I see the Awesomeness.
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I read most of it and I enjoyed it, being relatively liberal, but he also brought up the point of tax shelters in the Caribbean. That sort of crap is one reason I won't buy Seagate hard drives these days — at some point, they "moved" to the Cayman Islands despite their actual corporate HQ still being in Scotts Valley, CA. (The other is that they kind of screwed the pooch with the Barracuda 7200.11, but that's neither here nor there.)
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I already watched the whole thing on C-Span, every single word was so refreshing. About the only major thing he left out was the transparently hypocritical mountains of deficit spending and debt limit increases the Ryan budget contains.
..I..I think I just cried tears of happiness.
For all the good it'll do. American Citizens and the Democrats are either too apathetic or too weak to do anything about it, and the Republicans will never listen.
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His speech is right on the mark. Cutting the defense budget and raising corporate tax rates are absolutely the most important ways to reduce the deficit. I wish we had a lot more socialists like him in Congress.
I agree, make them unable to move to Cayman Islands or such an area. Or better yet, seize all money in those areas not belonging to residents.
The transcript.
I love this guy.
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Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.