The U.S. just borrowed $488 Billion - A Record high for the First Quarter

[andreisdaman]

This is a good start. I'd say taxing churches should also be thrown in there. Taking competitive bids on government projects as well, this bullet train to nowhere here in CA is a good example.

Taxing churches....never considered that....some would argue why should these mega churches which bring in tons of money, have tax free status?

and whats going on with you guys out in California?..can you explain?...and whats your position on it?

[Irongrip400]

This is a good start. I'd say taxing churches should also be thrown in there. Taking competitive bids on government projects as well, this bullet train to nowhere here in CA is a good example.

I believe most if not all services/goods should be competitively bid. Cut out the shot bag city workers mowing grass who slow down at yellow lights and sleep in culdesaqs.  Prisoners should be given the opportunity as well to get out and now grass on right of ways to learn a skill and get fresh air, all the while the tax payer gets a cheaper service so that tax dollars can go elsewhere.

[chaos]

Taxing churches....never considered that....some would argue why should these mega churches which bring in tons of money, have tax free status?

and whats going on with you guys out in California?..can you explain?...and whats your position on it?

Bullet train will easily break $100 million

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/12/californias-77-billion-high-speed-rail-project-is-in-trouble.html

Gee, wonder how her husbands company got the contract?

https://calwatchdog.com/2013/04/26/se-diane-feinsteins-husband-wins-ca-rail-contract/


CA political environment is out of control with corruption. 5th largest economy in the world and ranked #1 in poverty in the United States

[Dos Equis]

I think we have to stop with the tax cuts....they don't work and they just cause more deficits....second we have to make the rich pay their fair share and we have to make the poor pay as well...

Arguably the biggest absolutely false liberal talking point.  "The rich" already pay the overwhelming majority of federal income tax. 

[Straw Man]

Arguably the biggest absolutely false liberal talking point.  "The rich" already pay the overwhelming majority of federal income tax. 

there were and are many "super rich" corporations, oh sorry, I meant "people" who pay ZERO in taxes

I guess zero is their fair share

BTW - the biggest false Republican talking point is that tax cuts create enough growth to pay for themselves

That has never worked and quite often you get the exact opposite result

I give them full credit if they were honest and just said we want to cut taxes and we need to cut spending to pay for it

That would be honest

Then we can have the real debate about how we should be spending OUR tax dollars

[Las Vegas]

Agreed.  As a generic thing (not this subject) I'd agree with DE.  But we're talking about the "black hole" of worship on this earth, the overwhelmingly FALSE god called money.  

Those whining in greed are the ones who made it so.  Lmao, they caused it to happen.  It's on them.

Problem is, of course, they claim they want to leave a fortune to their children.  It's about the children!  They'll tell you it's their right to be unconcerned about all else, and so taxes must reflect that (of course! pure logic!)  Greed is just a made-up word, see.  

Well, where the hell's the concern for "work" that you claim made you so great and so rich?  Aren't you, Mr Rich-Man Liar, depriving your children of something more important than money, IF the claim is true?  

Which is it, you hypocritical liar?

Most are chasing a phantom number in place of their spiritual worth.  They don't have anything else in their worldly knowledge to show, and nothing to stake a meaningful claim.  Insecurity and tragic weakness can be the only explanation for them.  It's why they'd rather hold up their little pinkies against the common class for $$, using a Fake News Machine, than to practice what they preach about "competition and work" being the key to their lives.

[Agnostic007]

Below are the 18 companies that paid no federal income tax from 2008-2015, according to ITEP. Many of them are in the energy sector.

Pepco Holdings
PG&E Corp.
Wisconsin Energy
NiSource
International Paper
FirstEnergy
Priceline.com
Amos Energy
General Electric
American Electric Power
Ryder System
Duke Energy
NextEra Energy
Xcel Energy
Ameren
CMS Energy
Sempra Energy
Eversource Energy

[Dos Equis]

Below are the 18 companies that paid no federal income tax from 2008-2015, according to ITEP. Many of them are in the energy sector.

Pepco Holdings
PG&E Corp.
Wisconsin Energy
NiSource
International Paper
FirstEnergy
Priceline.com
Amos Energy
General Electric
American Electric Power
Ryder System
Duke Energy
NextEra Energy
Xcel Energy
Ameren
CMS Energy
Sempra Energy
Eversource Energy

How many total employees do they have?  (Rhetorical question.)

And where is the list of large companies that paid billions in taxes?   

[Agnostic007]

How many total employees do they have?  (Rhetorical question.)

And where is the list of large companies that paid billions in taxes?   

 

[Dos Equis]