Bend over everyone

[WLJ]

Once in power they drop the rich will pay for it line.

During her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill this week, Biden Commerce Secretary nominee Gina Raimondo admitted Democrats will have to raise taxes on all Americans, including the middle and lower class, in order to pay for President Biden's "climate" agenda.

Biden Commerce Secretary: Sorry Folks, We're Raising Taxes to Pay for Climate Policies
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/01/27/biden-commerce-secretary-admits-we-need-to-raise-taxes-on-poor-americans-to-pay-for-climate-n2583785

And there's this little tidbit

Last week Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg told Keystone XL Pipeline workers, who President Biden promptly sent to the unemployment line upon arriving in the Oval Office, to "find another job."

How about you find another job!

[Fly320s]

That is partially good news.  There is a large percentage of the population who effectively pay zero dollars in taxes.  I'm OK with that group having to pitch in, too.

[lee n. field]

I can tell I'm going to be saying "enjoy your president" a lot.

[TommyGunn]

That is partially good news.  There is a large percentage of the population who effectively pay zero dollars in taxes.  I'm OK with that group having to pitch in, too.

It's largely horrible news.  We're still recovering from the ANDROMEDA STRAIN - - -- - - oooops,  covid19 shutdown and many people are still unemployed,  and businesses hurting or even DEAD.   One of the good things Trump did was cut taxes and that boosted the economy.  As a matter of fact, tax derived govt. income went up during this time.
What Biden is doing (aside from repeating Bush senior's and Bill Clinton's broken promises regarding tax policy) is going to be a millstone around America's economic neck.   
Just horrible if this happens.  Horrible.

Do demorats really care about we, the people? ? ? .... 

[dogmush]

Wait till they figure out that Tax rates and Tax revenue  are not linearly related.

Can't wait to see how we blame that on Nazis.

[TommyGunn]

Wait till they figure out that Tax rates and Tax revenue  are not linearly related.

Can't wait to see how we blame that on Nazis.

Do you really think the  Dems care? ? ?? ?

[WLJ]

Wait till they figure out that Tax rates and Tax revenue  are not linearly related.

Can't wait to see how we blame that on Nazis.

Do you really think the  Dems care? ? ?? ?

Especially when you consider the fact they're actually the Nazis

[Fly320s]

It's largely horrible news.  We're still recovering from the ANDROMEDA STRAIN - - -- - - oooops,  covid19 shutdown and many people are still unemployed,  and businesses hurting or even DEAD.   One of the good things Trump did was cut taxes and that boosted the economy.

Trump cut taxes for some people, not everyone.  Mine remained unchanged because he also cut deductions.

IDGAF if people are poor or unemployed.  We all need to pay some taxes.  Obviously, if a person has zero income, then he will pay zero taxes, but otherwise start taxing every dollar earned by everyone.

The millstone around America's neck is the debt, not the taxes.  The debt is there because people want more stuff for free and want someone else to pay for it.  People want someone else to pay for it because they are told everyday that the deserve free *expletive deleted*it.  That they deserve to buy a brand new car every two years.  That they deserve to live in a nice house.  That they deserve free healthcare and COVID testing.  No one wants to take responsibility for themselves anymore.  That is what will kill America.

[lee n. field]

Bend over everyone

Oh, OK.  I thought this was about the anal swab covid test.

[MillCreek]

Regarding the debt, your tax dollars at work: https://gizmodo.com/u-s-navy-documents-discuss-creating-a-spacetime-modifi-1846139142

[WLJ]

Regarding the debt, your tax dollars at work: https://gizmodo.com/u-s-navy-documents-discuss-creating-a-spacetime-modifi-1846139142

I would rather see 1/2 of a million of my tax dollars go into stuff like that than see it go into a 50 million dollar study into what my choice of toothpaste says about my views on trans-gender POC in central Africa.

[RoadKingLarry]

Wait till they figure out that Tax rates and Tax revenue  are not linearly related.

Can't wait to see how we blame that on Nazis.

Obviously they'll just have to keep raising taxes till their plan works.
 

[Andiron]

Wait till they figure out that Tax rates and Tax revenue  are not linearly related.

Can't wait to see how we blame that on Nazis.

Long as I get a snazzy uniform they can keep calling me a Nazi.  Far as I know Hugo Boss probably designed Dress Blues anyway.

[TommyGunn]

Trump cut taxes for some people, not everyone.  Mine remained unchanged because he also cut deductions.

IDGAF if people are poor or unemployed.  We all need to pay some taxes.  Obviously, if a person has zero income, then he will pay zero taxes, but otherwise start taxing every dollar earned by everyone.

The millstone around America's neck is the debt, not the taxes.  The debt is there because people want more stuff for free and want someone else to pay for it.  People want someone else to pay for it because they are told everyday that the deserve free *expletive deleted*it.  That they deserve to buy a brand new car every two years.  That they deserve to live in a nice house.  That they deserve free healthcare and COVID testing.  No one wants to take responsibility for themselves anymore.  That is what will kill America.

The debt will be a millstone .... around the neck of future generations.  Trump did two things,  cut taxes (maybe not for you, but for many people) and regulations.  This is what got the economy going.  As I said,  govt tax derived income during this time grew.   If you're worried about the debt,  we might grow our country out of it eventually,  but only if we can kick-start the economy again.  It will NOT be done by President Biden.  His policies will hogtie the economy.

I don't really disagree with you about more people paying taxes,  but I'm not sure how unemployed people could be expected to pay an income tax.  Our tax structure has become so twisted that, basically,  the lower half of income earners really don't pay taxes, or very little if they do.   If we could enact a true  single %  tax,  no deductions,  pay in full on April 15th,  say maybe at 13%  for everyone  (we can debate the per cent if you like but EVERYONE pays the same percent whether he's earning fifty thousand a year or two million) I think that would be the fairest,  and the power crazed pols wouldn't use it to balkanize the populace as they do.

In the end, looking at it either your way or mine,  the country is basically in deep Kimshe unless the people get it into their heads,  at every level, that the government cannot be everything to everyone all the time.   Entitlements are killing this country's economic solvency and the peoples' ethics.

[Ron]

The debt can never be paid off and it never was intended to be paid off.

Fiat currency and credit expansion economies are at root Ponzi schemes.

Hopefully we are gone when the whole house of cards come down.

[MillCreek]

I would rather see 1/2 of a million of my tax dollars go into stuff like that than see it go into a 50 million dollar study into what my choice of toothpaste says about my views on trans-gender POC in central Africa.

I use Colgate Sensitive prevent and repair toothpaste, which I can only find on Amazon.  I wonder what demographic category I fit into.

[Nick1911]

I use Colgate Sensitive prevent and repair toothpaste, which I can only find on Amazon.  I wonder what demographic category I fit into.

Sensodyne here.  The only category I identify with is "People who have hot/cold sensitivity on a crown, and need an oxidizer in their toothpaste to dampen those nerves."

[MillCreek]

^^^My dentist says that he generally recommends Sensodyne/sensitive toothpaste to all his patients above age 50.  He says the gum line generally starts to recede around that time, exposing the sensitive roots of the tooth.  Although the only time I ever have sensitivity is when I am in the dental chair being poked with metal instruments.  No other hot/cold/eating sensitivity.

[HankB]

The millstone around America's neck is the debt, not the taxes.  The debt is there because people want more stuff for free and want someone else to pay for it.

QFT.

Back in 2012 the USA's welfare spending topped one trillion - that's $1,000,000,000,000.00 - a year. The total welfare spending since LBJ's Great Society to date is pretty close to the national debt. (CCP corona virus spending may have distorted things during the last year.) That's a LOT of unearned entitlement spending.

Note that all this welfare spending does NOT include Social Security. (Which begs the question - why do people say earned entitlements like SS and Medicare are running out of money and will have to be cut in the future, but nobody says the same about unearned entitlements like welfare?)

[K Frame]

I was having some problems with sensitivity a few years ago, particularly around a couple of my canine teeth.

I was using Sensodyne, which helped a lot, but I ate something really sour one evening and all of the sensitive teeth woke up and really let me know it. Took a couple of days to get them settled down again.

I mentioned it to my dentist and she applied some sort of sealant to the roots at the gum lines. Since then, nearly a decade ago, and I still don't have tooth sensitivity issues.