tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post4747044422009248841..comments2023-06-28T09:59:42.375-05:00Comments on The Clue Batting Cage: Santelli's Still With Usphilmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-38322770133754411292011-08-12T02:31:59.794-05:002011-08-12T02:31:59.794-05:00I'm already tired of the "raising revenue...I'm already tired of the "raising revenue" euphemism being deployed, when what they really mean is raising taxes.<br /><br />Government does not decide to "raise revenue." It decides to raise taxes. It sets taxes at certain rates for certain groups, and then revenue rises or falls or stays the same. (Unfortunately, as you said, simply raising taxes does not work predictablly as the sun rising, as far as revenue goes.)<br /><br />It's like saying you've decided to get a job, simply by sending out a resume and/or attending a job interview. No...what you've decided is to <i>try</i> to get a job by maximizing the factors under your control. There are other people involved whose behavior and decisions actually indicate the final outcome of whether you get the job...or at what amounts the revenue actually comes in.<br /><br />The Left is nothing if not arrogant and presumptive.Cylarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-20732287454532971872011-08-10T11:56:43.690-05:002011-08-10T11:56:43.690-05:00“And the Republicans held the "ceiling deadli...“And the Republicans held the "ceiling deadline" as a bargaining chip no more than the Democrats did.”<br /><br />Absolutly! Nicely put. I got so sick of the talking heads and news casters (On Fox no less) go on and on each passing day during the debate holding the Republican position in the same manner as the Tax & Spenders. “Well, both side need to…”, “Both sides of the isle…” Freakin’ BS! Using their idiot logic if the cops have to extract some lunatic from his house because he’s threatened to blow up the neighborhood, exactly whose fault is it? Both of them? Brilliant. Congratulations on appearing Fair & Balanced but a big fat F for not understanding our country is going down the tubes by spending, spending, spending. Not because we don’t tax enough. <br /><br />Serenity now!!!timnoreply@blogger.com