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John Kerry can tell if you make more than $200k a year, just by LOOKING at you!

Posted on 10/09/2004 6:57:32 AM PDT by JohnRand

Kerry: "...And looking around here, at this group here, I suspect there are only three people here who are going to be affected: the president, me, and, Charlie, I'm sorry, you too."

Kerry speaking in last evening's debate about his plan to raise taxes on people making 200k+ annually. So now John Kerry is prejudging people by just looking at them to determine their income?!? He decided that the only people in the room that qualified as his new tax-hike victims were himself, Bush and Charlie Gibson! Wow, a big criticism many liberals have of Bush is his supposed "arrogance", there was simply nothing more arrogant and ignorant than that statement that Kerry made and it will probably haunt his campaign...


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To: somerville

A man who has never run a business and created his own wealth has no intellectual equipment to judge wealth in others. I see this in my profession, the trust babies are clueless to the small business owners' actual net worth. They think if a man doesn't drive the correct luxury car, he must be struggling.

Entrepreneurs make good money when they work hard, but they are too busy to acquire the trappings of obvious wealth. Kerry is a snob geek who cannot buy his way to cool, and it KILLS him.


141 posted on 10/09/2004 8:14:31 AM PDT by moodyskeptic (www.WinWithHumor.com)
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To: JohnRand

The man is plain arrogant and don't think this statement plus the "global test" phrase won't be on people's minds when they vote in a little over three weeks from now. This was a horrendous gaffe and it showed Kerry at his worst snobbish self. Hillary and Bill are all smiles now.


142 posted on 10/09/2004 8:18:38 AM PDT by midftfan
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To: taildragger
He dissed our allies the Poles again and insulted their proud descendants and immigrants in states like PA.

I think he really has screwed the pooch when it comes to the Polish vote and NOBODY is talking about it.

Nobody in our old media seems to have noticed it. Heaven forbid that blather etc. bring anything that would appear negative to Kerry to the attention of their audiences.

I'll bet people are talking about it among our allies though. Kwasniewski the Polish president had a comment about it too the other day. He was not pleased.

143 posted on 10/09/2004 8:19:22 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: varon
but as a US Senator he only earns $158,1000 per year (2004).

That answers my question --- he's not really in the elite range of salary earners either --- but I have a feeling he looks down on anyone who actually WORKS for a living --- he married a woman who inherited her wealth --- a true aristocrat --- not a working slob like the rest of us.

144 posted on 10/09/2004 8:20:47 AM PDT by FITZ
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To: texasbluebell

The media certainly would have noticed it if Bush had sad something so condescending --- but you can tell Bush is an okay kind of guy who doesn't really look down on the little people --- he acts like someone who could show up at a picnic or baseball game with the little people and fit in just fine. Kerry never could except before an election.


145 posted on 10/09/2004 8:22:49 AM PDT by FITZ
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To: JohnRand

Reminds me of Ross Perot's "You People".


146 posted on 10/09/2004 8:24:00 AM PDT by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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To: JohnRand

Kerry was engaging in class warfare in its ugliest form. His analysis that only the two candidates and the moderator would be affected is equivalent to saying: "Hey, you folks are the little guys. This tax hike isn't going to hurt you. It's only going to hurt the big guys, and therefore, you should embrace it."

Let me tell you something, Mr. Kerry. The fact that a particular tax is borne by the few at the benefit of the many does not make it fair, and reeks of the principles of Karl Marx ("From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.") The goal of the democrats is to find the exact spot where 51% of the voters would pay no taxes and be beholden to the democrats, while the other 49% would shoulder the full burden and vote fruitlessly for the republican candidates. A close look at the tax system in this country will demonstrate that we are almost at that point, and Kerry's proposals will speed the way.

The fact that a tax only applies to certain people does not make it a fair tax. On the contrary, it makes it blatantly unfair. Suppose I propose a tax of a billion dollars a year on all couples named Bill and Melinda Gates. The tax would raise a fairly substanital amount of revenue while only affecting a very, very tiny number of voters, i.e., two. And, they could clearly afford it. Does that make it right?

There is an old saw about the possible tyranny of democracy when majority rule is applied in the absence of fairness. It is the tale of two wolves and a sheep voting to decide what's for dinner.


147 posted on 10/09/2004 8:24:35 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: JohnRand
[ Kerry speaking in last evening's debate about his plan to raise taxes on people making 200k+ annually. ]

is that a husbands 100k and wifes 100k = 200k ?
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The family business makes 200k...
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They can both make 200k... and the business can too..
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Was that a throw away argument.. since it means absolutely nothing...

148 posted on 10/09/2004 8:25:22 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: fightu4it
Barring any assets that were his former wife's, or any assets that are his current wife's, just how did John Kerry amass any significant wealth, and what kind of money are we talking about?

We're not talking about ANY wealth of his own. He's a kept man, always has been. He got nothing from his first wife, had no money of his own, had to borrow friends' apartments because he couldn't afford to pay the rent, was said not to have a bed of his own when he married Mama T.

Even in his early years, though his family had the name and connections to put them in the world of the wealthy, they had no money either.

One of his aunts or great-aunts paid his way through his expensive schools, and he was said not to have the wherewithal to even have a proper wardrobe for the circles he traveled in.

Now of course, his wardrobe is tended to by his valet, and he looks down on those whose clothes don't measure up to his.

149 posted on 10/09/2004 8:27:16 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: FITZ
How much do Senators and Congressmen get paid in wages annually?

Is this a trick question..?

TOP FIVE ANSWERS:

1. Too much.

2. Too darn much.

3. Way too much.

4. They are set for life.

150 posted on 10/09/2004 8:30:35 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Hillary's heart is darker than the devil's riding boots....................)
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To: moodyskeptic

In addition to this remark, was anyone else annoyed by Kerry's name dropping: "Chris Reeve is a friend of mine." ?


151 posted on 10/09/2004 8:31:12 AM PDT by somerville
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To: FITZ

No, Bush is a regular guy I think.

He was said even at Yale to despise the eastern establishment types (of which Kerry is certainly one).

I think he couldn't wait to get back to Texas.

He was the only child of his parents to have been born in CT, yet he is also the only one to have become a true Texan in spirit.


152 posted on 10/09/2004 8:32:42 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
The fact that a tax only applies to certain people does not make it a fair tax. On the contrary, it makes it blatantly unfair. Suppose I propose a tax of a billion dollars a year on all couples named Bill and Melinda Gates. The tax would raise a fairly substanital amount of revenue while only affecting a very, very tiny number of voters, i.e., two. And, they could clearly afford it. Does that make it right?

No, if you want to make it right, you'd have to change the names to Teresa Heinz and Liveshot Kerry. Then it would be right! ;-)

153 posted on 10/09/2004 8:33:42 AM PDT by maryz
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To: JohnRand

Well currently, I make less than $200,000 a year and I guess with Kerry as president, I have no incentive to even try to make more. That's the liberal way....keep people down. I am a small business owner and I want to grow my business, but if I do, I'll have to give more to the government. I'll have to hold off on hiring and expanding my business if Kerry becomes president. How is that good for anyone?


154 posted on 10/09/2004 8:34:18 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: texasbluebell
We're not talking about ANY wealth of his own. He's a kept man, always has been. He got nothing from his first wife, had no money of his own, had to borrow friends' apartments because he couldn't afford to pay the rent, was said not to have a bed of his own when he married Mama T.

Yes but he's still superior because he never dirtied his hands by doing any kind of work.

155 posted on 10/09/2004 8:41:55 AM PDT by FITZ
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To: SC DOC
I thought Congress did not extend that provision last week, and the rates will therefore automaticallhy go back to those under Clinton starting in 2005

I think that passed and became permanent.

156 posted on 10/09/2004 8:42:27 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Osage Orange

That's why I asked what they got PAID ---- not what they EARN.


157 posted on 10/09/2004 8:44:17 AM PDT by FITZ
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To: BillyCrockett
The sad part is Mr. King will certainly vote for sKerry. (From a former Mainer, I might add).
158 posted on 10/09/2004 8:44:55 AM PDT by Raffus (Thanks to all Veterans for their service to our Country.)
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To: FITZ

Hehe.

That reminds me of the Seinfeld episode, with the girl with "manhands".

Kerry's got just the opposite.


159 posted on 10/09/2004 8:49:55 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: winodog
Excluding her was kind of sexist, when you think about it. Elitist, sexist, lying phony - all this in one package? Why, let's elect him president! (What the hell is wrong with some Americans?)
160 posted on 10/09/2004 8:50:17 AM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (The police never think it's as funny as you do.)
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