Yay, A United Congress!

[Hawnjigs]

Maybe, our legislators can now proceed past obstruction and phony crisis bickering and create laws to benefit the working class, which is practically all of us. Some issues to tackle on my wish list that should have bi-partisan support from those lawmakers who truly represent US:
1. End tax avoidance thru offshoring profits and income.
2. End tax avoidance thru low rate loopholes like carried interest, dividends, and capital gains.
3. End too big to fail taxpayer bailouts and prosecute responsible perps for fraud.
4. Create jobs by repairing and rebuilding infrastructure.
5. Follow China's lead of executing executives in the tainted milk scandal by charging with murder those responsible for loss of life from distributing products they know to be hazardous.

OK, so #5 is a stretch, but the others are do-able with ink on paper and a few paddy wagons. #3 is a bit complex since as Hookup advises Wall St. "owns us" but reinstating Glass/Steagall which effectively prevented another Great Depression until it was repealed in '99 and revising Dodd/Frank without financial lobby input would be a start. And fire Obama's industry shill appointees to regulatory agencies to get the foxes out of the henhouse.

 

[Jig Man]

I like um all, but good luck...

 

[Hawnjigs]

All these issues have been, are, and will be addressed on lawmakers' agendas. If concerned, one can observe who supports or obstructs these critical fixes to our economy.

 

[Hawnjigs]

I'd have thought by now, more bills would have been passed.
1. Cut food stamps
2. Abolish minimum wage
3. Cut taxes for the rich and big bizness
4. Allow corporations to sue governments for profit loss
5. Bust unions
6. Increase outsourcing tax credits
7. Increase corporate subsidies
8. Forgive tax dodgers so they can repatriate their $
9. Abolish the EPA and other government oversight
10. Deport aliens
11. Invade a foreign country
12. Dismantle the Affordable Care Act and allow a funeral tax credit
13. Convert government services to for profit corporations
14. Throw me a bone

 

[JSC]

There is one bill that would correct a lot of this and it is the FairTax bill which has been in the house for several years.
Go to FairTax on line and there is a good book on it also ...

Just wish they could get it through ...

 

[Hawnjigs]

Rep. Boehner announced that he agrees on prioritizing infrastructure subject to funding. But, he also is against closing tax code loopholes cuz that will unfairly victimize the affluent. So if the rich tax dodgers aren't paying, who is?

 

[hookup]

So if the rich tax dodgers aren't paying, who is?

Duhh/ middle class workers.


I've been an advocate of a flat tax forever. Everyone pays a percentage of their income and that's that. No breaks, no loop holes, no exemptions, or special conditions.

 

[Hawnjigs]

Good thing I'm lower class then.

Your tax code fix is worth considering - does everyone pay the same %age? I read that the present tax code is 80,000 pages.

 

[hookup]

Your tax code fix is worth considering - does everyone pay the same %age? I read that the present tax code is 80,000 pages.

Yes, flat tax for all, reduce tax code by 10,000 pages easily

I'd have thought by now, more bills would have been passed.
1. Cut food stamps
2. Abolish minimum wage
3. Cut taxes for the rich and big bizness
4. Allow corporations to sue governments for profit loss
5. Bust unions
6. Increase outsourcing tax credits
7. Increase corporate subsidies
8. Forgive tax dodgers so they can repatriate their $
9. Abolish the EPA and other government oversight
10. Deport aliens
11. Invade a foreign country
12. Dismantle the Affordable Care Act and allow a funeral tax credit
13. Convert government services to for profit corporations
14. Throw me a bone

When did you start thinking like a Republican? ;-)

 

[Hawnjigs]

I used to think the tax code was the 1030 instruction booklet.