Displaying 151 To 180 Of 1,432 Comments GOP Economics – How to Become Taller by Digging Holes Whats, I don’t know what the Dems are going to do. American Democrats are truly a bit beyond my comprehension. The first thing I read in the AP article concerning new negotiations though was that tax increase for those who earn above 250’000 will be on the table. Concerning Dems, for example I think they should have proudly argued with enacting health care before the midterms. Instead, they did their best to hide that fact. This is incomprehensible to me! Anyhow, now that the midterms are lost and the President made it abundantly clear, as expected, that he took away from the loss that Americans want him to be more bipartisan, not less, it doesn’t make much sense to hope he suddenly develops into an attacker of the Republicans. Therefore I don’t expect AdLibs take come to pass in the exact same way he suggests. Yet I still think tax increases ARE on the table, and I don’t think the President lets them go so easily. Hopefully he doesn’t let go of them at all! After all he must understand that there is economically no way around them, although again for reasons incomprehensible to Europeans, too many Americans are crazy for tax cuts. They are so gullible as to vote for the Party which promises tax cuts to them, (and especially to the richest), although the result of the previous tax cuts (and the unpaid for wars) is a very unhealthy economy. It is not that Europeans are happy to pay a lot of taxes, but they seem to have an understanding that those are needed to keep the infrastructure and the social systems intact. They also seem to understand that society is based on giving and taking, not only taking. The rugged American individualist pulling-out-by-the own-bootstraps-thing goes only so far – as they can use the highways, electricity grids etc the community has paid for. So yes, there is a lot of incomprehensible stuff around, and I don’t see why the President should be responsible for each and every one of them. Moreover: what would have been America’s alternative to President Obama? It is not that there was so much choice. There was Hillary Clinton, and then McCain with, as unbelievable as it sounds, Palin, one old man’s heartbeat away from the nuke button. I shudder to think how the world would look like if those two were in office now. To end this for now, I’m interested debating you because I find it amazing how I agree with you so much on the more important things, that is art and spirituality, but mostly not on politics. That makes me curious to find out if and where we find common ground here. » Posted By Truth On April 12, 2011 @ 7:51 am Whats, I reply above since my comment became rather lengthy. » Posted By Truth On April 12, 2011 @ 7:42 am No whats, of course I don’t agree with you on this issue, no change in that so far. Also I had replied to your original comment, where there were no suggestions yet as to how to go about. This is not to say that I agree with your suggestions, but at least you outline a path, and that gives your comment a different weight than when you just state the goal. (I reacted mainly to that.) Yet since I’m currently engaged in other chores (and couldn’t resist to reply to you while quickly peeping in on The Planet) we have to leave it at that for the time being – we’ll sure get an opportunity to discuss these issues further at one point. » Posted By Truth On April 12, 2011 @ 5:28 am Whats, that sounds it should have been totally easy for them to do so. “Ending the corporatocracy” is after all REALLY nothing but a cakewalk. There are practically no forces working against that… » Posted By Truth On April 12, 2011 @ 4:43 am Very good article, AdLib. And as Thom Hartmann said (see Daily Planet Vol. 50): The solutions to our budget problems are simple — you wouldn’t BELIEVE how simple they are. I can tell you the solution using only 6 words…ROLL — BACK — THE — REAGAN — TAX — CUTS. Heck — roll back the Bush tax cuts, go back to Clinton levels where the wealthiest Americans paid an extra 3% — just 3% — three measly percentage points, and we’d take a huge chunk out of our deficit, just like that. » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 5:37 pm Nevertheless – for Cher and The Daily Planet: [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/a-lotosflower.jpg[/img] » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 9:57 am Happy Birthday, Daily Planet! Already 50 Volumes! Thank you for your excellent work, Cher! Edit… sorry, problem with the picture – I have to upload it separately now. Although I had such a nice glitter flower…. 🙁 » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 9:27 am Thom Hartmann: The solutions to our budget problems are simple — you wouldn’t BELIEVE how simple they are. I can tell you the solution using only 6 words…ROLL — BACK — THE — REAGAN — TAX — CUTS. » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 8:17 am It really is unbelievable how this can be on the table in the first place. When in reality, as Thom Hartmann said, it is extremely easy to solve the problem. (More see on today’s Daily Planet Vol. 50 – ( –oh, Happy Birthday!–): (…) A budget shouldn’t just focus on spending cuts directed at the poor and middle-class — it should also include revenue raisers like closing corporate loopholes and asking millionaires and billionaires to cough up a few extra bucks a year. Let’s cut some wasteful spending, but let’s also raise a few taxes. But this common sense narrative has been lost inside the main stream corporate media — where there’s only one question that’s being asked today, and that is “how much spending needs to be cut?” (…) The solutions to our budget problems are simple — you wouldn’t BELIEVE how simple they are. I can tell you the solution using only 6 words…ROLL — BACK — THE — REAGAN — TAX — CUTS. Heck — roll back the Bush tax cuts, go back to Clinton levels where the wealthiest Americans paid an extra 3% — just 3% — three measly percentage points, and we’d take a huge chunk out of our deficit, just like that. (…) So call your congressman and tell him to vote for the simple solution, the right solution, and roll back the Reagan tax cuts. (…) » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 9:18 am Certainly true, kes – but then I was too floored to find words…. 😉 » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 8:25 am kes, sometimes I really miss the fanning option…!! » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 7:47 am Wonderful picture and wise words. » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 4:25 am Time to Stand Up to the Undermining Pundits The question is who is in the bubble. Your stance works nicely into the reichwingers’ hands, but never mind. » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 8:03 am LOL – here you want building bridges, and if President Obama does he’s a sellout. Or what was the meme, I forgot. » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 7:51 am e’cat, Dylan Rantagain. 😆 — I like your creative use of names! » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 6:51 am Buddy, as I said: absolutely no worries. I just was not sure whether you received it. I know that you have several projects on your mind, and I wish you a lot of success with all of them. » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 5:40 am Hamsher must be very progressive, since she’s working with Grover Norquist now….. (sorry, I misplaced the link) » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 4:44 am Hi Buddy, – sorry, an entirely unrelated question: did you receive my email concerning banners etc from 2 days or so ago? No problem if you haven’t had time to reply yet, but I wondered if it reached you. » Posted By Truth On April 11, 2011 @ 4:28 am And this was 1966. The workload has expanded considerably since then. Excellent quote – and unfortunately so true. » Posted By Truth On April 10, 2011 @ 7:14 pm Friday Music Thread – Suffragette City I forgot Maanam: Whose That Lipstick On The Glass (I couldn’t find the English version I had earlier, but this is the original)
» Posted By Truth On April 10, 2011 @ 7:22 pm Here’s a slightly different Annie Lennox: Bridge Over Troubled Waters
» Posted By Truth On April 9, 2011 @ 7:47 pm Indeed! Glad you brought her up again – somehow she escaped my attention earlier in life. » Posted By Truth On April 9, 2011 @ 7:44 pm I never understood anything else than to post wonderful songs from or about women…. thanks for reminding me of Roberta Flack. Now I finally found a rap-free version of Killing Me Softly With His song:
» Posted By Truth On April 9, 2011 @ 7:36 pm Excellent, foxisms! And where is your avi??? I miss it! » Posted By Truth On April 9, 2011 @ 6:37 pm Both wonderful songs, javaz. And so very sorry to hear about the loss of your daughter. (PS: Sherryl Crow/Sting should be available, it says underneath the video: » Posted By Truth On April 9, 2011 @ 6:19 pm Sade: The Sweetest Taboo
Smooth Operator
» Posted By Truth On April 9, 2011 @ 5:10 am foodchain, just add a v: https:// …. » Posted By Truth On April 8, 2011 @ 7:34 pm NIce! » Posted By Truth On April 8, 2011 @ 7:25 pm Laurie Anderson: Excellent Birds
» Posted By Truth On April 8, 2011 @ 7:24 pm Patti Smith: People Have The Power
» Posted By Truth On April 8, 2011 @ 7:20 pmComments Posted By Truth
Anyhow, as I’ve said, I reacted to your first, brief statement. (You did add quite a bit later, yes, that is 3/4 of the comment 😀 , which I don’t reply to now. Instead I lay out a few of my opinions)
I dare to say: had they followed Obama’s lead on this they would not have lost the midterms.
However, the entire political situation must have something to do with the lousy American media too. As I state time and again, there is no “democracy” known to me which allows their media to lie excessively on a daily basis, as is the case in America. No wonder that democracy is eroding from within! Sure enough warped “information” is a massive part of the whole problem. Moreover that problem is vastly – and I mean VASTLY – underestimated by Americans.
Hillary Clinton would have pretty much the same fate than Obama – it would have been never good enough whatever she would do. And her husband would NOT be seen as favorably as today if she really were in office. He is accepted by the rethugs now because neither she nor he is in office. (Moreover, memory seems to be short with many as to how Clinton has been treated when he was in office)
So, anyhow, this is what would have been your alternative, not some magically appearing super progressive. As much as I personally may regret it, it is very doubtful that one such would have been elected to the highest office in the first place.
And surely it becomes that much easier with Republicans whose only goal was to make the President fail.
Remember how the Clinton budget passed without a single Republican vote in the House and gave us not only a balanced budget but a surplus? And if we rolled back the Reagan tax cuts, and made billionaires pay at least 74%, like they did for more than half of the 20th century, when our nation prospered and the middle class grew — then we’d have a budget SURPLUS!
A budget surplus? Can you imagine how different life in America would be with a budget surplus?! We’d be paying down our debt year-to-year. And we’d be able to use that extra cash to do things that our nation hasn’t done in generations since Reagan started “starving the beast.”
Not, “why aren’t some of the most profitable corporations in the history of the world skating by paying zero taxes?”
Not, “why are the wealthiest Americans enjoying historically low tax rates during a historically high budget deficit?”
Did you know that corporate taxes used to account for roughly 30% of revenue collected by the government — and today that number is only 7%? Probably not, because the corporate media, which would prefer not to pay its taxes and only wants us to focus on just how much Republicans and Democrats can cut out of the budget?
So why is the media ignoring these calls? (…)
Remember how the Clinton budget passed without a single Republican vote in the House and gave us not only a balanced budget but a surplus? And if we rolled back the Reagan tax cuts, and made billionaires pay at least 74%, like they did for more than half of the 20th century, when our nation prospered and the middle class grew — then we’d have a budget SURPLUS!
A budget surplus? Can you imagine how different life in America would be with a budget surplus?! We’d be paying down our debt year-to-year. And we’d be able to use that extra cash to do things that our nation hasn’t done in generations since Reagan started “starving the beast. (…)
Music video by Sheryl Crow performing Always On Your Side. (C) 2006 A&M Records)
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