What Class Warfare Looks Like (really good chart)

[annabanana]

[Adrahil]

1. K&R! nt

[procon]

2. Why aren't all the Dem candidates and politicians using this info against the GOP? nt

[annabanana]

3. I figure if enough of us tweet, face & email this thing

around..
It might just get picked up

[hughee99]

7. Didn't Obama push for extending the bush tax cuts?

If I recall correctly, they were supposed to have ended at the end of 2010.

[annabanana]

10. irrelevant now. . . .n/t

[hughee99]

11. It's relevant to this specific argument. Nt

[Fred Sanders]

31. Which explains the no link or context given for a 2011 produced graphic. Who needs context?

[pansypoo53219]

44. not exactly if you were paying attention. publikkkalns DEMANDED it. HOW obama got unemployment

coverage extended. still more TIT that tat. at least the bottom got something.

[hughee99]

48. Yes, but if you're going to push the idea

That the bush tax cuts are all the republicans fault, you should be prepared to explain how this happened with a Dem president, House, and Senate, and respond when someone posts quotes of the president pushing FOR it.

[corkhead]

43. Because they're complicit?

[Xyzse]

4. Thanks!

Great chart.

[ananda]

5. Well...

Just imagine what good could be done with taxes from
the upper half of the chart.

[daleanime]

20. Amen....

[canoeist52]

6. Best post of the week. Ignore the divisive distractions - eyes on the prize for The People.

[hamsterjill]

8. Thanks for posting!

I love comparative charts. I think they are one of the ways even the people who vote Republican can understand! I will be sharing.

Appreciate it!

[zipplewrath]

9. Dems voting for this stuff

It might be surprising to find out how much of this stuff was either supported by Dems, or worse, written by dems.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. Kicking this up

Excellent visual annabanana! It will only get worse if we give the WH to a Republican in 2016.

[padfun]

17. Oh how true.

We know how beholden the Repubs are to the Oligarchy.

[cutroot]

13. The rich are eating us

Right out of our homes. They have been for quite some time now.

[appalachiablue]

14. Interesting chart, thanks for posting.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Only One I Don't Like

The alcohol fuel tax break being compared to community health center cuts. Now, let's be clear, the cuts are a bad thing.

But, not all the alcohol breaks benefit the big fuel companies or agribusiness. And, i support finding some ways to increase renewable fuel usage. In this case, i understood this to be "carrot and stick". In the short term, the incentive was tax breaks, until the mandate takes full hold and then fuel companies have to supply some percentage of their volume as renewable fuel stocks and the tax breaks go away. So, it's a phased in mandate that incentivizes early adoption.

Everything else on the list are beyond valid and open to criticism. The encouragement toward renewables, not so much.

[Moostache]

16. #GreenMoneyMatters (n/t)

[magical thyme]

18. excellent, but do you have a link to the source?

without a source, it's easy for anybody to claim the figures are made up.

[Fred Sanders]

19. Making stuff up and comparing apples to oranges on the Internet? When does that ever happen?

Links are for sissys.

Instant Outage is a reliable best-seller on the Internet, why dilute this perfectly good potion with more information?

[daleanime]

21. Expert analysis is always appreciated......

[magical thyme]

28. found the link in post 25.

Center for American Progress, dated 2011.

I was pretty sure that Obama quietly let those Bush tax cuts expire.

[Fred Sanders]

30. I noticed that. I remember how hard Obama, we all, fought to finally get these cuts to expire. Some "forget".

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. where is this information from?

(i'm not doubting the veracity of the info, just want to know where the original numbers are from)

[Skeeter Barnes]

25. here

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/open-government/news/2011/02/22/9068/infographic-tax-breaks-vs-budget-cuts/

[snot]

27. Thanks!

[SoapBox]

23. Kick!

[cantbeserious]

24. Thank You For Sharing

eom

[Skeeter Barnes]

29. The need for some of these programs would decrease if

all workers were paid a decent wage.

[Enthusiast]

46. Additionally, these programs are perfectly reasonable in a civilized society.

[hill2016]

32. this is a very contrived list

why doesn't it include things like state and local deductions, mortgage interest deductions on primary homes, amt, pease limits, personal exemptions phaseout, ira tax free accounts, 529 plans, etc?

it just says that any tax policy it doesn't agree with is a tax break.

[niyad]

35. you are, of course, free to compile your own list

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. Are you saying ALL deductions must be eliminated if ANY are?

[niyad]

33. k and r

[Kurovski]

34. Yikes.

As a nation, we really should stop putting the wealthy on a pedestal and disengage from our own self-loathing.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. Why did I suddenly picture this?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. Wont someone think of the out of work estate planners if we eliminate that deduction?

[midnight]

39. That is a clear cut graphic of class warfare. Kick

[Uncle Joe]

40. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, annabanana.

[JDPriestly]

41. Excellent. K&R.

[smirkymonkey]

42. +1000

[Enthusiast]

45. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

[James48]

47. Note- needs a correction

The ethanol fuel tax credit was eliminated on January 1, 2012.

It no longer exists.



Just sayin'....