Posted on 9/18/2008, 12:46:24 PM by Fox_Mulder77
WASHINGTON - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that paying more in taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. The Republican campaign for president calls the tax increases their Democratic opponents propose "painful" instead of patriotic.
Under the economic plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, people earning more than $250,000 a year would pay more in taxes while those earning less — the vast majority of American taxpayers — would receive a tax cut.
"We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people," Biden said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Noting that wealthier Americans would indeed pay more, Biden said: "It's time to be patriotic ... time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut."
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Him first.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Throwing the tea in the bay was patriotic, not taxes..
How dare he question my patriotism!
This coming from the guy who hails from the tax haven state. Unbelievable.
Don’t you dare question my higher taxes!
STAND UP, JOE!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The ‘Rat definition of rich: Anyone who draws a paycheck.
Charlie Wrangle second.
Game over. Thanks Joey.
Stand up Chuck!
Enemies foreign and domestic comes to mind.
Hey Joe, there’s nothing keeping you from simply writing and extra check to the treasury, if you’re feeling extra patriotic.
But forcing someone to be “patriotic” isn’t the same as being patriotic. But then your statements are idiotic.
Mark
We have to pay higher taxes because of the waste the democrats love. $54 million to the ones that crashed Fanny and Freddy and lost their jobs, they should be in jail. The rats like high oil price to pay off favors to the terrorists and others. Where is pelosi’s most honest congress at?
Biden, like that other intellectual senator from Illinois, Carole Mosely Braun, thinks government's job is to imitate Robin Hood, but don't realize that It's Communism Stupid!
I wonder if anyone asked him how patriotic he is?
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