Idea to reduce deficit: make everyone pay something -- EDGEMAN 04/16/2019 09:06AM
Gotta reduce my exemptions. Owe Uncle Sam $4K. Ugh! Get back $200 from VA ** -- 91HokieBob 04/16/2019 08:44AM
Make sure to thank the kids and grand kids. -- Late 80s Hokie 04/16/2019 07:16AM
Shouldn't you be fighting your state government to lower taxes? -- EDGEMAN 04/16/2019 08:41AM
Yeah, that too, but in our case the local gov't takes the biggest chunk -- Late 80s Hokie 04/16/2019 08:45AM
Mine went from 13.83 to 14.81%. Fockers. ** -- Brown Water 04/15/2019 9:22PM
^^ Flush ^^ ** -- vt90 04/15/2019 9:24PM
How'd you get so lucky? In the 1%? ** -- Bleedin OandM 04/15/2019 8:21PM
Well, I'd kind of like the deficit to not be $1T a year. We're all going -- CochraneResident 04/15/2019 6:00PM
Per AOC we just need to print more money, problem solved ** -- fordham 04/16/2019 10:38AM
I would too. The voters don’t. -- Gator Hokie 04/15/2019 8:41PM
Were you a big deficit hawk from 2008 to 2016? ** -- RoswellGAHokie 04/15/2019 6:48PM
Why aren’t you one now? ** -- CPRVHokie 04/15/2019 7:56PM
I was then and am now. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 04/15/2019 8:18PM
Good. Now, what are we cutting. And before you start, unless it includes -- CPRVHokie 04/15/2019 8:30PM
How about cutting all aide to anyone in the country illegally? -- EDGEMAN 04/16/2019 08:38AM
That’s dumb ** -- CPRVHokie 04/16/2019 4:57PM
Smarter than continually allowing illegals to flood our country -- EDGEMAN 04/17/2019 07:29AM
Funny thing that. Social security and medicare aren't budget items -- Tafkam Hokie 04/15/2019 9:11PM
Huh? They absolutely are budget items. The mechanism to change their -- CPRVHokie 04/16/2019 8:14PM
If you don't like that term, fine. But it is still considered -- Tafkam Hokie 04/16/2019 8:28PM
Um. Did you read my first post? Of course nothing is going to change. So -- CPRVHokie 04/16/2019 9:22PM
No cuts. Freeze everything at current levels. -- RoswellGAHokie 04/15/2019 8:54PM
That’s a cut ** -- CPRVHokie 04/16/2019 4:57PM
Hard to do that unilaterally. Our population grows, inflation ovcurrs, etc ** -- 133743Hokie 04/15/2019 9:23PM
I was.....Absolutely......100%.....And since well before then ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 04/15/2019 7:14PM
That’s fair. I think some people are deficit hawks only when the other -- RoswellGAHokie 04/15/2019 7:15PM
Current national debt..$22,211,530,373,867..(growing about $2 mil/minute).. -- CrystalCoveHokie 04/15/2019 7:38PM
What will cause the Piper to have to be paid? ** -- 133743Hokie 04/15/2019 9:25PM
Repeat of my comment from below...does the piper ever really need to get -- Tafkam Hokie 04/15/2019 8:36PM
Some economists believe that so long as the payment on the debt doesn't -- Late 80s Hokie 04/16/2019 07:33AM
Which is why I won’t vote for either. -- vthokieq 04/15/2019 7:44PM
Here in Laguna Beach, the current big issue is outrage..... -- CrystalCoveHokie 04/15/2019 7:59PM
Start with a 5% across the board cut of all federal spending....... -- CrystalCoveHokie 04/15/2019 6:04PM
How can you do that when the population and inflation increase? ** -- 133743Hokie 04/15/2019 9:27PM
Same way a growing family does when the breadwinner loses a job... -- RTFC 04/15/2019 10:25PM
+1000000000 ** -- RTFC 04/15/2019 7:12PM
Yep, many families (including mine) have easily survived sudden income ... -- vt90 04/15/2019 6:13PM
That means a 5% reduction in your parents Social Security and military pay -- CPRVHokie 04/15/2019 7:59PM
There are other ways to fix entitlement spending ... -- vt90 04/15/2019 9:04PM
And the 1% pays and more. It's always someone else's money** -- 133743Hokie 04/15/2019 9:29PM
And theft. Don’t forget theft. -- YardBird 04/15/2019 6:30PM
I don't want to steer this in a UWS direction, but IMO, taxation isn't... -- MP4VT2004 04/15/2019 6:03PM
Yup, I’ll fight taxes tooth and nail and nail... -- vthokieq 04/15/2019 7:10PM
Yup. Spend less than you make. Pretty simple concept. -- Tafkam Hokie 04/15/2019 6:11PM
Debt in some situations is still OK. Just the basics of Keynesian theory -- Late 80s Hokie 04/16/2019 07:23AM
I'm not arguing with you. But I think we need to start re-thinking the -- CochraneResident 04/15/2019 6:07PM
Did you attend the BU school of economics? ** -- EDGEMAN 04/15/2019 7:21PM
Care to expand on that theory? -- Tafkam Hokie 04/15/2019 6:19PM
Yep. No reasonable person would deny that the govt would make less revenue -- RoswellGAHokie 04/15/2019 6:51PM
Nor make more money taxing at 50% vs 0% ** -- jmanatVT 04/16/2019 09:54AM
Here's where I bow out of the smart people conversation. -- MP4VT2004 04/15/2019 6:27PM
So, you've decided to run for Congress then? ** -- Hokie360 04/15/2019 7:58PM
No way...I'm in no way qualified for that. -- MP4VT2004 04/15/2019 8:10PM
I really don't like my kids ** -- FfxStationHokie 04/15/2019 6:01PM
Ingrates who live with me ** -- CPRVHokie 04/15/2019 8:03PM
My effective tax rate actually increased 0.5%. ** -- MP4VT2004 04/15/2019 5:49PM
I paid more too. The loss was essentially all SALT ** -- jmanatVT 04/16/2019 09:51AM
Had to pay more🙁 ** -- Hokie`79 04/15/2019 6:05PM
ditto ** -- FfxStationHokie 04/15/2019 6:05PM
Interesting. Do you know why? -- Tafkam Hokie 04/15/2019 5:55PM
In my particular case, not being able to itemize really hurts me. -- MP4VT2004 04/15/2019 6:00PM
Agreed. Definitely saved money! ** -- VaAkita 04/15/2019 5:27PM