Tax report withheld because GOP objected

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nonpartisan-tax-report-withdrawn-g-144808999.html

reaper1948 wrote:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nonpartisan-tax-report-withdrawn-g-144808999.html

Mr. Stewart added that people outside of Congress had also criticized the study and that officials at the research service “decided, on their own, to pull the study pending further review.”

but of course you need one more blame republicans hit piece. Did it occur to you that thier actually might be a flaw in it and they ant to cover thier own asses?

and btw, republicans just dont have the power to make them remove it, there is ovbiously some real concerns. but who ives a shit about truth or facts... lets just find another thing we can pin on republicans[img][/img]

reaper1948 wrote:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nonpartisan-tax-report-withdrawn-g-144808999.html

We already knew that when the Bush Tax cuts were extended and they didn't do one iota for the economy. You have to be a moron to believe cutting taxes 20% is going to stimulate the economy and fix the deficit.

Dreamsglore wrote:

reaper1948 wrote:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nonpartisan-tax-report-withdrawn-g-144808999.html

We already knew that when the Bush Tax cuts were extended and they didn't do one iota for the economy. You have to be a moron to believe cutting taxes 20% is going to stimulate the economy and fix the deficit.

youre an idiot for saying that. even dumb ass obama knows better than that.

How do you decrease something required for something to grow... and expect it to grow better?

PkrBum wrote:How do you decrease something required for something to grow... and expect it to grow better?

How do you expect the deficit to shrink?

Dreamsglore wrote:

PkrBum wrote:How do you decrease something required for something to grow... and expect it to grow better?

How do you expect the deficit to shrink?

Govt cuts and private growth to expand tax base... see the 1920 depression.

When objective agencies who have been vested with creating non partisan standards to guide and measure how congress is doing is attacked.....we have a problem Houston. The whole issue of tax cuts vs growth is skewed. Both sides think they are right. In fact both sides are right.....and both are partially wrong.

I think serious economist understand that with the complexities of our current global system, there are few simple answers which involve tax increase vs tax decrease. We need to see an optimum blend or mix of the two. We have tried 40 years going in the opposite direction of the New Deal, and these policies somewhere in the late 80s went too far into cutting taxes and recklessly expanding government spending. The truth is that revenues must be raised. This should be very specific revenue increases. Likewise across the board cuts in government is boneheaded stupid. We actually should be spending more money in certain areas to save money, and we should be making drastic cuts in other areas....not nominal cuts or across the board cuts which do not only cut fat but meat. We simply have to be more sophisticated in our politics and bring less emotion and more intelligent in our choices. Political dogma is not the answer. Common sense is the answer.

Why isn't 2+ TRILLION enough to run the federal govt? What makes you think 3 or 4 TRILLION would be enough?

I don't see anything that convinces me that the govt or fed reserve has any intention of significantly shrinking size or scope.

2seaoat wrote:When objective agencies who have been vested with creating non partisan standards to guide and measure how congress is doing is attacked.....we have a problem Houston. The whole issue of tax cuts vs growth is skewed. Both sides think they are right. In fact both sides are right.....and both are partially wrong.

I think serious economist understand that with the complexities of our current global system, there are few simple answers which involve tax increase vs tax decrease. We need to see an optimum blend or mix of the two. We have tried 40 years going in the opposite direction of the New Deal, and these policies somewhere in the late 80s went too far into cutting taxes and recklessly expanding government spending. The truth is that revenues must be raised. This should be very specific revenue increases. Likewise across the board cuts in government is boneheaded stupid. We actually should be spending more money in certain areas to save money, and we should be making drastic cuts in other areas....not nominal cuts or across the board cuts which do not only cut fat but meat. We simply have to be more sophisticated in our politics and bring less emotion and more intelligent in our choices. Political dogma is not the answer. Common sense is the answer.

Too bad the current base has no common sense. Everyone is screaming balance the budget and decrease taxes. It can't happen without a tax increase somewhere. Tax cuts under Bush did nothing to increase jobs, when a corporation gets a tax cut they pocket it and increase production with their current employee's until the time comes those employee's say goodbye for doing the work of two people. It all boils down to greed with the corporations.

It does not serve any business to breakeven or pillage the long term for short term gains... your view defies logic.

PkrBum wrote:Why isn't 2+ TRILLION enough to run the federal govt? What makes you think 3 or 4 TRILLION would be enough?

I don't see anything that convinces me that the govt or fed reserve has any intention of significantly shrinking size or scope.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/under-obama-a-record-decline-in-government-jobs/

Dreamsglore wrote:

PkrBum wrote:Why isn't 2+ TRILLION enough to run the federal govt? What makes you think 3 or 4 TRILLION would be enough?

I don't see anything that convinces me that the govt or fed reserve has any intention of significantly shrinking size or scope.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/under-obama-a-record-decline-in-government-jobs/

something has to give... perhaps they transfered over to welfare and food stamps category. That's growing nicely.