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Gosh, Chet, just because "Not intended to be a factual statement" is what powers 99.9% of what passes for Conservative thought, doesn't automatically mean this guy is a fake!

WHAT HAPPENED TO BEING OPEN MINDED, LIBTARDUNATICS!?

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OT, but must be said - cool website.

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... which is sometimes called waterboarding.

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Go back to Clinton tax rates. Add a gasoline tax to pay for all overseas military operations. Everyone pays for war.

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oh that's ok, i don't want any candy or bubble gum.

i would however like a fucking job.

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Read in the voice of Saint Reagan.

There you go again making sense with math, elitist think and stuff. Don't you know that government is the problem and not the solution?

*Thunderous mindless applause*

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If high income people should not pay higher taxes because they're "job creators", it's not a big leap to say they should pay NO taxes for the same reason. Your move Tea Party.

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But if you lower taxes on high earners leading to deficits, you most certainly can create an economic problem that way.

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Adjust the AMT so the everyone above the median income pays at least the effective median tax rate, including FICA/medicare. Who can complain about that kind of fairness? OH WAIT, I know who.

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So, potential fetii and fetii seem to have a lot in common with potential jobs. The uncreated job must be protected at all costs, while rethugs don't give a flying fuck about a post-creation job (or the silly un-super-rich schmuk working it).

It seems like I say this with such regularity: [insert, kochsucking asshole], fuck off and die.

Edit: I know there's an inappropriately placed comma above, but I kinda like the effect.

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Only in America can you pull down $750k/year and complain that you're being punished. The mind boggles.

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Suck it, Lady Trebek!

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THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I AM REFUSING TO BECOME RICH:

Taxes are too high.

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Same shit, different asshole pooping it out.

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<i>you kill job growth by wiping out their incentives to take on economic risk …</i>

Oh, yes! Because that "logic" has served us so well up 'til now.

Not to mention that the bulk of the "job growth" they seem to provide is in China for around .03 cents an hour.

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Barb: There is a certain theme to your posts today.

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