In the real world,

[LydiaJ]

The first half lays out the premise for actually making a compromise. Both sides support tax reform. The difference doesn't really lie in which loopholes to cut, by and large. The difference is in the final tax rate. But in order to build a consensus, first you have to make the group come to some agreements, so trust and cooperation can build. Any decent manager does that all the time, in order to build functional teams.

 

[plloud]

Democrats cave and allow the first Bush tax cuts

Democrats cave and allow the second Bush tax cuts

Democrats cave and allow the GOP Rx plan to pass without funding

Democrats cave and allow a vote on invading Iraq

Democrats cave and never filibuster additional Iraq funRAB

Democrats cave and extend the Bush tax cuts

Democrats cave on GOP spending requests to keep the government from shutting down

Democrats cave and take all spending cuts to reward the GOP for threatening to default



What's the next step?

"Democrats must cave on tax reform, then everyone will win!"

 

[Rkc.]

What are you herping now? That democrats don't want tax reform?

 

[Cheese It]

We have a $1.2 trillion deficit adding to a $14 trillion debt

We need to close deductions AND raise rates

 

[Sporty]

drastically cut defense, and lower the CPI for medicare/SS growth (only temporary until the economy recovers)

 

[rosenthalaaron1983]

How about lowering incentives for non-whites to have large entitlement eating families?

 

[SensorForum]

Wouldn't save us a significant amount of money

I could go on and on about de-funding religious programs, but I thought this thread was about solving the debt crisis not petty political points

oh that's right you're a troll who doesn't know how the federal budget works

 

[Nina Cullen]

It is a "bad" solution.

 

[theguitarmaster101]

Well please do, I am a hard core atheist. While your at it tell me how funding non whites with sub 100 IQ's makes for a better America.

 

[Bzangel]

I love it when some political columnist writes an article explaining "the" magical solution to all our problems and its just a tweaking of the same basic system that's been in place for the last 100 years.

 

[Kaushil]

You're pathetic, and it's sad that all you can resort to is namecalling. Why don't you go get banned for being a durabass again?

 

[iLoveKevin(:]

Angry liberal troll mad at the world because he wasn't handed everything on a silver platter so he rages on the Internet. What a sad, pathetic life you must live.

 

[SLS]

Raise tax rates, or increase revenue? You know, you can raise fuel pressure and actually decrease fuel flow? I have a hard time explaining this to some of the turbo guys that think they should crank their adjustable FPR all the way up.

I think there are people that think the same way in terms of government taxation- that in order to bring in more money you just keep raising the pressure (tax rates).

There's a point at which that just doesn't work.

 

[Venba]

a gas engine is not a government or an economy

 

[linedancer563]

[No message]

 

[Morning Beauty]

What a cute notion. My tax dollars pay for your welfare check, son.

 

[<morgiexXxbear>]

If you dislike it, then it's probably close to perfect.

 

[sp4nna]

How can you make such a statement without first understanding how a gas engine, a government and a economy works?

 

[bak0ntrak2009]

"an economy"

 

[janew]

Do you understand how a gas engine works?