Copy of - a thought in fastblogit.com

About: [Congress] slips into a ‘predictable spiral’ - The Washington Post

Strange how groups do not (always) self organize to accomplish their goals … for example, the Congress of the United States.

Rather the self interested political relationships of the groups members dictates what they will do.

Seth

Place your bets: will our dysfunctional Congress

“cut taxes” AND “run up a huge deficit”
… OR simply do nothing
… OR even, who knows, maybe even balance the equation equitably, as intended

?

#intention #group #DeficitRising #UsDeficit #politcs #congress

Comments

Seth says

Choices, choices, choices …

If there’s one message I hope @realDonaldTrump heard today in Texas, it’s this. pic.twitter.com/naPwtQB0Ff
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) August 30, 2017

which ones will Congress take?

Mark de LA says
Interesting book in Provenance onetime in CFR’s p.87 #315 – W.T.Cooling Public Policy 1916 – now online (**)
I would call your attention to this quote residing in the book:

← Pg.8 Chapter 1 ¶ 4

My summary is that when the people are smarter than the government order → disorder . According to the book the problem of forming a consensus is a primary defect.

Seth says

this, if it becomes true, appears to be what i would call “not equable”

but i think the math needs to be redone … i am not sure how … probable fact is that the “Richest 1%” pay a higher % than the other catagories. Seems to me that the comparison should be “per share paid”. An interesting math problem, eh?

Seth says
👍

Mark de LA says
This really is off the topic – just more anti-Trump pile on. ELSEwhere, I have seen a flat tax would raise the taxes of the rich by double. Me(I) just rule all “tax the rich” memes & schemes as pure jealousy at best & futile since the rich can buy a team of lawyers & accountants to outmaneuver the silly brains of the legislators proving the point of W.T.Cooling’s book.

Mark de LA says
The question can be phrased so many distorted ways.
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/only-the-rich-pay-taxes/

of the total amount of taxes paid how much is paid by the richest 20%
of the total amount of tax collected who benefits the most from the taxes?
taxes are legal theft are they not?
etc ….

Seth says
well such notions brought up by representatives on the floors of Congress would almost certainly perputuate the ideologic stalemate and militate towards options 1 & 2 which i (and the op ed) presumed in the body of this thought. to arrive at a practical improvement to the tax code, representatives will need to talk together with a different vibration.

Mark de LA says
& Rodney King says: