tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post2929621186446989322..comments2023-10-09T09:36:13.099-04:00Comments on CATHOLICS FOR OBAMA BIDEN: Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687197922675722032noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-3138030709486681262012-03-07T17:53:40.113-05:002012-03-07T17:53:40.113-05:00Max,
You made the comparison and I tried to show ...Max,<br /><br />You made the comparison and I tried to show why you shouldn't do it.<br /><br />The corporate tax rate now is lower than what it was during Kennedy's time. I don't see how that makes him so conservative.<br /><br />You see all taxation as a matter of confiscation. I see the taxes I pay as a contribution that benefits society, my neighbors and me. <br /><br />Nevertheless, I wish the tax rates were not so favorable to the rich at the expense of working families and the poor. <br /><br />What would you propose to do so different than President Obama in relation to existing threats? Bombs away?just jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-90270819935421086682012-03-05T21:43:35.602-05:002012-03-05T21:43:35.602-05:00just jake said...
It's ahistorical to straigh...just jake said... <br />It's ahistorical to straightout compare the 1960s to 2012<br /><br /><br />Why, you did in your previous post. I just pointed out his tax and defense policies would be considered pretty darn conservative. <br /><br />Government when cutting taxes is not giving a business or an individual money, they are confiscating less of that business or individuals money. <br /><br />The difference btwn us is you think all money belongs to the state, and they dole it out as they see fit, I think it belongs to the people who actually earned the money, and the state should confiscate the minimum amount needed to function. <br /><br />BTW call it what you want but cutting marginal rates is cutting marginal rates.<br /><br />No there isnt a Soviet threat, there is a Jihadist threat, an Iranian threat, North Korean threat and rapidly expanding Chinease military capabilities.Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-66304876483989690552012-03-05T17:18:38.449-05:002012-03-05T17:18:38.449-05:00Santorum has now done some big time backtracking f...Santorum has now done some big time backtracking from his first statement.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13687197922675722032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-37486066605283412972012-03-05T16:16:52.051-05:002012-03-05T16:16:52.051-05:00It's ahistorical to straightout compare the 19...It's ahistorical to straightout compare the 1960s to 2012. <br /><br />First of all, JFL reduced the corporate tax rate from 52-48% back then and now in the 35% range. Not to mention all the other tax write-offs and breaks that now figure into the equation.<br /><br />Kennedy did push tax cuts, and his plan, which passed in February 1964, three months after his death, did help spur economic growth. But, Max, you're wrong to see the tax reduction as a supply-side cut, like Reagan's and Bush's; it was a demand-side cut. <br /><br />A demand-side cut rests on the Keynesian theory that public consumption spurs economic activity. Government puts money in people's hands, as a temporary measure, so that they'll spend it. A supply-side cut sees business investment as the key to growth. Government gives money to businesses and wealthy individuals to invest, ultimately benefiting all Americans. Back in the early 1960s, tax cutting was as contentious as it is today, but it was liberal Democrat demand-siders who were calling for the cuts and generating the controversy.<br /><br />And you're right that if JFK was alive today and he wanted to increase the number of missiles to counter the Soviet threat, he wouldn't stand a chance, especially given that there is no longer a Soviet threat.just jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-51335096220669701372012-03-03T09:45:20.148-05:002012-03-03T09:45:20.148-05:00President Kennedy cut the top marginal rate on ind...President Kennedy cut the top marginal rate on individual income by 21 points, reduced corporate taxes, and lowered the cost of capital by creating an investment tax credit. As the Kennedy tax cuts were phased in from 1962 to 1965, not only did revenues grow by more than a five percent yearly average, GDP surged at a five and a half percent average annual rate.<br /><br />When JFK ran for President he refered to a missile gap, the USA did not have enough in relationship to Russia. JFK also said a rising tide raises all boats.He wouldnt last a second in today's Democrat party.Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-55085888884440033472012-03-02T17:14:10.959-05:002012-03-02T17:14:10.959-05:00Good one, Jake! Ha!Good one, Jake! Ha!Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-90677870516997546992012-03-02T10:08:06.824-05:002012-03-02T10:08:06.824-05:00JFK? The WWII hero? The guy who did so much to b...JFK? The WWII hero? The guy who did so much to bring about racial equality? The guy who presided over a tax system that didn't favor the rich at the expense of working people and the poor? The guy who made sure that Americans weren't falling behind in scientific advances? Yea, he had a lot of personal flaws. No doubt about it. I'm just wondering what your claim to fame is, Kathy, besides being morally perfect?just jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-40631440095791742142012-03-01T18:35:17.592-05:002012-03-01T18:35:17.592-05:00JFK? You mean the panderer?JFK? You mean the panderer?Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-20483025963187673382012-02-29T09:48:21.968-05:002012-02-29T09:48:21.968-05:00Saying JFK made him want to vomit did not help San...Saying JFK made him want to vomit did not help Santorum with Michigan Catholic voters. My friends from Michigan tell me they were amazed when they learned that TVs did not come from the store with hinged pictures of JFK and the Sacred Heart already on them!Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13687197922675722032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-26832627894693117512012-02-29T09:29:55.566-05:002012-02-29T09:29:55.566-05:00And the poor folk over at catholicvote.org, Americ...And the poor folk over at catholicvote.org, American papists et. al., must be in a depressed tizzy what with their guy Rick Santorum losing the Michigan and Arizona primaries. And I was so hoping that Santorum would be carrying the GOP banner into the general election. Didn't this group of heretic hunters start out supporting Newt Gingrich and then switch to Santorum? What was it that made 'em drop their support of Gingrich? I thought for awhile there that they were pretty much on staff for Gingrich.just jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009484025319372088.post-49988757591169303122012-02-27T20:49:27.306-05:002012-02-27T20:49:27.306-05:00google santorumgoogle santorumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com