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Title: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 04, 2016, 12:26:18 PM
I wonder if anyone knows . . . ?

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Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion

Policy proposals run $2.2 trillion deficit

BY:  Elizabeth Harrington   Follow @LizWFB
August 4, 2016 4:59 am

Hillary Clinton comes up $2.2 trillion short in paying for her policy agenda, despite hiking taxes by $1.3 trillion, according to a new analysis of the Democratic nominee’s campaign platform.

The American Action Forum, a center-right policy institute, released a report Thursday finding Clinton’s domestic agenda would “have a dramatic effect on the federal budget.”

Gordon Gray, American Action Forum’s director of fiscal policy, based the report on estimates of policy proposals from the Clinton campaign itself, as well as independent analyses from the Tax Policy Center and the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Gray found Clinton’s policies for expanding government’s role in family leave and student loans would contribute significantly to the deficit, and in turn a growing national debt that stands at $19.358 trillion.

In fact, the amount of debt held by the public alone would reach $25.825 trillion in 2026 under Clinton’s plan. The amount of debt held by the public today is $13.968 trillion.

The thing is, Paul Ryan will, more than likely (if the past is any indication) willingly go along with this crap.

The rest of the article is here:  http://freebeacon.com/politics/report-hillary-clinton-hike-taxes-1-3-trillion/
Title: Re: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: Eupher on August 04, 2016, 02:15:42 PM
I wonder if anyone knows . . . ?

The thing is, Paul Ryan will, more than likely (if the past is any indication) willingly go along with this crap.

The rest of the article is here:  http://freebeacon.com/politics/report-hillary-clinton-hike-taxes-1-3-trillion/

Paul Ryan has drunk the Boehner Kool-Aid and is squarely a GOP elitist.

Title: Re: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 04, 2016, 08:01:57 PM
I think 1.3 Trillion is a wildly optimistic underestimate.
Title: Re: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: Eupher on August 05, 2016, 05:10:34 AM
I think 1.3 Trillion is a wildly optimistic underestimate.

Agreed. Then again, any "estimates" involving government spending are usually below what actually occurs -- it's almost as if the bean counters figure nobody's paying any attention from the get-go.
Title: Re: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: Carl on August 05, 2016, 10:32:02 AM
Agreed. Then again, any "estimates" involving government spending are usually below what actually occurs -- it's almost as if the bean counters figure nobody's paying any attention from the get-go.

Is "at least by half" a fair rule of thumb?
Title: Re: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: Eupher on August 05, 2016, 01:47:46 PM
Is "at least by half" a fair rule of thumb?

I'll buy that -- so to speak. :-)
Title: Re: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 05, 2016, 02:50:00 PM
I'll buy that -- so to speak. :-)

Oh, you will, you will...
Title: Re: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: Eupher on August 06, 2016, 10:23:07 AM
Oh, you will, you will...

As we all will should that POS dyke once again move into the Oval Orifice.

(I wonder which **** is going to go down on her under the Resolute desk...naw, I don't wanna know.)
Title: Re: Report: Hillary Clinton Would Hike Taxes By $1.3 Trillion
Post by: Big Dog on August 06, 2016, 01:44:20 PM
As we all will should that POS dyke once again move into the Oval Orifice.

(I wonder which **** is going to go down on her under the Resolute desk...naw, I don't wanna know.)

Hilary and Huma in bed would look like a manatee mating with an otter.