"Mitchell Holman" <noemail@aol.com> wrote in message
news:XnsB17355F19487D629555@185.151.15.160...
> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote in news:66441ea7$1$7164
> $882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:
>
>> In article <XnsB172D7EED96F0629555@185.151.15.190>, noemail@aol.com
>> says...
>>>
>>> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:6643c6af$0$3711196$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:
>>>
>>> > In article <XnsB172867C8C708629555@185.151.15.160>, noemail@aol.com
>>> > says...
>>> >>
>>> >> Yak <yak@inbox.com> wrote in news:v1vv0t$6l2l$2@dont-email.me:
>>> >>
>>> >> > On 5/14/2024 11:02 AM, Baxter wrote:
>>> >> >> Yak <yak@inbox.com> wrote in news:v1vml7$5qr6$2@dont-email.me:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>> On 5/13/2024 6:52 PM, Baxter wrote:
>>> >> >>>> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote in
>>> >> >>>> news:66428aac$0$2363145$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>>> In article <6642836f$0$6559$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
>>> >> >>>>> "Charlie Glock"@localhost.com says...
>>> >> >>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>> On 2024-05-13, Scout
>>> >> >>>>>> <me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> "Yak" <yak@inbox.com> wrote in message
>>> >> >>>>>>> news:v1o9ok$24n0i$1@dont-email.me...
>>> >> >>>>>>>> On 5/11/2024 8:05 AM, Scout wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> "Ford Prefect" <hhgttg@galaxy.com> wrote in message
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> news:v1m2r4$1hjhg$3@dont-email.me...
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> On 5/10/2024 5:02 PM, spaminator wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Ford Prefect <hhgttg@galaxy.com> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> This one again?
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Let's assume what the CBO says is correct (you can't
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> because it doesn't
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> account for the increased tax receipts that occur
> under
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> tax cuts), the IRS would have collected $4.6 billion
> per
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> year (4.6B/year * 10 years = 4.6T).
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> ROFL. Your arithmetic skills are broke. Back to 3rd
> grade
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> for you.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> What's broke? Or were you educated at a public school?
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> 4.6B/year * 10 years = 46B
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> On the other hand, lets point out that difference is
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> irrelevant given the sort of deficits the government is,
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> has, and will continue to produce.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> We need to eliminate the power of government to add or
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> increase any taxes.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> They get 15% of the GDP (federal, state and local) and
> they
>>> >> have
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> to live within their means like everyone else.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Currently that would allow all levels of government to
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> spend $3.81 Trillion.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Another 5% would be applied directly to paying down the
>>> >> existing
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> state and national debts (and would not apply to new
> debt)
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> The FIRST budgetary item would be to pay the interest on
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> any
>>> >> new
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> debt and paying off 5% of the principle of such debt.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> The Secondary budget item would be to service of any
> bonds
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> sold to the public to finance large government projects.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> The FINAL budget item would be pay for the elected
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> officials.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> In short, if the government is going into debt.. they
> don't
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> get paid.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Further they are prohibited from having any other sources
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> of income.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>> Let's take it even another step further. According to the
>>> >> >>>>>>>> CBO
>>> >> the
>>> >> >>>>>>>> total deficts from the beginning of the Trump tax cuts,
> and
>>> >> >>>>>>>> extending them through 2033, is about $31 trillion.
> Subtract
>>> >> >>>>>>>> the $4.6 trillion Trump tax cuts and you still have $26.4
>>> >> >>>>>>>> trillion.
>>> >> Am
>>> >> >>>>>>>> I supposed to feel better about this? Especially
>>> >> >>>>>>>> considering, as Ford correctly noted, even if the govt
>>> >> >>>>>>>> collected it they would spend it anyway.
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> As I said limit government spending to a percentage of the
>>> >> >>>>>>> GDP.
>>> >> If
>>> >> >>>>>>> officials exceed those limits there are consequences.
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>> Both parties spend like drunken sailors and it needs to
> stop.
>>> >> >>>>>> My issue is more of a what are they spending my tax dollars
>>> >> >>>>>> on? Are these bills productive or are millions of dollars
> set
>>> >> >>>>>> aside to
>>> >> study
>>> >> >>>>>> how chickens mate?
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> In the 50's and 60's we taxed the rich to pay for out
> spending.
>>> >> >>>> We
>>> >> >> can
>>> >> >>>> do it again..
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> The rich are already taxed.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >> Many of the rich don't pay any taxes.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Many of the non-rich don't either.
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Are you proud of paying more in taxes
>>> >> than billionaire Trump?
>>> >
>>> > Really? You are scraping bottom.
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> Trump went for years without
>>> paying any taxes. Did you ever do
>>> that?
>>
>> What does that have to do with anything?
>
>
> You pay taxes so Trump doesn't have to.

And we thank you for paying Trump's taxes.