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Great idea, but mine goes a

WiseFather — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:15:44 +0000

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Great idea, but mine goes a bit further. If you're going to call yourselves "job creators" doesn't that mean you have to take responsibility for the lack of jobs? I recently published a blog post about how I think we can motivate these "job creators" to do their duty. In a nutshell, it involves tying a new top marginal tax rate to the unemployment rate (and has a carrot and a stick). http://www.ragingwisdom.com/?p=185

I like the "stand and

erica20 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:58:15 +0000

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I like the "stand and deliver" line.

Ok, so small-government Republicans are now in charge of delivering X Million jobs by Christmas if they want to keep their tax cut!

There is a flamboyancy to

Oxy Mora — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:54:15 +0000

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There is a flamboyancy to your idea which I like. Actually, Obama's call for people to call their Congressman was so far out of the norm, that something carnival-like might be tried. It reminded me of the movie--I want everyone to open their window and yell, "I'm not going to take it anymore"

Maybe a Jerry Lewis thing telethon every weekend, donate money to the long term unemployed. Turn all federal offices into hiring centers. Obama spends one day in the capitol of each state running a job fair, sleeves rolled up. Did you know you can go to a website and send the Treasury money to reduce the debt by using a credit card.

I am interested in the infrastructure bank. A small amount of, oops, government money, leveraged by loans from the private sector to repair infrastructure.

What we really need are euphemisms for the CCC and the WPA that will fool Republicans.

Lisb said to tell you she

stillidealistic — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:54:05 +0000

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Lisb said to tell you she agrees w/ your post!

I think it is a FABULOUS

stillidealistic — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:26:54 +0000

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I think it is a FABULOUS idea, and needs to go viral!

The repubs claim they are the only ones who can do it so I think they should have to put their money where there mouth is!

Time to talk it up guys! Back on the horn and pitch it to the networks!

Erica, you're a genius!

Excellent post. Reagan said

moat — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:10:43 +0000

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Excellent post.

Reagan said that if we got out of their way, this class of people would be the best thing to happen to our country since the first Porsche was imported to California.

If they want to wear that escutcheon, it is time for them to stand and deliver.

I've been trying to decide

erica20 — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:53:20 +0000

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I've been trying to decide myself, whether it's snark or an actual idea. I do think it makes sense to require millionaires to provide numbers that justify their tax cuts. Right now, it's all just ideology-driven and based in fear of what would happen if we asked them to pony up.

My primary goal with this was to come up with something that could put a number to what our "Job Creators" actually create and makes them responsible for creating it. If they don't want to pay taxes to the government, they oughta be willing to pay it to the American people, in the form of good private-sector jobs.

How many jobs? 10 Million? 20 Million? I agree we should set the bar high--after all, they're rich and smart--we want to challenge them!

Tax cuts for the rich are

Michael Maiello — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:42:16 +0000

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Tax cuts for the rich are like prayers to God. Every one of them is answered, but the answer isn't always "yes."

Snark! I'd almost forgotten

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:01:34 +0000

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Snark! I'd almost forgotten what it's like. Love it.

You know, at first I took

Verified Atheist — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:24:06 +0000

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You know, at first I took this as pure snark, but it's actually not a bad idea, assuming we set the bar high enough. So, I ask the dagblog community: what should x be such that if the rich create x million jobs by the end of the year, we extend their tax cuts? Is 20 million enough? What sort of caveats should we put on those jobs? Must they pay a "living wage"? (I would think so, but then one must define precisely what a living wage is.)