Britain austerity not going so well

[schnurrbart]

Back in the day, my little town had a very popular hamburger joint.  Big and very tasty burgers in a drive in setting.  Like the 50s (which it was)!  His business fell off in about 1960 and he raised the prices of his burgers.  More business fell off and he raised them again.  Still more business fell off and he closed the doors.  People are spending money now and if we cut spending, people won't have that money to spend that keeps businesses from closing the doors.  Of couse, there is always room to cut back but not on SS and Medicare benefits.  These are the people who are keeping the businesses open.  The fat cats don't go to ACE hardware or wally world or Micky Ds.

[wgjerde768071]

no I do not but the person in the story was not illegal or dead

[wgjerde768071]

Thanks for your answer I agree with most  your first paragraph not sure on consumption tax It can be a bit regressive if not structure right.   I think raising the income limit to 250000 to collect ss taxes would take care of long term problem on the ss  Thanks for your answer  I wish the people in congress could discuss things this way

[wgjerde768071]

If you read the whole story the republican house and the senate republican changed the original intent on the budget so it was not really the budget the that President put forth. So the long winded answer is yes The unadulterated budget. Even the democrats said they would support the unadulterated version not the adulterated  version the republicans served up 

[GreaTOne_65]

Welcome, you have just discribed what everyone on the left has known about the the right for a long time. What ever it takes to win, must keep the Corporate raiders, off-shore accounts filled to the brim.

[GreaTOne_65]

Oh, shiit! Just blew a big hole in that piece of crappola, 20! Do you really have a clue to what is stopping this administration from achieveing any kind of progress?? I doubt it, you'd rather just turn your TV to the GOP channel, and lap up the lies. God, your a real piece of work.

[r3020]

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@wgjerde768071 wrote:

If you read the whole story the republican house and the senate republican changed the original intent on the budget so it was not really the budget the that President put forth. So the long winded answer is yes The unadulterated budget. Even the democrats said they would support the unadulterated version not the adulterated  version the republicans served up 

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Harry Reid runs the senate. He can put Obama's budget up word for word anytime he so chooses.

[Democratforlife]

Just get voter ID into law and problem solved. What are you liberals afraid of?

[man of steel]

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@wgjerde768071 wrote:

I think raising the income limit to 250000 to collect ss taxes would take care of long term problem on the ss

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Just raising the limit on SS isn't going to change a thing. Well except to just kick the can farther down the road. Just the opposite of your statement. It whould cure the short term problem

See, the pay out is based on what you pay in. Raising what you pay in will just raise what is payed out when you start collecting SS at retirement.

[man of steel]

And that person is going to be allowed to vote if he so choses, right???