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TalkingDog

(9,001 posts) Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:17 AM Jul 2012

Republicans Were Wrong in 1993 On The Effect Of Upper-Income Tax Increases

http://www.cagle.com/2012/07/republicans-were-wrong-in-1993-on-the-effect-of-upper-income-tax-increases/

Republicans in 1993 claimed Bill Clinton’s tax increase on the wealthy would screw the middle class and put people out of work. What happened? The unemployment rate dropped from 6.9% to 3.9%, the deficit fell every year and by the time Clinton left office, we were on track to eliminate the entire national debt.

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Republicans Were Wrong in 1993 On The Effect Of Upper-Income Tax Increases (Original Post) TalkingDog Jul 2012 OP

Oh god, their tax claims have so thoroughly proven to be fantasy that Marr Jul 2012 #1

It's been more than 20 years since they were right about anything. yourout Jul 2012 #2

Marr

(20,317 posts)

1. Oh god, their tax claims have so thoroughly proven to be fantasy that

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Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:20 AM

Jul 2012

interviewers really ought to start laughing and cut away when they repeat them, as they would if a guest suddenly started talking about Elvis being alive.

yourout

(7,531 posts)

2. It's been more than 20 years since they were right about anything.

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:23 AM

Jul 2012

As a matter of fact pretty much every issue over the last 100 years the Republicans were on the wrong side of.

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