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Who Do You Want for the Republican Presidential Candidate and Why?
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That's pretty standard for the wealthy and it's all within the law. We could tax people of that income level at 90% and it wouldn't put a dent in the deficit. People like her are not the reason this country is in debt. But most democrats would love to focus on nothing more and whip people up into a class envy frenzy. That way they ignore the ever growing and increasingly powerful and intrusive powerful federal government that can only be funded by the middle class. Hell tax the wealthy at 100% and it still won't get close to feeding the bulldog.
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Throw back in employment tax etc and their effective real rate is around 25%. The wealthy make most of their income as capital gains so they don't have to pay employment tax.
What I would like to see and think would be a boon for the economy would be a 0% capital gains tax up to 500k or 1 million. That would help the small time investor and not the ultra rich.
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Good point. So the Supreme Court ruled that limiting campaign donations is an infringement of free speech. I have mixed feelings about that one and certainly don't want an activist court but the money corrupting politics is a cancer.
What to do?
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What to do?
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The more they riot the less I have to pay for...... I'm tired of paying for
The whiny, the sick the broken and the ones that don't care. I'm tired of paying the ones that won't work, the ones that refuse to work cause the government is here to help. The I refuse a drug test cause is unconstitutional crowd. I'm tired of working away from my family months on end so we "my family and i" can help the ones that uphold our American values, working for a hand out is surely not the way I was taught, life is what you make of it. .....if you suck at it tough crap. I'm voting for the one that removes the most from the slack society
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I agree with you devildog as i work months away as well but by choice nobody forces me and as for handouts your right there are people that live off the government and there are a people that need help and if im fortunate enough to earn a great salary im ok with feeding the hungry and yes that guy at the intersection thats missing limbs he gets my handout as well but im in no position to justify who really needs or not but i do sleep very good knowing i did what i could.....Vote Republican!!
I concur, I work my butt off by choice...however when I see my kids cry everytime I leave and the pain in their eyes that I'm going to be away for a month at a time the whiny and worthless tend not to cross my mind. And there are people that really need the help, and for them I gladly pay my dues. The ones that are on the corner that turn down a meal you offer to pay for, for the ones that would rather not work as their government gives them and their family what they need those are the ones that I honestly could care less about. The only problem is they outnumber the productive members of society. I understand what it means to provide and what it means to serve the problem I have is towards the entitled. Everytime we inch forward getting away from some of the entitlement we are Better off, the more people fighting towards that the better.
I do not favor Junior Senators, has-been Governors, or Doctors who, no matter how brilliant--either lean toward isolationism or who cannot demonstrate successful implementation of the "Management Process". As of now, My preference is for Donald Trump, who I believe will announce this month. I would LOVE to see him nose-to-nose with Vlad Putin, in a "negotiation." Trump is arrogant, tough, results-oriented, very conservative, and most importantly, a successful entrepreneur/manager of a gigantic enterprise. He would tend to make entrenched Federal bureaucrats quake in their boots, if they are not achieving their objectives. Problems like Benghazi, the NSA, the IRS, and the border crisis would be resolved quickly and effectively.
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The Donald knocked it out of the park today imo. I've laughed the idea of him as a serious contender off in the past but he spoke more truth in 45 minutes today than every politician in Washington has in the last 10 years. He released his financials today. Net worth of 8.5 billion with over 9 billion in assets and only 500 million of debt. That's a damn fine balance sheet and the polar opposite of the way politicians understand finance.
Estimates say it may take a billion dollar war chest to win the 2016 election and realistically only Jeb and Hillary can raise that kind of money which will come with so many strings attached. The Donald won't be beholden to anyone if elected. I can't believe I'm saying it but he has my interest and moved to the top of the list for me at this point.
Estimates say it may take a billion dollar war chest to win the 2016 election and realistically only Jeb and Hillary can raise that kind of money which will come with so many strings attached. The Donald won't be beholden to anyone if elected. I can't believe I'm saying it but he has my interest and moved to the top of the list for me at this point.
FrankT
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Trump is an ego maniac and is pretty clueless, he cannot do anything without Congress, their money and their laws...one side of his mouth he say he is a free trade advocate the the other side says he will impose restrictions and tariffs. He reminds me of Perot the little hand grenade w a bad haircut who in the end got Clinton a democrat elected.
Perot got 19 percent of the vote as an independent. What might trump get if he is the republican nominee? Also, Perot was right about Nafta and that giant sucking sound being our jobs going across the border. No doubt Trump has a healthy ego but but at least he is honest about it. Anyone with the balls to run for President has an enormous ego. All the fake humbleness of the others is off putting to me. Trump may be many things but clueless is not one of them.
i would love to see him say"you're fired"to, a long list of current federal employees....
That's true no matter what.
He's not a serious contender, but none of them are. The idea he could run with no massive corporate contributions is novel, I guess time will tell. The republicans NEED crossover votes. They won't win them with hard line right wingers who hate the gays and deport the Mexicans.
It's possible trump may actually be a contender, but Jeb and Rubio and cristi will rip his chances to shreds.
We have had egotistical presidents before. They're often remembered fondly.
