tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6195705965711597757..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Stockman: It's Going to Blow "We're Headed for a Fiscal Calamity"Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33835516914819759862017-05-13T17:16:21.055-04:002017-05-13T17:16:21.055-04:00Agreed, JJM. Eliminating the rentier class legal p...Agreed, JJM. Eliminating the rentier class legal protections and advantages is the key. RDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85784801720752079022017-05-13T12:50:53.030-04:002017-05-13T12:50:53.030-04:00Well over 500 billion dollars will be spent this f...Well over 500 billion dollars will be spent this fiscal years just servicing the debt, and that is with incredibly low interest rates. The whole thing was going to blow no matter who was going to be occupying the oval office this year. <br /><br />I really hate listening to anything that is ejected out of a president's pie hole, but Donald is so painful to watch that I now have to read about Switchbladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01066362172916510178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34551601517481202952017-05-13T08:59:01.105-04:002017-05-13T08:59:01.105-04:00If the rentier class describes economic monopoliza...If the rentier class describes economic monopolization of access to any kind of property, and gaining significant amounts of profit without contribution to society, then this pretty much sums up taxes. Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13908931414406770220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62334925966228052122017-05-13T02:22:17.100-04:002017-05-13T02:22:17.100-04:00Taxing the rentier class more is like taxing a gov...Taxing the rentier class more is like taxing a government employee more. It's just an accounting exercise because they up their government derived income in response to it. The racket itself must be eliminated. Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38341898558347374862017-05-12T22:38:18.876-04:002017-05-12T22:38:18.876-04:00You might need more taxes, but the rest of us just...You might need more taxes, but the rest of us just get a job and pay our own way. Very extreme, I know.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38901819843415414662017-05-12T21:47:11.734-04:002017-05-12T21:47:11.734-04:00I dont know I thought they might get it when peopl...I dont know I thought they might get it when people had no money to support their crony corporate overlords but perhaps I was to Pollyanna to think that would make a differenceShegottawideloadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752677440246325222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2457586665371099322017-05-12T18:05:34.504-04:002017-05-12T18:05:34.504-04:00no you idiots, we do need more taxes - especially ...no you idiots, we do need more taxes - especially on the rentier class<br /><br />you lot will never get it - ever - because of your religious fundamentalism<br /><br />The Peak Oil Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689230374176801643noreply@blogger.com