Wall Street Protests

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Originally Posted by tw

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Michelle Bachman is a perfect example of one so many approved of. She was asked how much of every dollar should go to taxes. She said none. In a next question, she then said defense spending should be increased. Why do so many believe this nonsense? So many even foolishly insist lower taxes mean more jobs. Well, tax cuts last decade resulted in how many more jobs this decade? At what point does the word 'liar' apply?

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Seriously??!!

This is the root of the fucking problem. Read it again folks. There just is no mathematical support for such nonsense. This is the problem that OWS demonstrators rebel against. The Bachmanns of the world are telling impossible lies, things that *can* *not* *happen*.

The problem is that those in power, the 1%, want the real effects of such actions like this by Bachmann. They *do* want "no taxes". Many *do* want increased defense spending. And even if neither of these things come to pass while we're trying to figure out what the fuck she's talking about, even in nothing happens because we're arguing amongst ourselves about how crazy this is, or who should pay an additional 4.9 % more or not, nothing changes, and the field stays tilted as it is.

The solution is to call bullshit on bullshit like this. Then, do the math on what it will take to correct our numerous situations, then act. We've called bullshit, the math says more tax revenue, and our brothers and sisters at OWS around the globe are acting.