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CBS Poll: Most want taxes on millionaires increased
CBS News ^ | 10/04/2011 | Brian Montopoli

Posted on 10/04/2011 10:08:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/04/2011 10:08:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 10/04/2011 10:08:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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64% of people think we should raise taxes on someone else. I’m shocked.


3 posted on 10/04/2011 10:10:11 AM PDT by hometoroost (Frodo lives!)
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Gee. Say something often enough, and people start to believe it, facts notwithstanding.

The Nazis sure could have used this tactic, couldn't they?

Oh, wait...

4 posted on 10/04/2011 10:10:34 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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Source = CBS = Joke


5 posted on 10/04/2011 10:10:46 AM PDT by edcoil (The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. -- Joe Paterno)
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Let’s see a poll on how many folks think that MSM trolls should remain breathing.


6 posted on 10/04/2011 10:11:58 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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1) Robbing Peter to pay Paul has always been popular

2) Loaded push poll question. They’re asking about raising taxes to pay off the deficit. How about if they simply ask whether people favor raising taxes on millionaires without adding the deficit part? Or put another way, “do you support raising taxes on millionaires to support lavish pay and benefits to government union workers?”


7 posted on 10/04/2011 10:12:10 AM PDT by Borough Park
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Oh, so they WANT to see 12% unemployment ??


8 posted on 10/04/2011 10:12:37 AM PDT by Reagan69 (First they came for Sarah Palin and conservatives said nothing...)
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This is kind of taking on the flavor of those moments in the Coliseum in Ancient Rome when the Emperor asked for a show of thumbs up or thumbs down on the gladiator laying in the dust under the point of the sword.

He shouts, “Raise taxes on the rich???,” and the crowd goes wild.

“Raise taxes on you???.” Thundering silence!


9 posted on 10/04/2011 10:12:49 AM PDT by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
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Oh, so they WANT to see 12% unemployment ??


10 posted on 10/04/2011 10:12:54 AM PDT by Reagan69 (First they came for Sarah Palin and conservatives said nothing...)
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Most people polled have no idea what taxes millionaires actually pay.


11 posted on 10/04/2011 10:13:39 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (When life gives you lemons, throw them back and demand chocolate.)
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64% of a highly Democrat slanted sample of cockroaches want taxes raised.


12 posted on 10/04/2011 10:14:03 AM PDT by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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https://www.pay.gov/paygov/forms/formInstance.html?agencyFormId=23779454
13 posted on 10/04/2011 10:15:26 AM PDT by South40 (Rick Perry = The next John McCain)
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Got a friend that claims to be conservative. But he’ll vote for increased taxes for others. This is Oregon, so the loons are the majority. It apparently hasn’t dawned on him that he keeps voting for candidates that lose, but he usually ends up on the majority side of ballot initiatives.


14 posted on 10/04/2011 10:16:02 AM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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cBS getting the answer they were looking for. Bad question plus a crappy sample will always do it.

This poll was conducted by telephone from September 28-October 2, 2011 among 1,012 adults nationwide.

15 posted on 10/04/2011 10:16:35 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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64% of all Americans want millionaires to pay more taxes. I wish the follow up questions as follows were asked.

What percentage of their income should a millionaire pay.

2) What is the current percentage millionaire's currently pay.

16 posted on 10/04/2011 10:17:18 AM PDT by JIM O
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Easy poll question for the the RATS. Do you want to use your money or OPM for Social Security?

Mike

17 posted on 10/04/2011 10:18:51 AM PDT by MichaelP (The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools ~HS)
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“64% of people think we should raise taxes on someone else.”

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And it is especially easy when that “someone else” is an evil “millionaire”.

Once upon a time, when the United States still vaguely resembled a meritocracy, people of accomplishment were actually admired and emulated.

Then came the hippies, the Norman Lears, the counterculture, the Howard Zinns, the ACLU, and good became bad, up became down, right became wrong, ad naueseum....


18 posted on 10/04/2011 10:20:05 AM PDT by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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I propose a compromise.

Increase taxes on democrat millionaires!

Release their tax returns so we can verify they pay it, or turn them over to Roseanne Barr.

Deal?

and send them a thank you note for the 20 minutes of government spending their extra taxes will pay for.


19 posted on 10/04/2011 10:21:31 AM PDT by silverleaf (Common sense is not so common - Voltaire)
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Millionaires do not pay taxes on their accumulated wealth.

People on the way to becoming millionaires are taxed most ruthlessly on the income flow that goes to BUILD the million, but passive gains are not taxed, as equity once established, that is, clear title without mortgages, the growth in its imputed market value, and in fact, its power to earn return on investment, continue to build value and contribute to the millionaire’s net worth.

The net effect of TAXING millionaires, is to reduce their return on investment, not to diminish their accumulated wealth.


20 posted on 10/04/2011 10:22:40 AM PDT by alloysteel (Are Democrats truly "better angels"? They are lousy stewards for America.)
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