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Debate over: Obama rules out extending Bush tax cuts for richest taxpayers
Hotair ^ | 09/08/2010 | Allahpundit

Posted on 09/08/2010 9:11:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: carton253
This morning, on my local radio station, Fox News was talking about the Bush tax cut and kept saying that they were tax cuts for the rich.

Exactly. Four years we've been told by the media and Dems the cuts were for "the rich." So, there's nothing for Obama to extend, right? Or will they admit they've been lying?

21 posted on 09/08/2010 9:32:32 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: SeekAndFind
Debate over: Obama rules out extending Bush tax cuts for richest taxpayers

In the words of one Bubba klinton - it depends on what the meaning of "is" is. In the 0bamao regime if you are working, and you have some money, you may be "rich". Any money you have is money 0bama feels HE should have, and once der Fuhrer has spoken, it is so!

22 posted on 09/08/2010 9:34:33 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: freekitty

If he could find some way of having a proxy group for “only white people pay taxes”, he’d do that.

The American Spectator article summed it up really well - the only reason legislation and the tax code are so complex is so that they can treat people UNequally under the law.


23 posted on 09/08/2010 9:35:17 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: freekitty

Right now there is no bill for anyone. Just wait until the ordinary people realize that the 10% bracket goes to 15% and the child credit goes from $1,000 to $500. If the Dems were serious about stopping that they would have introduced a bill last year or early this year.


24 posted on 09/08/2010 9:36:08 AM PDT by Truth is a Weapon (If I weren't afraid of the feds, I would refer to Obama as our "undocumented POTUS")
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To: SeekAndFind
Democrat definition of the rich: You have a job and PAY taxes.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

25 posted on 09/08/2010 9:37:09 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: SeekAndFind
The “Blue Dogs” are a bunch of treacherous jackasses and shouldn't be given any great status. A democrat is a democrat is a democrat.
26 posted on 09/08/2010 9:37:42 AM PDT by frogjerk (I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
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To: avacado

We know this scumbag is a lying imposter, he will say anything to keep power then do what he wants like he already has..yes the debate is over, Uh_bummer sucks


27 posted on 09/08/2010 9:38:49 AM PDT by aeonspromise
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To: avacado

Yes, that’s the point. This is a losing proposition for democrats. If the bill that comes before him is to extend *all* of the bush tax cuts, and he vetos it, he will have in effect violated his pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class. Nobody will case what the technicalities of it all are, all they will care about is that people under $250k will see a massive tax increase. Enough democrats have peeled off the “soak the rich” version to make things very uncomfortable for them on this issue.


28 posted on 09/08/2010 9:40:34 AM PDT by drangundsturm
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To: Truth is a Weapon

So true.


29 posted on 09/08/2010 9:41:59 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: MrB

You got that right.


30 posted on 09/08/2010 9:42:28 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Paved Paradise

It’s not just a matter of families, but tax politics is highly stereotypical. Just because I am a married man with six children in my home doesn’t mean that I really need any more tax break than someone who lives alone and is single. Likewise, I could also be the single man who makes more than the man who is married with six children, and live a luxurious life. Either way, you can see where I am going with this. Determining who deserves what tax refund is not a rule that works based on assumptions of the person’s income, married status, etc. These are stereotypical assumptions that are neither fair nor workable on a national level.


31 posted on 09/08/2010 9:53:04 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama has never used logic in his life why should he start now.


32 posted on 09/08/2010 10:00:29 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: SeekAndFind

While they keep talking about taxing the rich, they plan on getting another 50-400 bucks from the rest of us. Go figure, there’s a million or more of us for every 1 rich they keep talking about taxing. You can bet they know it too. Then, there’s new ‘’fees’’ all will pay.


33 posted on 09/08/2010 10:01:11 AM PDT by Waco (From Seward to Sarah)
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To: SeekAndFind

So sad how woefully uneducated this country is in economics that they think a tax increase for the rich is “sticking it to ‘em”.

Most will never understand why, how they lost their job or got a pay cut, but at least “we stuck it to the man”! They’ll wonder why their own taxes went up! “I’m not rich”! But...at least we “stuck it to the man”!


34 posted on 09/08/2010 10:02:09 AM PDT by albie
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To: SeekAndFind

Bring it on, you Kenyan piece of manure!


35 posted on 09/08/2010 10:02:38 AM PDT by fwdude (Anita Bryant was right.)
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To: Morpheus2009

I understand but the tax policies tend to be punitive of married couples. Additionally, I believe that families are good for America and our society and that the tax policies actually should be more generous for families. Sorry if you are a single or a no-childer but we have to decide what we want to promote in this country and then act like we mean it. Do we support families, children, conservative values,etc. I have no problem with people who don’t have children but people with children should get more breaks. Sorry. That’s how I feel. And while I’m on the subject, I am noticing that this society is increasingly becoming very anti-child. The Duggars have gotten a lot of flack for doing what the Bible said to go out and do.


36 posted on 09/08/2010 10:12:17 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: SeekAndFind
President Obama will rule out on Wednesday any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy

Huh. This is a first...

...watching someone drive the last nail into a coffin...

...from the INSIDE.

Not that I mind...but it's just...bizarre...

37 posted on 09/08/2010 10:23:22 AM PDT by NorCoGOP (OBAMA: Living proof that hope is not a plan.)
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To: Paved Paradise

The part about having children I do agree with. But the point I am making is more the fact that the U.S. taxpayer system is highly stereotypical of the individual. Trust me, I want to find myself a wife, and have children. However, if I were somehow still stuck on that path, single, and saw a married couple with multiple children, that needed that help, I would gladly provide whatever financial, or physical assistance I could, including getting some other neighborhood pals to help them move in, help a strained family crisis etc. The problem I am getting at is that the system of taxation in America needs to get overhauled, and made much more simple. Our tax system is a biased system in numerous ways, the complexity is more of the problem, IMO, than is specific parts. If one took a look at the Progressive Income tax, it is unconstitutional, and fails in the objectives of decreasing income disparity, favoring the right people (including those married with children, as you mentioned, etc.). The flat tax idea proposed by Steve Forbes sounds a whole lot better.


38 posted on 09/08/2010 10:25:17 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Paved Paradise

Who are the Duggars?


39 posted on 09/08/2010 10:29:00 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duggars


40 posted on 09/08/2010 10:30:47 AM PDT by nascarnation
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