There is something I'm not understanding about the right wing Afghanistan narrative...

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  1. Golem

    Golem Well-Known Member Donor

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    So 22 years funded with MY TAXES... and you claim that there is a better plan but you can't explain what it is?

    Such a waste...

    Here is some advice for you, for next time...

    “If you can't say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.”
    -Karl Popper


     
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    The House is purely partisan. They did not conduct a trial. In this country you are innocent until proven guilty is a court of law, of which Trump has never been. It is only TDS's who have found him guilty.
     
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    YOU claimed that 100% of all money spent on defense is money on wars and I not only said that that was not true but I also said that even if it were true, 6.4 trillion dollars is just a minority of 30 trillion dollars. You need to brush up on your math.
     
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    Why wouldn't they care? Does that destroy your narrative that the rich don't give a crap about the poor? The rich WILL pass tax increases down to the poor. It is a fact of life. So, when you raise taxes on the rich you are really raising expenses for the little guy.
     
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    Every other month Democrats propose multi-trillion dollar spending packages.

    I don't know what in the hell you are even talking about with your second point. Most of the rich get rich by selling goods and services. When their costs go up they pass those costs onto the little guy. It has nothing to do with Senators/Congressman.
     
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    You don't have any facts that prove Trump was found guilty of anything in a court of law. About the best you can do is claim he made settlements, which many people do because it is often cheaper than fighting charges.
     
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    Karl Popper never evacuated thousands of non-combatants from a hostile environment.
    I suggest you follow:
    "Better to remain silent and be though a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt" - various.
     
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    Lol. The "money grows on trees" theory of economics.

    I follow the law of supply and demand. Can't get blood from a turnip. Seems sensible.

    Clinton raised taxes in '93. Inflation went down a tiny fraction in '94.
     
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    What on Earth are you blabbering about? Your own graph shows that I'm right, accept the big dip when we lent into lockdown mode from the virus. Why do you have to be dishonest?
     
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    You said they pass all of the taxes along to poor people. If they care so much, why are they passing all their tax increases on?
    Do they care?
    FWIW2U, no economist would agree with your claim the rich pass all tax increases on or that they could if that was their wish.
     
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    What's inflation got to do with it? When the rich have to pay more for things they raise their prices to the little guy. That doesn't necessarily show up in general inflation figures, nor does it prove that the poor aren't paying for the rich's increased costs.
     
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    The rich would rather not pass their increased costs to the little guy. But, if they have increased costs they do.
     
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    He didn't settle. He was REQUIRED to pay those debts. It's not my fault you have slippery ethics and think that's okay.
     
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    Seriously? That's what you're talking about. You, quite literally, don't know what you're talking about.
    CPI

    Quick, what does the P stand for? You get three guesses, and the first two don't count. Smh.
     
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    Exercise in futility, my friend.
     
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    Biden screwed this up.
    Liberals rush to his defense. Completely predictable.
     
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    Sure they do. And this extra money comes from...you guessed it...trees!

    Income taxes are not operating expenses. Two entiriely different economic animals.

    You can't charge more than people have to spend. I don't know what is so difficult about understanding basic economic principles, but leave it to politics to instill falsehoods in people's minds.

    Again, Clinton raised taxes in '93, and prices of goods went down ever so slightly in '94. Corporate tax hikes do not cause inflation, no matter how desperately you want it to be true. We don't have a command economy, which would be the only system under which your claim would hold water.
     
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    Tax revenues didn't go up.
    No, they went down.

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    No, they don't.
     
  21. independentthinker

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    I already pre-answered this nonsense post.
     
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    Oh please. It is the left who think money grows on trees.
     
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    So from 2018 through the end of 2019 tax revenues didn't go up? Cute little circle you drew but you seemed to completely miss the chart after your cute little circle.
     
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    Lol. Yeah, you answered it, alright. What was that? What does inflation have to do with price? You sticking by that? Simple yes or no will do.
     
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    Yes, they do. That is the problem with the left. They feel they can change laws to screw the rich and somehow inexplicably they think the rich will just lie there and let themselves be raped without taking counter actions. That's just absurd.
     

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