tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post7485434696285757463..comments2024-03-26T17:44:07.430-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-2087408982275372132011-04-14T20:32:16.493-04:002011-04-14T20:32:16.493-04:00More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/business/e...More:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/business/economy/13leonhardt.html?_r=1<br /><br /><i>"A trick question: If Congress takes no action in coming years, what will happen to the budget deficit?<br /><br />It will shrink — and shrink a lot. <br />...<br />On Jan. 1, 2013, the Clinton-era tax rates would return.<br /><br />This change, by itself, would solve about 75 percent of the ---noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-74000223321127323732011-04-14T20:22:33.023-04:002011-04-14T20:22:33.023-04:00What Obama is proposing has nothing to do with the...<i>What Obama is proposing has nothing to do with the Bush cuts.</i><br /><br />So that part where he said "I refuse to renew them again," that was Obama talking about his magazine subscriptions?<br /><br />The Bush tax cuts, which were sold in 2001 as a plan that would reduce the debt by $1.8 trillion, have instead added $2.5 trillion (and counting). Not including over a trillion in ---noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-9265810320675246772011-04-13T21:01:05.084-04:002011-04-13T21:01:05.084-04:00Anonymous - You realize it's 2011? Look at th...Anonymous - You realize it's 2011? Look at the chart. There is a whisker's difference with the Bush tax cuts and without - and we are running a $1.6 Trillion deficit. <br /><br />What Obama is proposing has nothing to do with the Bush cuts. Those cuts extended down to people making $28,500. There are lots of people and lots of tax dollars to be had down there. <br /><br />Obama is Bramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-10445619446240241832011-04-13T18:49:39.591-04:002011-04-13T18:49:39.591-04:00Yeah, we have a spending problem. We spend it on ...Yeah, we have a spending problem. We spend it on the Bush tax cuts.<br /><br />http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010-11-16bud-f1.jpg<br /><br />Tell me again about the grownups making the hard decisions, Papa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-90559618295611773322011-04-13T12:24:21.930-04:002011-04-13T12:24:21.930-04:00I garuntee he won't be playing the logic card ...I garuntee he won't be playing the logic card when he claims we have a "revenue" problem. <br /><br />Krugman suggested killing the Bush tax cuts on the "rich" for revenue increase of $363 billion.<br /><br />We are running an annual defict of $1.65 TRILLION! Is Obama going to tell us that a $1.3 Trillion annual deficit is going to fix everything?<br /><br />There aren&#Bramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-91598162290036168992011-04-13T06:14:44.079-04:002011-04-13T06:14:44.079-04:00Too bad Obama can't play the "shame"...Too bad Obama can't play the "shame" card, but it no longer exists.<br /><br />So many obsequious suckers who'll never be dealt any card higher than a 4. All so grateful they've been allowed to sit at the game.One-Eyed Jack Welchnoreply@blogger.com