It's good to know that our nation's Motor Sports arenas are safe for another two years.
Keep up the people's work, Congress.
Keep up the people's work, Congress.
1. A $9 billion “sop for Wall Street banks and major multinationals”
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3. Cheaper office space for Goldman Sachs
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5. Treat coal from Indian lands as an “alternative energy source”
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8. Subsidize Hollywood films
4) Help a brother mining company out – Sec. 307 and Sec. 316 offer tax incentives for miners to buy safety equipment and train their employees on mine safety. Taxpayers shouldn’t have to bribe mining companies to not kill their workers.
Who won in the fiscal cliff deal? The lawyers won.
Well, not just the lawyers. The lawyers, the doctors, the dentists, the middle managers, the advertising executives, the whole MBA crowd.
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The fiscal cliff deal is not a bad deal. But it’s not a progressive deal. It’s a deal for the comfortable, not a deal for the struggling and the poor. Those of us with good jobs and advanced degrees can be satisfied. For the 80% of Americans who don’t, it’s just more bad news.
If I alone, were making $300k a year, I could live almost anywhere I want in Boston metro while doing all the bullshit that you do with your money and Boston has some of the most expensive real estate in the country...I could live smack dab in the middle of it. In matter of fact, I know people that do.I don't know how other people spend their money but co-workers and friends were concerned with mortgage payments, after school-care payments for the kids, college tuition, saving for retirement and things like that - nothing really to do with fancy cars or vacations or electronics but it would affect things that have been budgeted based on the current system. Could they "survive" on a tighter budget? Of course. Should they have to? I guess that's the argument.
Cry my a river about how much you "give" to "help" privileged kids in an already privileged neighborhood to be even more privileged. edit: You volunteer your time with kids? Good for you, but your little rant similar to the "job creators" trope.It also has nothing to do with "giving back" - this is a ridiculous argument. Maybe I'll just stop making charitable donations (on nos! tax deduction!) or volunteering to help out with school programs and coaching soccer and basketball, etc. I'm perfectly content with how much I give. I don't want the government dictating how I spend my money.