First, forgive me if I don't address each point directly, but you are all over the place here and I'm trying to connect the dots, but some of the jumps in logic are awfully big.
Look bush created teh huge prescription drug plan to protect big pharma who was under assault by all americans for their price gouging and it became common knowledge they were selling canadians the same drugs that we were paying 200-300-up to 700% more for and there was huge pressure to allow americans to buy drugs from canada....bush passed the drug program to protect them...and conveniently he put in that bill a clause that THE GOVT COULD NOT NEGOTIATE FOR CHEAPER PRICES for all intents had to accept whatever price big pharma demanded...but lets not stop there ok...humor me by answering a couple of questions for me...
Did I not say I was against the Medicare/Medicaid debacle? I'm pretty sure I did, so I don't understand why this rant was necessary.
1. For every job outsourced where does that american who lost that job work.
Didn't I make it clear that I think outsourcing is bad? Didn't I say I supported a plan that would bring jobs back home?
2. Has unemployment risen dramatically as outsourcing continued
Outsourcing became an issue in the 80's and has been an issue through today. So no, unemployment has not risen dramatically as a result of outsourcing. Manufacturing has dropped dramatically, taking with it better paying jobs that would have helped drive up the median wage...thank the first Bush for NAFTA and wish you had support Perot.
3. Where do you expect all those americans out of work to find work that pay enough to support the standard of living they had. Or to even make enough to meet their responsibilities.
This last one is going to be the tough one..
Well...ya...it is is a tough one because you seem to expect me to generalize what an entire population will do with regards to work when each individual has a unique set of skills. Further, it is not my job, nor the job of the government to regulate that...so why should I care?
Do you deny that the Federal tax rate for the top 2% of the rich and corporations has been cut fully in half since 1982. Do you deny that the capitol gains and inheritance taxs have been cut deeply...
Yes. In 1982 the top rate was 50% and today it is 35%.
Historical Top Tax Rate And, since 1982 the tax burden has shifted to the highest tax bracket having been 55% in 1982 and 69% in 2007.
http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/Tax_liability_Shares.pdf
If theres trickle down like all the conservatives keep telling america...why is it that while they were enjoying HUGE tax cuts and huge profits from outsourcing and they got fabulously richer and the middleclass not only got far smaller but their incomes stagnated and they lost pensions and health benefits..Companies said they could no longer afford them while making fabulous profits. The poor and working poor numbers have grown largely during the same period of SUPER prosperity for the top 2% and corporations.
Which corporations are you talking about? American Airlines who is in bankruptcy? GM? Chrysler? To me, this sounds more like a rant against anyone with money rather than a well thought out political/social/economics theory. Further, none of this is related to anything that is being discussed here.
Now..The teaparty conservatives want me to believe...that its all my fault...
Yes. It is just you. We all blame you and no one else. Are you President Obama?
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are the VILLAINS that have cause all the malais this country has going on...
Well, they are failing and wasting money like no one's business. SS is insolvent and Medicare is blowing up like balloon.
the economy is in the tank because of medicare...
It is? That's news to me.
were in debt because of medicare...
If you combine Medicare, SS and Welfare, they comprise over 60% of the budget...and lo and behold that's about the same amount of the deficit...huh...go figure.
and the only way to fix it...is to give vouchers which they KNOW WILL KILL MEDICARE and thats the purpose...
So you would recommend we keep a failing system?
raise the age and lower the amount of payout for social security...
I prefer Gingrich's idea. You should look into it. Other countries employed it and the need for SS disappeared. People didn't need the government any more.
and of course give another HUGE TAX CUT to the top 2% which of course includes romney and ryan and all the corporations..so they can create uhhhh what?? more trickle down...
Since 1982, the top rate has paid higher and higher percentage of the tax burden as a result of their cuts. And, since 1982, the US economy has seen tremendous growth. Had it not been for burdensome taxes on jobs, we would have really had a big boom.
Sorry Ksu...Im not buying any of it.....
You don't have to, doesn't mean it isn't true.
When the teaparty far right decides to sit down and work out some real compromises that shares the pain and makes reasonable and realistic cuts to entitlements.
You'll what?
I dont want any TAX HIKES even on the rich...cut the loopholes that allow them to pay in many instances NOTHING and near nothing....romney wont show all his tax returns because he CANT...the rich would kill him for showing america just how little the rich really pay in percentages...the tax rate is MEANINGLESS they dont pay anywhere near it....its a big confidence game at working americas expense
Umm...increasing tax liability for the same wages is a tax increase, even if you call it a loop hole.
Politico? Really? And what does a pizza place owner hugging the president have to do with anything?
