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AgingAmerican

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18. I stated what Kennedy said during the debate w/Nixon

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #17)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 02:41 AM

Apr 2015

That any decrease in taxes on the top rate would be made up by closing loopholes. So you counter it with a chart? Read the debate text which I have linked to multiple times here.

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To the Right: STOP equating the JFK tax cuts to Reagan's [View all] Dpm12 Apr 2015 OP

Are you crazy?? immoderate Apr 2015 #1

No, I just hate when conservatives do that. Dpm12 Apr 2015 #2

I am just afraid you might expect some compliance. immoderate Apr 2015 #6

The whole, "Kennedy did it first" meme AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #3

Wrong BainsBane Apr 2015 #5

You 100% missed my point entirely... AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #8

The agenda being the truth BainsBane Apr 2015 #13

I stated what he said during the debate AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #16

I don't give a shit what that chart says... Dpm12 Apr 2015 #9

LOL BainsBane Apr 2015 #10

So you believe he was a 'Third Way®' person? AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #12

There was no Third Way then BainsBane Apr 2015 #17

I stated what Kennedy said during the debate w/Nixon AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #18

N/T Dpm12 Apr 2015 #20

Thanks for proving EXACTLY what I said AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #24

You're welcome! Dpm12 Apr 2015 #25

I know he was a political centrist, that's not my point... Dpm12 Apr 2015 #14

They weren't just marginal BainsBane Apr 2015 #19

WHAT THE HELL!? Dpm12 Apr 2015 #22

The chart wasn't meant for anything related to the OP AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #11

Both massively cut taxes on the rich BainsBane Apr 2015 #4

I don't trust the NY Times Dpm12 Apr 2015 #7

Any reputable US history book will show the same thing BainsBane Apr 2015 #21

What are you going to say now? Dpm12 Apr 2015 #23

Let Thom Hartman explain Dpm12 Apr 2015 #15