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Originally Posted by flstf
It is still early but as I pointed out in the other thread he has done much worse than I expected. Raising taxes on lower income groups and appointing tax cheats to his cabinet are among things I did not expect.
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Huh?
How has he raised taxes on lower income groups?
Yes, Geithner and others have had tax problems - yes, someone in his position should be able to get his taxes right, but I haven't seen any credible evidence that would lead me to conclude he's a 'tax cheat'.
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Originally Posted by flstf
It was sad yesterday watching his Treasury Secretary Geithner testifying in front of congress in regards to revenue. When asked if he was going to try and collect the billions of taxes uncollected from tax cheats he indicated that the administration was going to get tough on those who evade their tax obligations. I swear, it looked like he was almost chuckling to himself as he said it.
Also I'm not convinced the trickle down economics of the Stimulus Package will do much good. Perhaps they should try trickle up economics for a change. With all the corruption at the federal, state and local levels, giving aid directly to people instead of through their government overseers might do more for the economy.
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Ok...so how is the stimulus package 'trickle down economics'. I could maybe see that term applied to the bank bailout...
Let me put it this way...if the stimulus package were trickle down economics, then Republicans would've voted for it. :-)