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Sequester/Budget Poll

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rimrocker, Feb 27, 2013.

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Which Option Do You Prefer?

  1. Replace, saving $27.5b by cutting farm subsidies & raise $55 billion by cutting tax ded. for oil.

    3 vote(s)
    13.0%

  2. Cancel $55 billion in DoD cuts & replace by shrinking food stamps and public health.

    1 vote(s)
    4.3%

  3. Replace with equivalent savings by ending subsidies to oil, closing tax loopholes.

    13 vote(s)
    56.5%

  4. Keep the sequester as is.

    6 vote(s)
    26.1%
  1. rimrocker

    rimrocker Member

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    Which one do you favor? (And give me a minute to get the poll up.)
     
    #1 rimrocker, Feb 27, 2013
  2. rimrocker

    rimrocker Member

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    The poll limits the number of characters, so here are some better descriptions:

    1. Cancels the $85.3 billion in 2013 sequester cuts and replaces them with a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes. The plan saves $27.5 billion by cutting farm subsidies and raises $55 billion by cutting tax deductions for oil companies and by implementing the Buffett Rule, which sets a minimum tax rate for incomes over $1 million.

    2. Cancels the $55 billion in sequester defense cuts for 2013 and replaces them by shrinking funding to food stamp programs, cutting $11.4 billion from the public health fund in the Affordable Care Act, and cutting the Social Services Block Grant program, among others.

    3. Replaces the entire sequester with a new plan with equivalent savings, accomplished by ending subsidies to fossil fuel companies, closing several tax loopholes, cutting the corporate meal and entertainment tax deduction at 25 percent, and enacting a 28 percent limit on certain tax deductions and extensions.

    4. Keep the sequester as is.
     
    #2 rimrocker, Feb 27, 2013
  3. Mr. Clutch

    Mr. Clutch Member

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    #1, but without the buffet rule. Replace with a carbon tax.

    but no way it happens politically
     
    #3 Mr. Clutch, Feb 27, 2013
  4. Steve_Francis_rules

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    Where is the option for keeping the same dollar amount in cuts (even the split between defense/non-defense) but not making it mandatory for cuts to be across the board? I believe the House twice passed bills back in December that would have given more discretion over what to cut.
     
    #4 Steve_Francis_rules, Feb 28, 2013
  5. Deckard

    Deckard Blade Runner
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    I think you should go ahead and type out deductions in the poll, rimrocker. It looks like there's room, and it's a bit confusing the way it is now, IMO
     
    #5 Deckard, Feb 28, 2013
  6. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet
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    Elements from all of the above. Why not eliminate tax breaks, reduce discretionary spending, reduce entitlement spending, AND reduce defense spending?
     
    #6 StupidMoniker, Feb 28, 2013
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