AndrewG
Beach Fanatic
The employer doesn't get the 2% drop too?
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I struggle to find the compromise on tax cuts
- Thread starter futurebeachbum
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The employer doesn't get the 2% drop too?
LVT - I am a small business owner. I have been wanting to hire two new employees but have been on hold waiting to see whether I was going to have to use the money I've saved to pay for taxes or whether I was going to get to keep the money to invest back into my business. I've been interviewing for the past few months so I would be ready to hire in January in case the tax increase did not happen. Every single small business owner that I've talked to has told me the same thing. The two people that I'm getting ready to hire might disagree with your premise that the republican hostage-taking sunk the ship.
I really don't think that the class warfare rhetoric is helpful to getting this economy back on track and getting people back to work.
Matt J
SWGB
I'd like to know where you found a pool of people willing to wait months on the possibility of a job offer? I'm sure they'd really appreciate your opposition to unemployment benefits while they wait.
I haven't made an offer to these people or told them that I was definitely going to hire them if the tax cuts were extended. They are not sitting around waiting on me - if another job becomes available they are free to take it.
My point is that many small business owners will be hiring if the tax cuts are extended. If not, we will pay our taxes to the government so they can study how cocaine affects monkeys - take your pick.
I'm sure the unemployed appreciate your willingness to raise taxes on the job creators so that they are forced to stay on unemployment.
When I was at the points in my life when I was looking for a job I was willing to do whatever neccesary to get hired. Sometimes that meant waiting for an opening. Jobs are a privilege, not a right.
Douglas the Intrepid
Beach Fanatic
That is the biggest load of BS I have seen on this board in some time.
It certainly isn't a 'right' to be hired for a particular position, but it is definitely a 'right' in our pursuit of life and liberty to have a job. I am sure that some members on this board think it would be a privilege to work for them, but I have a feeling that the word 'nightmare' could easily and more realistically be substituted in those instances. :roll:
ps. I didn't mean you Margarita!
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Rita
margarita brocolia
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Of all the people to take a hit, even if it isn't much. They can least afford it.
The numbers at our local food banks and shelters have already increased substantially with many working families that just need a few more dollars to make it to the end of the month.
"The only groups likely to face a tax increase are those near the bottom of the income scale -- individuals who make less than $20,000 and families with earnings below $40,000.
Their payroll tax savings are less than the $400 or $800 they will lose from the Making Work Pay credit."
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You'll Never Guess Whose Taxes Are Going To Go Up Because Of The Tax Cut 'Compromise'
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Of all the people to take a hit, even if it isn't much. They can least afford it.
The numbers at our local food banks and shelters have already increased substantially with many working families that just need a few more dollars to make it to the end of the month.
"The only groups likely to face a tax increase are those near the bottom of the income scale -- individuals who make less than $20,000 and families with earnings below $40,000.
Their payroll tax savings are less than the $400 or $800 they will lose from the Making Work Pay credit."
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You'll Never Guess Whose Taxes Are Going To Go Up Because Of The Tax Cut 'Compromise'
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That is the biggest load of BS I have seen on this board in some time.
It certainly isn't a 'right' to be hired for a particular position, but it is definitely a 'right' in our pursuit of life and liberty to have a job. I am sure that some members on this board think it would be a privilege to work for them, but I have a feeling that the word 'nightmare' could easily and more realistically be substituted in those instances. :roll:
ps. I didn't mean you Margarita!
Thank you Douglas
Good point, right now corporations are holding on to record amounts of cash and are not hiring so how in the hell is this going to be an incentive? They have reduced their labor force and with five people for every job they are forcing those working to produce more for the same pay for fear of losing their jobs. Trickle down is and always has been a load of crap and the Bush tax cuts have not and will not work. Obama caved, it seems eveyone but him knew the Republicans would have voted to extend unemployment benefits.
Does anyone have any suggestions on who the candidate for the 2012 Democratic ticket should be?