tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post2717100429844041311..comments2023-10-04T05:42:58.799-05:00Comments on Half Empty: Congress: Don’t Cut Aid to StatesHalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-80229115831760111992009-02-11T12:01:00.000-06:002009-02-11T12:01:00.000-06:00Hal obviously thinks he is not taxed enough. He w...Hal obviously thinks he is not taxed enough. He wants to pay more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-122986511327629462009-02-10T15:54:00.000-06:002009-02-10T15:54:00.000-06:00Why do I want my tax dollars to support California...Why do I want my tax dollars to support California's moronic spending habits?<BR/><BR/>Texas has been careful with it's money, because we're conservative!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-27824466857801132892009-02-10T10:22:00.000-06:002009-02-10T10:22:00.000-06:00When our government is no longer run by the corpor...When our government is no longer run by the corporate welfare bunch (vendors and contractors) then just maybe we will have a real choice again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-63858844569166539922009-02-09T13:54:00.000-06:002009-02-09T13:54:00.000-06:00It would appear to me that this back-n-forth game ...It would appear to me that this back-n-forth game between the lesser of two evils is a zero sum game. Someone give me another option!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-22651810627323990772009-02-09T12:45:00.000-06:002009-02-09T12:45:00.000-06:00Hal, I agree much more money needs to be in the st...Hal, I agree much more money needs to be in the stimulus bill for the states. If other states are anything like Texas, state spending was cut back some time ago to the point that basic service levels are gone in many areas.<BR/><BR/>I am glad I'm not in charge of trying to jump-start this economy, but if I were, I'd be concentrating on how to create new jobs and how to generate consumer confidence. I think a person with a job that doesn't appear to be threatened is a person with confidence.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how you get there from here, but I'm pretty sure the circular trail they kept blazing for the past eight years doesn't go there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-86094272342833727762009-02-09T09:01:00.000-06:002009-02-09T09:01:00.000-06:00Hal,Two questions for you:1) Do you think you pay...Hal,<BR/>Two questions for you:<BR/><BR/>1) Do you think you pay too much in taxes? <BR/><BR/>2) What do you think about GM's plan to use bail-out money to upgrade its production capacity in Brazil?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-85789978314170820862009-02-09T08:47:00.000-06:002009-02-09T08:47:00.000-06:00Hal--borrowing money from China to give us tax bre...Hal--borrowing money from China to give us tax breaks to keep us in line is not my idea of stimulus and I do remember reading how you attacked the last "stimulus package" when it came from across the aisle. My position is consistent and I do not support more welfare for the rich at the cost of the middle. We've lived in this inflated economy for so long we've forgotten how to moderate and I do not want my kids and grad kids saddled with this mistake for years to come hoping the economy will suddenly lurch forward. Global recessions are cyclical as has been consistently documented. What's sad about this whole thing is how partisan it has become and how greedy it looks. <BR/><BR/>Too bad we are the ones picking up the bill for the spend thrifts. I don't know anyone who can afford this attack on the taxpayer. We couldn't afford it when the republicans did it and the taxpayer can't afford it now.<BR/><BR/>Sorry we disagree on this, but my position is consistent and not part of some partisan game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-2655370604338354052009-02-08T22:23:00.000-06:002009-02-08T22:23:00.000-06:00Bob, OK, let's agree that states need the infusion...Bob, OK, let's agree that states need the infusion that will be denied them given the times. Let us also agree that the government hasn't indexed the AMT to inflation. Can we agree that the 40B loss to the states should be offset from the 73B from the AMT? 33B for AMT, 40B back to the states?<BR/><BR/>Anon, the time for government to contract on spending is entirely wrong right now. No one is spending money right now. I know I am not. If no one is spending at this time, the only entity that spends money right now that makes sense in the government. <BR/><BR/>Agreed there is pork. Blame the past eight years when we had no opportunity to promote the agenda. We will do this thing correctly. The alternative is too hard to contemplate.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-45292020213258891192009-02-08T17:50:00.000-06:002009-02-08T17:50:00.000-06:00It's time for the government to contract on spendi...It's time for the government to contract on spending as the large corporations are and not ask for more taxes from the suffering middle. Both of the recent spending packages are nothing but pork for certain industries are have given the government the power to pick the winners. I do not want to pay for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-71200506290218078642009-02-08T13:58:00.000-06:002009-02-08T13:58:00.000-06:00In general I think now is the worst time to be cut...In general I think now is the worst time to be cutting taxes for wealth Americans (but of course "wealthy" is a loaded word).<BR/><BR/>However,, I think changing the alternative minimum tax is way overdue and I hope the House adopts the Senate portion doing same.<BR/><BR/>The intent of the original tax was to assure that somewhat wealthy (there's that word again) Americans at least had to pay a minimum amount in income taxes if they loopholed out of the system otherwise.<BR/><BR/>But Congress forgot to index the thing for inflation, and if Congress doesn't fix this oversight very soon, a family making as little as $45,000 (according to recent AP reports) could now find itself forced to file income taxes under the alternative tax. That could cost them $2,000 or more in taxes.<BR/><BR/>That represents much too big a percentage of their total income even in good times, it seems to me. In hard times, it's really unfair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com