re: #54 Aceofwhat?

1. The principle is unimportant; Obama’s predictions assumed an average of 4% growth over the next four years, which isn’t any more realistic than Ryan’s assumptions.
2. What does “when the tax is going to the wealthy” mean?
3. We already tax our rich more than Europe does. Republicans like me aren’t petrified of increasing taxes when there’s benefit to be had - the rich can afford it, after all - but let’s first remind ourselves that we already tax our rich more than most. Overreliance on the wealthiest is a recipe for a bumpy fiscal future. Just ask California.

1) Obama may have had a rosy projection but he wasn’t trying to abolish Medicare and Medicaid.

2) Yeah I’m not sure.

3) Do you have numbers to back that up? They seem to all be in the 50% and 40% range. We’re at 36%.