Lowering salaries of senators and congressmen & executive branch would be nice, I guess. Many of those guys don't even need the money and the sweetheart deals they get after they leave and work for lobbying organizations makes their salary kind of a joke to them.

Indeed.... and HR25 would be great too!

Good luck with that, a pure consumption tax which would eliminate Congress' power to encourage certain people and corporations? A totally progressive tax? that'll never happen.

It would be a great thing to pass though.

Now that Oak, is a different thread. I'm more than happy to discuss about whether cutting taxes will raise or lower taxes paid in the long run.

I didn't realize all taxes paid go to "Barry". If you want to have a serious conversation about what I think about tax rates, I'll oblige you after I get to work.

I think your better than this "Barry" talk but we'll see later today.

Glad we all agree that cutting taxes
Is the fastest way to spur the economy.

Interestingly enough the current Swedish government (which I happened to vote fore) has made lowering taxes and keepin salary increases down one of their main priorities during the last two terms. This has led to us having more poor people than ever, more people on government welfare, and a larger gap in income between the rich and the poor. Some of this is to blame on the poor economic times but lowering taxes isn't an automatic solution to everything.

Don't reply? lol! I started this thread and politely asked for an answer to a given scenario in the OP.

Much like the liberal party, you try to change the rules, and deflect.

Passive aggressive obstructionist deflection at its finest.

There is no automatic solution, I suspect there are ingredients other than just tax cuts involved in the situation in Sweden. I don't recall anyone bringing up limiting salary increases in America. I know of no one that supports salary caps... Lol except for the NFL.

You maintain your own currency, are primarily an export country so you must take a huge hit on conversions?

Sweden has made a recent push to reduce unemployment and raise pay which it looks like has increased unemployment.

Looks like you took some huge hits to GDP in the last decade also.

AMS-åtgärder masks your true unemployment rate of near 20%.