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   From: lunch@nofreelunch.us   
      
   On Sat, 18 May 2013 11:10:06 -0500, RD Sandman   
    wrote in alt.atheism:   
      
   >Tom McDonald  wrote in news:imClt.5$7h5.2   
   >@newsfe07.iad:   
   >   
   >> On 5/17/2013 10:59 PM, linuxgal wrote:   
   >>> Free Lunch wrote:   
   >>>> They were only highest in nominal dollar amounts. Raising taxes on   
   >the   
   >>>> wealthy and raising spending will help the economy grow without   
   >>>> increasing deficits.   
   >>>   
   >>> Sure.  The wealthy will be just SO incentivized to open new factories   
   >>> with higher taxes punching a bigger hole in the bottom of their boat.   
   >>>   
   >> They don't seem to have been all that incentivized by previous tax   
   >cuts,   
   >> and the economy seems to be doing better with some tax hikes.   
   >   
   >The economy needs both more revenue and less spending.   
      
   Not at the moment.   
   >   
   >> Plus, of course, do you really think anyone who has a chance of making   
   >a   
   >> buck will avoid making that buck out of a fit of pique about taxes? If   
   >> so, we've got some pretty wimpy 'job creators'.   
   >>   
      
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