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woofer

01/30/09 6:08 PM

#74391 RE: follylama #74389

I'm all for targeted tax cuts, as long as the target is people in trouble financially or those who are keeping afloat but don't make much money. I resent tax cuts for the rich and it seems like that's where the majority of the tax cuts really go. Someone making over a million dollars doesn't need a tax cut but then, Bush gave it to them anyway.

Because states can be so different, I have always liked the idea that they get to decide where the money is best spent. Along with tax cuts nationwide, giving states the wherewithal to target what they know will work best for them, makes sound economic sense to me. I wouldn't want to be the person deciding how much each state gets though.
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sortagreen

01/31/09 9:41 AM

#74458 RE: follylama #74389

Richrad Fuld just transfered his $13 million home on Jupiter Island to his wife (for $0) to shelter it from lawsuits that are sure to come. That's no problem in Florida. I should hand that state money with no strings attached? If they used it for anything more evenhanded than scrubbing black people named Jefferson or Jones off the voting roles I'd be shocked.