Tax Cuts For The Poor Becoming Political Liability For Obama

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kid of ny:

I'm surprised you have a job that pays more than minimum wage with your inability to spell or properly construct a sentence!

And you are totally off here. You obviously are having trouble grasping reality, if you really believe what you are saying. Next time, think before you type...moron!

Eric of NY 9:10AM August 08, 2010

I am not sure what type of capitalsocialism ideas our government is comming up with. I know the government is targeting the uneducated low income parents to pull thier programs through.There are a large population in the U.S that feel they are entitled to all the programs they have been taught in low income areas to get all the care,food,shelter they need. Many of the area churches hold classes for thease specific purposes.Our focusshould be to find those classes and stop them. I have friends that don't fit minatory status and need welfare and they are constantly redoing dehap paperwork that they have lost. The information thease government entities have acess to and are losing are serious issues.Identity theft is runnimg rampet thease days. Are thease agencies secure. My white female friend has been fighting cross racesim since encountering hurricane IKE. A single divourced mother of two living on child support and odd jobs while trying to get a degree in college.If she plays her cards right she might be able to get an appointment for food stamps. They told her it would take 3 monts to get an appointment. She is still waiting. Itry to keep her encouraged but I think her skin color is keeping her from gettingher share of help. She is getting a degree in enviromental research. She claims she willget a peace prize with her vision. She needs a short term entitlement program. Thease are the peopleI like to see taking from the system. She want to give back to the planet.I think welfare recipents need to state what and why they need assiatance for and have a plan to pay back the system by moving closer to the capitalist work ethics leaving behind obamism.

Jennifer Hall of TX 2:08AM September 07, 2009

er,no muser.

we have deficits because of too much spending, not because of a lack of revenue.

for example, federal tax revenue increased by more than $1 trillion (adjusted for inflation) in the 10-year period following reagan's tax cuts.

but congress can always spend more than the government brings in -- which is what inevitably happens.

interesting mindset, though: letting people keep their own money, the money they work to earn, is a government "giveaway."

the only thing the government has to "give" is something they forcibly take from someone else.

bobdylan of VA 3:10PM September 05, 2009

I'm a member of the working class i go to work for 40 hours a week pay my bills and taxes. There is a problem with helping the poor. Why give money to people that are already either on welfare, public assistance, ect. more money when they can't use it properly. Welfare and PA shouldn't be a long term solution for people that don't have alot of money. This is why our economy sucks and is being drained along with a number of things. Why should people that have worked there behind off to get where they are pay more for those that are complacent with there situation. That's not right they need a push to better themselves. Think the more people we have employed not only does it bring in more money for all of us and stimulate the economy, it makes people be responsible over what they earn to make sure they keep a good budget together. One they would have the proper schooling to help them even if it's a certification in a trade. Get them off there "BUTTS" for the lack of a better word. Make them work, make them earn that social security and not drain the people of what there worth for doing what they had to do to survive. If we used the " Survival of the fittest" rule I guarantee our economy would have never grew to what it is today.

The Kid of NY 1:13PM September 04, 2009

the tax cuts or credits for the poor in the "stim" may be fodder for critics.

But the reason you have deficits as far as the eye can see are the tax cuts for the high end which occurred in 1981 - 2003. Those were the root of America's multiple boom/busts and financial crises.

Unfortunately, the average voter is only vaguely aware of the magnitude of what was given away--to people who did not need it--- by Reagan and Bush. And they are even less aware of how the resultant magnets for greed (the absence of high taxes on sophisticated financial schemes) affected THEM.

Muser of NM 12:54PM September 03, 2009

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