Or tribute bands, for that matter.
The title needs more exclamation marks. Or cowbell.
I would put a tax on all people who stand in water.
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Woo!
I think there should be a tax on shitty pit posts. With an additional penalty for the first post in a thread.
That graph is pretty amazing.
I’d like to see the OP comment on the graph, preferably in the form of an interpretive dance involving butter and Hitler.
Oh, so do I! Well, wait, maybe “pit” isn’t the right word . . . :o
I think there should be a tax on all foreigners living abroad.
[nods] BTW, what’s it taste like?
The goal is ideological purity, not growing the economy. I’m not an economist, but I don’t know of many who believe that supply side tax cuts are what will propel the economy forward. Corporate profits have exploded upwards, going up 40-50% since the recession happened while unemployment has stayed the same. Corporations have 2 trillion in cash reserves. I have no idea why another tax cut will create jobs, the lack of demand and security is why no jobs are being created.
But they don’t care. Even if it were proven beyond a reasonable doubt that supply side tax cuts reduced GDP growth and increased unemployment they’d still push for them. The goal is ideological purity, it has never been about reducing the deficit or reducing unemployment. Those things are irrelevant at best and superficial excuses to push ideological purity at worst.
Coupla questions for the OP:
First, you do realize that Ralph’s supermarkets are unionized, right? Why are you shopping there? I know there’s a Fresh and Easy in Glendale, and it’s my understanding that they aren’t (unionized).
Next, where does the New York Times come into it?
Because they reported the story.
Pretty much yeah. Even the Congressional Budget Office thinks so.
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I think that’s empirically demonstrable. We pay less tax then most other first world countries and less than we ourselves used to.
If we were having great economic times, one could argue that we and we alone have come to our senses and reduced taxation. But when the problem is public debt, it’s hard to argue that being the outlier for low public income is helping.
There was an article in one of the newspapers my agency subscribes to – I forget which one, but probably the NYT – that pointed out that if congress did nothing, did not even meet again, the scheduled expiration of the tax cuts and the other items you mentioned would automatically kick in and fix most of the budget crisis. The problem, in fact, is the likelihood that Congress will intervene to stop or delay these automatic processes and make things worse.
You know it’s bad when objective mathematical analysis shows that the best thing for the country would be if you did not show up for work. 
The richest cocksuckers in the US are, in fact, grossly undertaxed, and there is no possibility of economic recovery without ending the irresponsible, unfunded tax giveaways to corporations and to the rich. By choosing corporations over the needs of the economy and the people, the Republicans are choosing sides against America.
And in other news, the Pope is a Catholic.
I think what is most frustrating is Obama’s refusal to release any of the U.S.’ Strategic Butter Reserves.
Were they the ones responsible for the exclamation points? 'Cause that would really look more like a New York POST headline…
So far they have released a miniscule quantity of margarine, hoping we wouldn’t notice the difference. I can’t believe there’s not butter.