Paul Ryan gets booed for supporting wealthy tax breaks

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[DillonDee1]

Many in the middle-class work until April 20th to pay their taxes...

While many on Wall Street work only until Jan 20th!

PAUL RYAN IS AN ASSHOLE!

[poindexterwitkowsky]

~~WHAT CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW: When working class peoples' taxes go up, their wages go up. This is called "WAGE INFLATION" The opposite is true when taxes go down for the working class.. When taxes go down for the wealthiest there is a sudden surge in the markets followed by a GREAT DEPRESSION. Examples of this: Great Depression(1929), Reagan and Bush Jr, era depressions.**********~** CONCLUSION: Higher taxes create prosperity, lower taxes create economic DEPRESSIONS.

[Jack194343]

@1337wafflezz In the 1950s taxes on our richest citizens was 91%.The economy was booming, the middle class was prospering like never before, & even the rich were getting richer.This was possible b/c the middle class had more money to spend on products manufactured by the rich & the econ was rapidly churning. We see in the last 15 yrs, the more we cut taxes, the greater our unemployment, the bigger the gap between rich & poor, & the worse we are on every social indices.

[Jack194343]

@1337wafflezz Speaking of the free market.Gas consumption in the USA has dropped significantly, while supplies have dramatically increased. According to free market theory the price should go down, but it's not, it's going up. Is this the fault of the gov? Actually it is b/c the gov under Cheney/Bush deregulated the oil industry so now speculators can manipulate the price of oil and fuck the public. A free mkt must be regulated or it will trample the public as we now see oil doing.

[Jack194343]

@you831able The GOP become angry when taxes are used to service the public b/c this teaches ordinary people to think the gov is their servant.The GOP hate that b/c they want the people to serve the gov and the gov to serve ONLY the rich. In the last few months we have seen the GOP fight against tax cut for the middle class while defending tens of billions in giveaways to the rich.That people pool their resources with the gov to provide the community needed services is a crime among the GOP.

[Jack194343]

@poindexterwitkowsky Very interesting

[Jack194343]

@DillonDee1 20 Jan, Hey! that's my birthday, but my taxes aren't paid by then--not a chance.

[you831able]

In what way does taking money away from any class upper, middle or lower and giving it to the gov't create prosperity? What does the gov't do with the money? Welfare? Extended unemployment? More free stuff? The gov't has no money, so they have to take it from the private sector. The Bush tax cuts were not just for the Rich as Owebama would have you morons believe. Isn't it logical to say the more money you make the more you spend? Name the gov't that has successfully used Keynesian economics?

[deetjay1]

Brave man...Bonehead ideas=GOP illogic....

[1337wafflezz]

@poindexterwitkowsky When working people's taxes increase their wage also goes up? Wow and supposedly free markets are "Voodoo economics". That makes little to no sense(to me).

[MikeFromSF]

Paul Ryan is an idiot. He doesn't care about the American people, he only cares about special interest groups that pay him money to do what they want. We need to get people like him out of government. These shady politicians are what's wrong with America. We need to elect people who will fight for us and not special interest groups. Let's get Paul Ryan out of government!

[Bolgernow]

"I don't disagree with the premise of what you're saying". Um, YES YOU FUCKING DO. You think "trickle down", "supply side", "Austrian Economics", or the "Laffer Curve" works. They DO NOT. Never have, never will economically speaking from historical facts. Screw YOU!

[Fortramnasdaq]

@svvmichael1 No, no man, I love Freedom! (TM). What's your brand? I'll crack one open for you.

[svvmichael1]

@Fortramnasdaq Obviously you are another lying, unedcuated, leftist who despises the USA and wants to restrict freedom. Move to Sweden and live in frozen boredom.

[Fortramnasdaq]

@svvmichael1 NO U

[svvmichael1]

@Fortramnasdaq die of cancer.

[Fortramnasdaq]

@svvmichael1 I kind of love you.

[svvmichael1]

@Fortramnasdaq you are not

[Fortramnasdaq]

@svvmichael1 You are so perfect.

[svvmichael1]

@Fortramnasdaq I bet you are on crack.

[Fortramnasdaq]

@svvmichael1 Not the last time I checked. I do work with a lot of money though.

[svvmichael1]

@Fortramnasdaq Are you on crack?

[Fortramnasdaq]

@svvmichael1 Explain the Gilded Age then.

[svvmichael1]

wow, a video of uneducated sheep attacking a guy who attempts to answer a question with reason, intelligence, and knowledge. The crowd is definitley leftist.

[svvmichael1]

@poindexterwitkowsky ...inflation went from 12.8% to 3.4%, and interest rates fell from 19% to 7%. The USA created 20 million new jobs during his 8 years, the most in history per capita. Then when GHWB and Clinton raised taxes unemployment went up to 6.4% until the republican congress cut spending and reduced taxes. EPIC FAIL for you buddy.

[svvmichael1]

@poindexterwitkowsky This post is contrary to 150 years od economic data. All reputable studies show this is the opposite of the truth. High taexs destroy entrepreneurship, export jobs, reduce GDP, reduce savings, and put every family and tenuous financial ground. Low taxes allow for job-creation, entrepreneurship, increased savings, increased GDP, much lower unemployment. Reagan had the largest tax cut in history, and unemployment went from 13.7% to 4.9%...

[captcrais101]

45 dislikes means 45 idiots.