27 Mar 2013 7:03 pm
Avenger_of_Justice
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Real taxes go toward supporting the cost of government. Payroll taxes go into a programfrom which you will get your money back at your retirement. Funny. Wasn't it just a few years ago when you and your ilk at the WSJ were crying about how people get far more from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid compared to what they paid into it? Clearly the money's coming from elsewhere. I don't know if you've picked up on this but SS, Medicaid, and Medicare are OBLIGATIONS of the federal government. (The last 2 are administered through the states) Until it decides to abolish those programs, that is a "cost of government." Maybe even you could figure that out. I had a huge problem with the Democrat-caused S&L crisis, and I never supported Clinton bailing out LTCM, which caused literal depressions in a number of countries. The "Democrat-caused" S&L crisis? Actually, both Democrats and Republicans supported deregulation of the S&L's in the 1980s, including your god Reagan, and when it was apparent they were going to be insolvent, Bush organized the RTC to purchase all the toxic assets. Bailing out LTCM was not just Clinton's decision - it was also made by Greenspan and the Republican House (all of whom went along with it). Clearly when your rich butt buddies are in trouble after performing anal or getting sodomized by a big c0ck while their ASSets drop like a house of cards, you have no problem going along with the bailout. Same with the 2008 bailout (which you conveniently ignored). (holy fukk i just used enough innuendo that would make cannonpointer seem like a prude by comparison) I would also argue that the economic policies which you support, such as tax cuts FOR THE WEALTHY (sprinkled with insignificant cuts to lower brackets to propagate the illusion that you're cutting "everyone's" taxes - let's not pretend otherwise), deregulation, liberalization of trade, cuts to social services, and IMF/WTO organized "restructuring" programs to force other countries into adopting the same paradigm, have contributed to the problem massively.