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Biden calls paying higher taxes a patriotic act
Yahoo ^ | September 18, 2008

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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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; economicpolicy; lp; obamabiden; taxes
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1 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:46:25 PM by Fox_Mulder77
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To: Fox_Mulder77

Him first.


2 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:47:08 PM by Daveinyork
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, JOE! GOD BLESS YOU JOE, YOU JUST WON THE ELECTION FOR US! (laughing hard)

"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

3 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:47:38 PM by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

Throwing the tea in the bay was patriotic, not taxes..


4 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:47:39 PM by Quick Shot
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To: Fox_Mulder77

How dare he question my patriotism!


5 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:47:46 PM by rhombus
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This coming from the guy who hails from the tax haven state. Unbelievable.


6 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:48:12 PM by jersey117
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To: Fox_Mulder77

Don’t you dare question my higher taxes!


7 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:48:28 PM by AU72
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To: Fox_Mulder77

STAND UP, JOE!


8 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:48:44 PM by TADSLOS (Cure CINOism- Write in proven conservatives at all levels on the ballot)
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To: Quick Shot
This is a classic Rush rimshot moment! Unbelievable! Slow Joe is our secret agent out there! ;-)

"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

9 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:48:56 PM by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

The ‘Rat definition of rich: Anyone who draws a paycheck.


10 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:48:57 PM by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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John McCain and his ilk are patriotic - the tax and spend Demos are traitorous dogs.


11 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:49:12 PM by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
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To: Daveinyork

Charlie Wrangle second.


12 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:49:12 PM by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

Game over. Thanks Joey.


13 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:49:21 PM by nhwingut
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Stand up Chuck!


14 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:49:54 PM by NeoCaveman (End the Obamanation, Vote Maverick, McCain/Palin '08; Free Laz; Drill baby drill; Stand up for Chuck)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

Enemies foreign and domestic comes to mind.


15 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:50:05 PM by bmwcyle (Vote McWhatshisname and PALIN)
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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


16 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:50:10 PM by MarkL (Al Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag! (heard on Bob Brinker's Money Talk))
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Does he mean only the regular people are patriotic. I mean after all don't the Kennedy's and other Dem's of there Ilk use tax shelters not to pay? I guess he's saying that the Dem's aren't patriotic. Nice of him to be honest.
17 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:50:18 PM by JimC214
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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?


18 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:50:19 PM by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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"We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people," Biden said...

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!

19 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:50:48 PM by IbJensen (Ali Bama isn't going to make it!)
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I wonder if anyone asked him how patriotic he is?


20 posted on 9/18/2008, 12:50:49 PM by Lord Basil
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