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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:31 PM Original message |
Can real Democrats support taxcuts over social programs? |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not in my book. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. From what I have read lately... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. A whole SHITLOAD of'em -- |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. It depends on the size of the payoff the fatcats are willing to give them. |
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theballguy (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. I sincerely do not want to take anyone's money... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Workers need to understand... |
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theballguy (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Very good point.... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. What is a fair reward for labor? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It's called exploitation... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Are you greedy if you buy something at a lower price than you would value your own labor at? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Production and consumption... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. With automation and efficiency, capital + energy has been replacing labor. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And wages continue to shrink... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Supply and demand sets prices. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes, supply and demand set prices... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. If capital and labor are interchangeable, wouldn't the labor be priced by the cost of automation? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Capital and labor interchangeable? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Sorry but I'm in favor of raising taxes by eliminating tax loopholes and dropping the bush tax cuts |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Somebody has to run the machines... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Agree -- but would just like to make a point re wealthy who profit by exploiting nature . . . |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. No ~ |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. In the new big tent... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. ANYONE who does that is a piece of Satan's shit. |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. any one that does has lost my vote |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. No. Certainly not when the wealthy are doing this well. n/t |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. No, and anyone who puts earned benefits on the table for possible cuts cannot be a "real" Democrat |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. No -- and we should target them when they do these things -- !! ALL of them -- !! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. THIRD WAY which now controls the Dem Party says "base of the party is to be ignored" ... and that |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. Real Democrats cannot |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. They can do whatever they want, but they are losing support by being Republicans. |
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