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    i dont understand how this can be possible......

    good accounting work
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    Arthur Laffer

    Originally Posted by Slice Not an opinion. I'll let you do your own homework, but last I saw, a few weeks ago, we were somewhere around 47.2% and rising, the number of households getting public assistance. This is down from the all-time high of 55% during the end of Carter's term. I should have...
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    Arthur Laffer

    Originally Posted by reefraff I am not in the top bracket and I guarantee you I am shifting what the government considers income into this year. I have a lot of stocks I am up on, way up on and they will all be sold this year to take advantage of a much lower capital gains tax. If a small time...
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    Arthur Laffer

    Originally Posted by mantisman51 You are the billionaire, do you take the money in the bank or the government shake-down? The government shake-down as you will realize the inflation potential and even if you are taxed at the new capital gains rate you will still likely end up with more real...
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    Arthur Laffer

    Originally Posted by Slice We are approaching the time when those who live off the government will outnumber those who pay into the government. Do you have some sort of evidence to back this opinion? If so, please provide...
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    Arthur Laffer

    Originally Posted by spanko Interesting article from Arthur Laffer an American "supply-side" economist who became influential during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...748386610.html I have this cut out of...
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    House passed the Health Bill

    Originally Posted by reefraff Cut benefits is exactly what they will do and what they should do if they agreed to provide a certain level under the old system. They have just as much a duty to look out for their shareholders as their former employees...
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    House passed the Health Bill

    Quite lengthy and fairly wonkish, but I think it is relevant to this discussion. It also points out why the dems should have just dropped the 200 something Rep amendments and actually made it a completely partisan bill... http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/0...-sullivan.html
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    House passed the Health Bill

    Originally Posted by reefraff Fact is before the health care fiasco AT&T was able to provide prescription drug coverage to their retirees at a net cost of X. That cost just increaed by a billion. Where do they make it up, increase prices, not in this economy. Cut retiree benefits? Probably...
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    House passed the Health Bill

    I own the 5th page! No, really, sorry for posting so much, I'm just catching up, posting as I go along. Originally Posted by lovethesea okay, I am glad you stated that, I heard the whole 1bill today and it stated it was because they were taking subsidies for thier retiree's insurance drug...
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    House passed the Health Bill

    Originally Posted by reefraff Got news for ya, it also didn't include the cost of the expansion of the IRS. Only a fool would believe this bill isn't going to be very expensive. There are already big businesses saying it's going to cost them 100's of millions, WHat do you think the real cost to...
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    House passed the Health Bill

    Originally Posted by Darthtang AW but different...just like facism is similar to socialism in many aspects. but different b/c they are on the other ends of the political spectrum?? Fascism='right', socialism= 'left'
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    House passed the Health Bill

    Originally Posted by reefraff The Republicans have a lot less to fear than the Dems but they ignore the direction the Tea Party wants them to move they risk their own demise. Having worked in Republican party politics I have seen first hand how much those in power despise the little people. I...
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    House passed the Health Bill

    Originally Posted by renogaw wow, 90million dollar tax on the drug makers companies! so, that's going to raise prices on drugs, oh wait...no, they can't cause the prices are now regulated by the government. so...how are they going to pay for 90million more taxes...hmm...well, can't cut costs...
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    House passed the Health Bill

    Originally Posted by stdreb27 You're fooling yourself if you think this bill won't result in government run healthcare. This bill manipulates the market so that insurance companies will be put out of business due to new rules and regulations. The whole point of this bill is to create a...
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