aisle. Those on the left believe that the rich aren't paying their "fair share", and that if they did,...
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11-19-2017, 02:01 PM
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No, that's not it. Steny Hoyer, Number 2 Democrat...
No, that's not it. Steny Hoyer, Number 2 Democrat in the House when Pelosi was speaker, said:
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11-16-2017, 01:11 PM
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I'm too busy making up and planting fake news...
I'm too busy making up and planting fake news about Democrats. Somebody has to do it.
The real ObamaCare hearings took place behind closed doors in Dem offices and conference rooms. The tame...
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11-16-2017, 12:55 PM
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Didn't watch, because all of that stuff from both...
Didn't watch, because all of that stuff from both sides of the aisle is "theater".
Since Larson was a Democratic member of the House that passed ObamaCare, he has no credible standing to be...
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11-14-2017, 04:18 PM
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Rand Paul is looking to give the Dems a taste of...
Rand Paul is looking to give the Dems a taste of their own ObamaCare medicine. OCare was declared Constitutional because SCOTUS ruled that the individual mandate was a tax. So Paul is offering an...
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11-07-2017, 09:57 AM
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They pay over 45% according to the non-partisan...
They pay over 45% according to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center.
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11-06-2017, 11:54 AM
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More fun with carefully selected numbers. ...
More fun with carefully selected numbers.
The richest 1% will get half the Trump tax cuts. Duh! The richest 1% pay half of all federal income taxes.
Last I saw, about 47% of Americans pay no...
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11-06-2017, 11:21 AM
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Seth Hanlon and others need to read the linked...
Seth Hanlon and others need to read the linked articles before posting them.
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05-04-2017, 08:13 PM
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Very few. The highest bracket is 39.6%, and that...
Very few. The highest bracket is 39.6%, and that is on ordinary income over $400K. You would have to have a lot of income in that top bracket to average out the lower rates on the first $400K. But...
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