Fix the filibuster NOW!

[ELVIS]

Agreed. Even a family of 4 making 20K can chip in $100 a year in taxes.

If you get a full refund from the IRS, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!!!

That is fucking idiotic...

[DavidLeeNatra]

It's the Repukes who are going to have to learn to compromise.

Our side has been compromising for the last 32 fucking years, and look where that got us.

The only thing that will save this country is to reverse those fucked up policies.

to compromise with those tea party radicals is as simple as to compromise with the taliban...

[Nickdfresh]

I don't think any 1 group of people should have to pay shoulder more of the burden...

I think they should...they receive far more benefits this country has to offer as far and security and infrastructure and often statistically do less for the consumerist economy overall. Also, the continued trends are a slipping middle class with stagnant wages while CEO's pocket books have swelled in the last 30 years. Corporate profits have never been better, yet they're have far less investment in their workers than ever with the obsolescence of pensions in favor of 401K's for example. So yes, those who benefit the most and give back the least should have to pay more taxes...

[Nickdfresh]

Agreed. Even a family of 4 making 20K can chip in $100 a year in taxes.

If you get a full refund from the IRS, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!!!

How is that? That disposable income goes directly back into the economy far more so than all the money Mitt Romney is saving on his 14% tax bracket on interest. Has Mitt created any jobs with all the money he's saving?..

[Nickdfresh]

Depends on how you raise that revenue. Broadening the tax base would be the most effective way.

Um, no it wouldn't you dolt! That would do far more harm to the economy than only letting the Bush-era wartime tax cuts expire on the top earners...

What's funny is how easily deluded you are even in your own economic Kool Aidz™ beliefs of lower taxes is always great for the economy, the notions of "how" and "why" you clearly cannot comprehend...

[BigBadBrian]

Um, no it wouldn't you dolt! That would do far more harm to the economy than only letting the Bush-era wartime tax cuts expire on the top earners...

What's funny is how easily deluded you are even in your own economic Kool Aidz™ beliefs of lower taxes is always great for the economy, the notions of "how" and "why" you clearly cannot comprehend...

You have no clue of what I was talking about, that much is obvious by your reply. Nick, seek help!!! Preferably in an economics classroom!

[Nickdfresh]

You have no clue of what I was talking about, that much is obvious by your reply. Nick, seek help!!! Preferably in an economics classroom!

Agreed. Even a family of 4 making 20K can chip in $100 a year in taxes.

If you get a full refund from the IRS, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!!!

How 'bout this one? YOU HAVE NO CLUE...

A family of four is in poverty on $20K! And's that's $100 less spent on groceries, diapers, insurance, gas, etc. Why don't YOU go into a fucking classroom?..

[DavidLeeNatra]

Why don't YOU go into a fucking classroom?..

he tried...couldn't find it...

[Nickdfresh]

he tried...couldn't find it...

He was too busy hanging out with the guys in the gym locker room...

[DavidLeeNatra]

He was too busy hanging out with the guys in the gym locker room...

bending for the soap...

[ELVIS]

And the steroid injection...

[DavidLeeNatra]

And the steroid injection...

and using this...big time...

[Nitro Express]

and using this...big time...

If the TSA found that on you, they would think it was some sort of terrorist device.

[Dr. Love]

I think they should...they receive far more benefits this country has to offer as far and security and infrastructure and often statistically do less for the consumerist economy overall. Also, the continued trends are a slipping middle class with stagnant wages while CEO's pocket books have swelled in the last 30 years. Corporate profits have never been better, yet they're have far less investment in their workers than ever with the obsolescence of pensions in favor of 401K's for example. So yes, those who benefit the most and give back the least should have to pay more taxes...

I have no problem with paying more, I just think everyone should pay a little more. We're all in this together, and we should all work to get out of it together. We need to pay down our debt and reduce our deficits until things are balanced again. I'm for everyone's tax rates going up by some arbitrary number (3%?) and putting that additional revenue towards financial repair for the nation and at the same time reducing overall spending across the board, starting with the military budget.

Not suggesting that you are saying this, but I have a real problem with anyone saying they think other people should pay more to fix a problem we all share. Comes across as though people only care about the problem so long as they aren't a part of the solution.

We have a big financial problem in this country. Everyone needs to chip in and bail us out. Everyone. It's not sacrifice if we only expect one group to do it.

[knuckleboner]

Depends on how you raise that revenue. Broadening the tax base would be the most effective way.

broadening the base can be very ineffective if it causes lower income individuals to pay more taxes - i.e. taking more money out of spending. you take an extra $100 from somebody making $20,000 and that is definitely $100 gone from the spending. take an extra 1% from the top tax bracket and there's no loss of spending. yes, there's probably a loss of investment capital, but that's not as much of an impact on economic growth as direct expenditure.