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	<title>Comments on: Eliminating Bush Tax Cuts Would Barely Cover October Deficit</title>
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		<title>By: pbob</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just legalize marijuana at a federal level and tax the h**l out of it like booze. End of deficit and puts farmers back above water with a lucrative cash crop.  Might cause all the &quot;haters&quot; and doomsdayers to mellow out.  We would need to get Twinkies back in production fast though. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just legalize marijuana at a federal level and tax the h**l out of it like booze. End of deficit and puts farmers back above water with a lucrative cash crop.  Might cause all the &quot;haters&quot; and doomsdayers to mellow out.  We would need to get Twinkies back in production fast though. </p>
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		<title>By: PeteG2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I say take Mr. Boehner at his word. Cut tax rates and eliminate deductions - all of them.  
 
Cut the federal income tax rate to 20% for everyone and eliminate all deductions. Except: the part of income households need to get by is taxed at a lower rate of 3%: 1) for every household, that income less than realistic living wage (eg 30,000 for a family of 3; 2) medical expenses &gt;6% of income; 3) contributions to modest retirement accounts. This creates a justifiable progressive income tax. 
 
Then replace the now largely-evaded capital gains &amp; estate taxes with a 2% annual net-worth tax excluding the first ~$700,000 (again the price of assets we need to lead a decent life: the price of a home &amp; retirement accounts). 
 
Then states and towns replace their regressive sales and property taxes with a surcharge on the Federal Income and Net-worth Tax.  
 
That&#039;s the Fair Share Taxes Reform (google it), a plan developed by 2 years of on-line suggestions &amp; critiques by hundreds of Americans. &lt;a href=&quot;http://fairsharetaxes.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://fairsharetaxes.org&lt;/a&gt;  
It would cut the total taxes paid by the working poor &amp; middle class by thousands each year, eliminate the favored tax treatment of wealthy investors, have the ultra-wealthy (like Mr. Romney) pay their fair share, reduce the wealth concentration that leads to recessions &amp; plutocracy, increase gov&#039;t revenue to where it was under Clinton (% of GDP).  
 
Oh, and with 2 for 1 spending cuts, create surpluses that would pay off our national debt in 25 years. The economy would grow sustainably to the benefit of poor and rich alike. See details, spreadsheets, and much more at &lt;a href=&quot;http://fairsharetaxes.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://fairsharetaxes.org&lt;/a&gt; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I say take Mr. Boehner at his word. Cut tax rates and eliminate deductions &#8211; all of them. </p>
<p>Cut the federal income tax rate to 20% for everyone and eliminate all deductions. Except: the part of income households need to get by is taxed at a lower rate of 3%: 1) for every household, that income less than realistic living wage (eg 30,000 for a family of 3; 2) medical expenses &gt;6% of income; 3) contributions to modest retirement accounts. This creates a justifiable progressive income tax.</p>
<p>Then replace the now largely-evaded capital gains &amp; estate taxes with a 2% annual net-worth tax excluding the first ~$700,000 (again the price of assets we need to lead a decent life: the price of a home &amp; retirement accounts).</p>
<p>Then states and towns replace their regressive sales and property taxes with a surcharge on the Federal Income and Net-worth Tax. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s the Fair Share Taxes Reform (google it), a plan developed by 2 years of on-line suggestions &amp; critiques by hundreds of Americans. <a href="http://fairsharetaxes.org" rel="nofollow">http://fairsharetaxes.org</a><br />
It would cut the total taxes paid by the working poor &amp; middle class by thousands each year, eliminate the favored tax treatment of wealthy investors, have the ultra-wealthy (like Mr. Romney) pay their fair share, reduce the wealth concentration that leads to recessions &amp; plutocracy, increase gov&#8217;t revenue to where it was under Clinton (% of GDP). </p>
<p>Oh, and with 2 for 1 spending cuts, create surpluses that would pay off our national debt in 25 years. The economy would grow sustainably to the benefit of poor and rich alike. See details, spreadsheets, and much more at <a href="http://fairsharetaxes.org" rel="nofollow">http://fairsharetaxes.org</a> </p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[in this context either works.  But since donkeys bray...would be a touch more appropriate, yes. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>in this context either works.  But since donkeys bray&#8230;would be a touch more appropriate, yes. </p>
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		<title>By: guest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[guest]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shouldn&#039;t it read &#039;bray&#039; not &#039;bay&#039;? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shouldn&#039;t it read &#039;bray&#039; not &#039;bay&#039;? </p>
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		<title>By: Mike in VA</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike in VA]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports that Madame Barack Defarge&#039;s neo-Jacobin class warfare tax distraction will raise $82 billion per year in revenue from the eeeeeeevil rich who &quot;aren&#039;t paying as much as they should&quot;. That won&#039;t even cover 1/3 of the annual cost of ObamaCare, much less put a dent in the trillion dollar deficits Obama is running. 
 
Here&#039;s an idea on how to put an end to this problem: Don&#039;t raise the debt ceiling. Let Obama and the Democrats do what millions of households and businesses do on a daily basis - live within your means, operate on budget. 
 
The American people have to stop accepting the excuses that Obama &amp; Co. keep making for failing to do what ordinary Americans do day in and day out. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Wall Street Journal reports that Madame Barack Defarge&#039;s neo-Jacobin class warfare tax distraction will raise $82 billion per year in revenue from the eeeeeeevil rich who &quot;aren&#039;t paying as much as they should&quot;. That won&#039;t even cover 1/3 of the annual cost of ObamaCare, much less put a dent in the trillion dollar deficits Obama is running. </p>
<p>Here&#039;s an idea on how to put an end to this problem: Don&#039;t raise the debt ceiling. Let Obama and the Democrats do what millions of households and businesses do on a daily basis &#8211; live within your means, operate on budget. </p>
<p>The American people have to stop accepting the excuses that Obama &amp; Co. keep making for failing to do what ordinary Americans do day in and day out. </p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[how much do you bet it actually ends up costing money in the long run to let the cuts expire? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>how much do you bet it actually ends up costing money in the long run to let the cuts expire? </p>
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