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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:24 PM Original message |
The new American right literally terrifies me |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. All excellent points IMO! n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Ronald Reagan introduced the largest increases of taxes in US history." ??? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I was too young, but if I remember my history correctly... |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Tax cuts are in the memory of many of that period |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. no, he lowered income taxes for the wealthy & nickel-&-dimed everyone else |
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Roselma (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yes...Reagan lowered taxes for the wealthy |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. top income tax rates were lowered under reagan. then he increased other taxes |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. No, it wasn't neutral |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 06:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. neutral in terms of total taxes collected. of course it wasn't neutral in terms of who paid them. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Ronald Reagan and taxes. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. they didn't go up again for the rich. they went up again for everyone else. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Well, he *did* make unemployement benefits taxable! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. yep. & social security benefits. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Indeed |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thatcher being a scientist by training was her sole redeeming feature. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. "Climate Change" is a euphemism for Global Warming ... suggested by GOP propagandist |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. He was really good at his job. I hate how he neutralized valid |
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redirish28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. I won't tell you that there's nothing to fear. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah... What. Ever. Who cares about them?! We have jack-booted thuggish TSA agents who... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. Good post ... we have to understand that like Nixon, Ronnie and Thatcher were steps along the way... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. The religious right scares me the most, and they've been here since the 70s/80s. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. And the GOP gave start up funding for the Christian Coalition ..... because |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
19. As Stephanie Miller says... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. I hear ya, BB. And I completely agree. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
24. We're still socially mobile. Look at all the paper-rich people of a few years |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is why every Democrat we can find must vote. If you are |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
26. The new left scare me too. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Patdowns have been around since bush. "Porno Scans" photos are FAKE - see link |
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felinetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. I completely agree. Also corporate media ignores or downplays any good news or |
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felinetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why isn't Biden on all the Sunday shows supporting Obama and his accomplishments. Like it or not, |
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BlackHoleSon (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. That's why Obama can't be Neville Chamberlain |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R nt |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. There is really no great change in the right |
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