SIMPLE QUESTIONS
by David Atkins
Has anyone in the media considered asking the Republican presidential hopefuls a few simple questions:
* In real dollar terms, how much more money do the rich need before they can create jobs?
* What would happen to the economy if we returned to Clinton era tax rates on the rich?
* Do you know what the marginal tax rates were under Eisenhower? Under Nixon? Why do you think the American economy was booming under those tax rates?
* What did an average college education cost at a public university in the 1960s? Why do we force our kids into a lifetime of student loan debt today?
* If the entire economy is hurting and everyone needs to tighten their belts in shared sacrifice, why are corporations showing record profits?
* Do tax cuts increase or decrease revenue? What tax rate percentage would change that equation?
Any one of these questions would throw the entire conservative messaging agenda on its ear. They're really simple questions, and they're pretty much the core questions that need answering.
And yet no one in the media is asking these questions.
Which tells you everything you need to know.
Which tells you everything you need to know.
6 comments:
I do not think we should limit this to just Republicans, I think these questions should be asked of everyone...
Also, are politicians going to cut their salaries in the same proportions that they cut social security and healthcare?
Probably not . . . their salaries only get raised because they are such important people. And the questions were written for Republicans because the Dems aren't having a runoff for President. These questions should be answered by anyone in politics.
Why is the mainstream media not holding our Political Leaders more accountable?
Questions like these force people to think and by thinking they take responsibility and by taking responsibility they change the way they are and their behavior and it is much easier to be self-centered with one's hand out.
GREAT questions! What I dont get, the wingnuts keep hammering away at all those creepy social programs people get cause they NEED to eat, yet their salaries are tax payer funded, their health care is tax payer funded, their lifetime retirement after a mere 2 years in office is taxpayer funded. WTF?
WTF is the right way to feel.
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