tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post111834015565296058..comments2023-11-29T12:25:25.631-08:00Comments on Dumpster Bust: Online Media Cultist: George W. Bush and the Ascension of the Hyper-RichUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post-1119115746175351442005-06-18T10:29:00.000-07:002005-06-18T10:29:00.000-07:00Repealing the income tax would help everyone? Sure...Repealing the income tax would help everyone? Sure it would.<BR/><BR/>And it would also leave us with no roads to drive on, no schools to educate our kids, no military to defend us and fight the War on Terror, etc. etc. etc.Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204239335140313863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post-1118943982258523622005-06-16T10:46:00.000-07:002005-06-16T10:46:00.000-07:00I'm all for the rich getting double triple quadrup...I'm all for the rich getting double triple quadruple rich. <BR/><BR/>To the extent that middle class people are getting squished, it's largely going to be from paying exorbitant taxes.<BR/><BR/>Think how much better they'd all be if we just repealed the income tax. And I'd be interested in seeing how you say that this wouldn't help everyone.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940553284067503671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post-1118430812358906062005-06-10T12:13:00.000-07:002005-06-10T12:13:00.000-07:00I see the take-away of the article as saying that ...I see the take-away of the article as saying that the Bush tax cuts are helping .1 percent of the population more than everyone else... even the ordinarily rich. <BR/><BR/>I don't have numbers to back up my Middle Class Squeeze thesis. But it's part of my ongoing observation of this administration and its policies: on bankruptcy reform, health care inaction, taxes, and you can even make the argument on foreign policy (middle class reservists getting shipped off to war) and on social policy (taking away middle class freedoms). <BR/><BR/>Does the thesis hold together? I'm not sure. But I think it's as good a way to describe the Bush Years as any other.Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204239335140313863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post-1118380660925027552005-06-09T22:17:00.000-07:002005-06-09T22:17:00.000-07:00My point, in part, is that the phenomenon is accel...My point, in part, is that the phenomenon is accelerating under Bush. It's amazing that the hyper-rich are getting tax breaks larger in proportion to everyone else. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, the middle class is getting crushed. I would argue that quality of life -- particularly in terms of the pressures imposed by such things as cost of health care and education -- is declining for the middle class during the '00s.Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204239335140313863noreply@blogger.com