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I Can No Longer Give Romney the Benefit of the Doubt

I have always assumed that Romney’s tax statements over the past 10 years would show a rich financially astute businessman who took advantage of every legal means of reducing his taxes. I wouldn’t be happy that he probably paid a lower tax rate than I do but it would be in keeping with super wealthy [...]

Do the Rich and Poor Require Different Types of Motivation? Republican’s Must Think So.

Always Thinking2013-12-03T22:58:01-05:00July 12th, 2012|Categories: Economy, Politics, Taxes|Tags: economy, election, health care, romney, taxes|

If taking away basic necessities like healthcare, food assistance programs, unemployment insurance payments is supposed to motivate the poor and unemployed to work harder, get a job (or a second or third job) then why isn't increasing the taxes on the rich a great way to motivate them to work harder creating more jobs, starting [...]