Posted on 06/30/2007 6:05:42 AM PDT by Kaslin
Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y) equated higher taxes with patriotism during the third nationally-televised Democratic Presidential debate Thursday evening.
When asked if she believed Americans were paying enough taxes, Clinton praised billionaire U.S. investor Warren Buffett because, as she said, “He’s honest enough to say, look, tax me because I’m a patriotic American.”
She went on, “We have to change the tax system and we’ve got to get back to having those with the most contribute to this country.”
Buffett made headlines earlier this week when he said the wealthy should pay more taxes at a Manhattan fundraiser for Clinton’s campaign with a $4,600 per person admission fee. Clinton raised $1 million at the event.
Because Buffett is the son of a former Republican U.S. Congressman from Nebraska, Clinton asked Buffett why he was a Democrat. He replied that Republicans were more likely to think "I’m making $80 million a year, God must have intended me to have a lower tax rate."
Buffett said: “The 400 of us [here] pay a lower part of our income in taxes than our receptionists do, or our cleaning ladies, for that matter. If you’re in the luckiest 1 per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.”
After reflecting on that conversation, Clinton concluded at the debate, "So, yes, we have to change the tax system. And we've got to get back to having those with the most contribute to this country."
Clinton also said that she would raise taxes to prevent the outsourcing of U.S. jobs. She pledged she would “end the tax breaks that still exist in the tax code for outsourcing jobs,” as well as enforce trade agreements with stricter labor and environmental standards and increase job training.
“Global warming would create millions of new jobs for Americans,” said Clinton.
The debate was held in Washington, D.C. at Howard University, a historically black college. It was hosted by PBS and was moderated by television and radio personality Tavis Smiley.
Before introducing the candidates, Smiley explained the purpose of the debate: “It’s called the All-American (that means you) Presidential Forum. We call it that because it’s about time we had a debate that focused on the issues that affect all of us including those of us who happen to be black and brown.”
Clinton received great applause for the thoughts she shared about the AIDS rate among American women. ?"If HIV/AIDS were the leading cause of death of white women between the ages of 25 and 34, there would be an outraged outcry in this country," she said.
“I’m working to get Medicaid to cover treatment,” she said. “I'm working to raise the budget for Ryan White, which the Bush administration has kept flat, disgracefully so. Because there are a lot of women particularly who are becoming infected in poor rural areas, as well as under-served urban areas in states where, frankly, their state governments won't give them medical care.”
During the debate, Clinton managed to plug her 1996 child-rearing bestseller, “It Takes a Village.” When asked why the unemployment rates of black high school graduates was 33 percent higher than an unemployment rate for white high school dropouts, Clinton replied, “Well, I really believe that it takes a village to raise a child, and the American village has failed our children.”
All eight Democrats running for their party’s nomination for President participated in the PBS debate and a full transcript is available here. PBS will sponsor a Republican debate in Baltimore in September.
Amanda Carpenter is National Political Reporter for Townhall.com..
Democrat’s “Final Solution” - Tax any and all money you make or have in the bank at 40% until they drain you down to nothing and have to live on welfare and vote for them.
“And we’ve got to get back to having those with the most contribute to this country.”
Karl MArx just looked up from his chains in hell and, for a brief moment, grinned.
Their donations could be earmarked for specific domestic causes.
Real truth is they're maggot Democrats who want average men and women footing the bill for their pet interests.
I'd like to see Hillary!'s 1040. It should be scrutinized for tax shelters.
She is a moron. We fought to Brits to advoid taxes, and she says it is Patriotic to pay more in taxes so some lay about can sit at home and watch TV on a big Screen while hard working Americans toil.
A vote for this Hag is a vote for the death of the USA.
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Hillary is a senator from NY
Any Questions?
someone should remind the old fud that paying taxes is VOLUNTARY!!! he is free to pay as much extra as he wishes... so why does he have an army of accountants/lawyers on the payroll trying their best to not pay to pay or avoid taxes completely then???
what a pos
We fought to Brits to avoid taxes
Then it was no taxation without representation. Now we’ve learned taxation WITH representation ain’t all the great either.
15% flat rate for everyone. If we could get the same kind of enthusiasm for this or something like it as we did for "Amnesty" we'd probably get it! The question are we willing?
Which at that time amounted to less than 10 percent. Which is BTW all God asks.
“Warren Buffett because, as she said, “He’s honest enough to say, look, tax me because I’m a patriotic American.””
Should just make a big donation if he’s so ‘Patriotic’.
Nope. Their “Final Solution” is to increase the tax rate to 90+% and require you to work in order to receive state benefits and vote for them.
“Contribute”? How are Americans “contributing” if it’s taken from them on threat of jail and seizure of assets?
And why did Warren set up a foundatin to avoid estate taxes? And why doesn’t he just donate EVERYTHING he has to charities — or he could just pay it to the US Treasury to address the growing deficit and fuzzy math of the Social Security and Medicare systems... His would be a solution that would last for about a half a minute. And why don’t we just force all venture capital companies and investors to dissolve and turn their ill-gotten gains and investments to the government... we don’t need any friggin’ new ventures in this country!
And now I’ll ask the question that the great Ayn Rand asked in a great 1972 op-ed when candidate George McGovern was raising the same questions about taxing wealth instead of merely income: “By What Right?”
Right! Why have we let these rougue prix do this to us?! If we can get them to move away from Amnesty and "The Fairness Doctrine" like we did, why not any legislation?
Demand it, WE are the boss of them! It's been a long time coming, but this Amnesty bill should prove to every conservative or rather every American that wants smaller, less intrusive gov't, like NEWT promised back in '94, that WE control this. Understand WE killed the Amnesty bill when the LIBERALS we're in power, what SHOULD happen if conservative get back the power?
Clinton praised billionaire U.S. investor Warren Buffett because, as she said, “He’s honest enough to say, look, tax me because I’m a patriotic American.”Hillary is a liar. And if Buffett said that, so is he.
Approx two years ago Buffett bequeathed all his BILLIONS to the Gates Foundation, solely to avoid the Inheritance Tax.
He's leaving his kids a couple mill each and that's it. Everything else goes TAX FREE to the Gates Foundation. He said they could put his money to better use than the gubmint.
So much for 'tax me I'm patriotic'.
Steve Forbes probably has the best solution:
15% flat rate for everyone.
7% would be more attractive,
being there is currently a 10% rate that would have to be increased to the 15%.
Hillary Klinton, socialist pig, can go to stinking hell, or Mexico, which ever fits.
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