Is there anything that he has done...Follow

After some thought I have decided to attempt your scenerio.

Raise all taxes to the Clinton levels. Do the same for business. Pass laws to force American companies to move their factories and token HQs back to the taxable US or face strict tarriffs on their products. Raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour. Raise taxes further on all imports. Drop out of the WTO and NAFTA. Deprivitize public works and military spending. Raise tax on those who make $2M a year to 50%.

Ta-da, the neocon's worst nightmare! Your reaction to this probably mirrors my own when you spin your voodoo.

This is no more crazy. Logically, the first thing that would happen is a lot of people would get very very mad. Historical figures have been killed for less. But ***** them, we aren't listening to any focus group because we have all the power.

Many companies will move overseas, but who cares? If they try to sell their goods here, we are gonna tax the hell out of them anyway. If they do leave, they weren't our loyal American friends we thought they were. The ones who stay will get very powerful very fast from the opening in the market.

We are animals in the wild, and if there is a niche open then someone will fill it. New, innovative companies will spring up, streamlined and ready to fill the needs of the counrty. The bar has been raised; competition will be feirce, but isn't that good for progress anyway? Neccesity is the mother of invention.

Americans now have companies who are willing to pay the taxes and pay the high wages because they are still making money! A million a year is still a million a year. And now, all those workers have jobs making goods for the country, because that is the cheapest, most efficient way to do it. The working class will have more disposable income, therefore demand will increase. They will also be making enough money that they can look beyond the immediate needs of a family and put some back for their retirement. Inflation will subside.

This is all fantasy subject to the any number or critisisms. But it is the same for what Bush is doing. His theories are no more based in reality than mine. This is all conjecture.

the GOP tried this same method under Reagon, and look how that turned out. Bush Sr broke a campaign promise to not raise taxes because he had to. He sacrificed his second term to do the right thing.

Edited, Tue Mar 2 02:42:46 2004 by Meadros

Uhhhh ohhhhh.

So much of a ****** that we managed to get him elected to oversee a 2 house republican majority in congress. Uh huh. He's a ******.

Are you even awake? The recession is over, unemployment is not that high, and it's improving every day.

Talk about retards. Open your eyes and read sometime. No one is trying to make being a **** illegal. No one really gives a **** who you choose to stick your d1ck in. Bush has an idea of what marriage is, and if you don't like it, vote for the democrat. Oh yeah, and try to get us out of our majority position in congress, too.

Now, go run along back to the EQ forum, where it's a bit more your speed.

Totem-

Now you know how I feel.

Sure, there are BMW's in drive-ways in Jordan and at 25th and Chicago (not far from where I live actually). They're drug dealers and pimps. If I lived directly in that neighborhood I'd have my windows boarded up as well. I wasn't talking about giving away free handouts to everyone, I was talking about providing a safety net.

As to the kid with the Nike's. To me, that's indicative more of the way our society handles need versus want. You're not going to get an argument out of me there. I'd say that rich people in Woodbury waste a hell of a lot of money on **** they don't need either. That's not a social status issue, it's a societal one.

We should have health care for everyone though, it's expensive and kind of a pain in the ***, but in the end it's worth it, in my opinion. I'm sure you disagree, and I'll have to listen to some diatribe about how the "liberals want to steal my money... they think they can spend it better... blah blah blah". I'm happy for you.



The problem is that isn't the goal of his program. He's looking down the road to destroy public education. He thinks the market will provide a better education than public education, and in some ways, I'd agree with him in a perfect world it would work. We don't live in a perfect world. If you have even the barest understanding of NCLB you'd look at it for what it is. I'd suggest you might want to do a bit of research on the subject, I think you may find the results to be interesting.



I agree that State Employees ******** about health care is somewhat ridiculous. However, I think that you're painting too broad of a brush of public employees. It's just like any other job, there are idiots and there are great people. To say that people in the public sector couldn't get a job in the private sector is a joke.

Just to be honest, I work at the State Senate (OH MY GOD! I'M AN EVIL STATE EMPLOYEE WASTING YOUR MONEY!!! wait... I'm at home). I've worked there maybe six months, since I started I've had a half a dozen job offers in the public sector, some paying more and some paying significantly more. I work around 65 to 70 hours a week with no overtime and the comp time I get is negligable during the legislative session. During non session times I work between 40 to 50 hours. However, I'm happy where I'm at for now. It doesn't have to do with my wages or health care, I just really enjoy my job. Do I work with some slugs? Yep. One or two out of dozens. I also work with some people that, like me, could have a fairly lucrative or lucrative job in the public sector, but happen to like where they're at. It's just like any job.

Public employees are easy targets. You're entitled to think what you want, but I know differently, at least where I work.