No More Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest

we just want to punish the rich. we're all just jealous and envious. thank you, mitt romney and nodrama, for presuming to know the contents of my own mind better than i do.

Originally Posted by canndo

Please let me know where one can find a good $100 steak? They are all too rare (fogive the pun) in my part of the world.

Kobe beef, Next time in Japan do indulge. You cannot get them here in USA unless it was smuggled in. Smuggled beef costs big money.

If letting poor people eat bothers the rich, fuck them.

Originally Posted by UncleBuck

we just want to punish the rich. we're all just jealous and envious. thank you, mitt romney and nodrama, for presuming to know the contents of my own mind better than i do.

No one said you were envious or jealous, you just want them to pay the same as you do right? And your tax rate is going to go up more than theirs is,theirs is going to go up 3.3%, but yours is going up 5%. The politicians in this country are almost exclusively rich people, and ALL of them would probably be classified as such by you. You really think they are going to do something without protecting their own interests first? The REAL reason for doing this is to get more money out of the other 320 million Americans. HAHA the amount of tax on dividends will increase by 120%, won't all those middle class folks with IRA's and 401K's and Brokerage accounts pay out the fucking ass now eh?

You can tax them 100% and it it won't make the deficit go down.

Originally Posted by MellowFarmer

What makes folks only use Wikipedia? It is bad enough using just one source but to use one that isn't even regarded as a Source?
Yes, some sites say it is between Gov and Biz... some


crony capitalism
Definition
An economy that is nominally free-market, but allows for preferential regulation and other favorable government intervention based on personal relationships. In such a system, the false appearance of "pure" capitalism is publicly maintained to preserve the exclusive influence of well-connected individuals.

Read more: What is crony capitalism? definition and meaning

Thanks for proving my point, now, try explaining to Bucky how government regulations are going to stop crony capitalism! LOL

Originally Posted by beenthere

LMAO Neither one of you two knuckle draggers have a fucking clue about what's going on.

The free market is what made America the greatest nation in history, corporatism (crony capitalism) has taken over the free markets
Go look up the term crony capitalism, LOL then tell me how government will do away with it.

Originally Posted by UncleBuck

we became a superpower after anti-trust laws.
that's just LOL. dream on.

As you can see, I'm talking about the free market and your dumb ass comes back with a weak attempt to refute me using "superpower"
So I give you the correct meaning of super power, and I'm moving the goal posts! LMFAO

Not only are you surprisingly ignorant on economics, you are flat out disingenuous.

Originally Posted by MellowFarmer

Where do you manage to find your misinformation then? OH all the other media outlets, Fixed News is just the most obvious for people who want to hear what they already believe and don't give a shit if it's opinion... take Cheney's insistence that every hotel room have Fixed News playing for him to enter the room.

The Sherman Anti Trust act was the first anti trust law in the USA in 1890... the USA did not become a Super Power until after that quite a few years. Do you know what an anti trust law is?

Again, not from Wiki..

West's Encyclopedia of American Law

ANTITRUST LAW

Legislation enacted by the federal and various state governments to regulate trade and commerce by preventing unlawful restraints, price-fixing, and monopolies, to promote competition, and to encourage the production of quality goods and services at the lowest prices, with the primary goal of safeguarding public welfare by ensuring that consumer demands will be met by the manufacture and sale of goods at reasonable prices.

Antitrust law seeks to make businesses compete fairly. It has had a serious effect on business practices and the organization of U.S. industry. Premised on the belief that free trade benefits the economy, businesses, and consumers alike, the law forbids several types of restraint of trade and monopolization. These fall into four main areas: agreements between competitors, contractual arrangements between sellers and buyers, the pursuit or maintenance of monopoly power, and mergers.

What misinformation are you talking about, I gave a definition on crony capitalism and you come back with the Sherman Act, where the hell did I mention anything about anti-trust laws, what in the world are you refuting?

Are you with your buddy Bucky who claims we can fix crony capitalism with government regulations? LMAO

If anyone of you lefties want a real honest debate on supply and demand and the free market, lets do it. The only thing I ask is, that we debate one subject at a time, no strawman, no moving the goal posts and no idiot cartoons.

I'm ready when you are.