Federal tax revenues plummeting


	Federal tax revenues plummeting

rmowery

8-4-2009 1:16 AM

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business, economy, government

rmowery says:

No shit! Pretty simple math---> If A gets $$ from B, but many B have no work to earn $$, then they have nothing to pay to A.

So as more B lose jobs, where does A get more $$, raise the tax of the B's who are employed?

It is just a huge house of cards that keep tumbling......

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