Kerry to unfurl plan to halt Bush tax cuts

The Boston Globe ^ | 12/03/2002 | Glen Johnson

[GeneD]

WASHINGTON - Senator John F. Kerry is kicking off his presidential campaign with an economics speech today that will flesh out his proposal to freeze Bush administration tax cuts in favor of a payroll tax cut for workers and new investment incentives for businesses.

[Garden Island]

Sounds to me like Kerry wants to raise income taxes.

[HELLRAISER II]

MR. Kerry you can keep your F*****G tax plan to yourself, leave President Bush's Tax plan alone. We don't want to pay anymore taxes.

[JoeSixPack1]

Kerry is a muppet. Convoluted, issue jumping, political sleezeball. And that's on his good days.

This new pitch at doing NOTHING will gain him, oh, maybe 2 votes. His and his dog's, (who I am pretty sure votes).

[TSgt]

That's it Democrats!

Keep living up to your legacy as Tax & Spend Liberals!

The implosion continues...

[gridlock]

Risky scheme... Wouldn't be prudent.

If somebody does not pay income tax, how do they get a rebate of income taxes?

[William McKinley]

Bush's answer should be:

I am not for raising people's income taxes by rolling back what we have already passed. But I think that decreasing payroll taxes as well is not a half bad idea.

[Wphile]

This is so absurd. The politicians complain about the fate of social security all the time and Kerry comes out in favor of reducing social security taxes. He says we can't afford President Bush's tax cut but then how can we afford this one? It's ridiculous and totally disingenuous. Another rebate is not what we need. We tried that last year and it didn't do a whole lot of good.

I say, accelerate the Bush tax cuts, making them effective now. Eliminate the double taxation on dividends and reduce the capital gains tax.

I'm not against a payroll tax cut but Kerry's plan is all smoke and mirrors. He doesn't have a clue.

[areafiftyone]

Does this jerk think he is president already? What the hell is he doing? The Democreeps need to put a muzzle and leash on this guy if they know what's good for them. They are in hot water as it is and Kerry is bringing them down futher into the abyss. Oh well - buh bye democreeps!!

[alloysteel]

Easy - all they got to do is call it a prepayment on your Social Security. EVERYBODY that works for wages pays the SS and Medicare tax, the most regressive taxes now assessed on the workers of America. Poor black men pay into the fund so rich white widows may benefit.

[HELLRAISER II]

The way I look at it if SSI will be history before I can take advantage of it, In my opinion I need to start putting MY MONEY in my own account for ME not for someone else. They are continuously trying to screw us and quite frankly i'm tired of it.

[Reagan Man]

There should be more tax cuts, not less. PresBushes 2001 tax reduction plan should be accelerated, not frozen. Capital gains should be slashed. The death tax and the marriage penalty tax should be abolished. The AMT should be killed. The best move, would be for the Bush administration to push for serious tax reform and make that part of his reelection strategy for 2004.

[finnman69]

Bush can respond "keep my tax break, phase out AMT tax, AND provide 6 month temporary moratorium on payroll taxes."

[HELLRAISER II]

That's a little unfair to say, if they're already rich chances are their husband already paid a considerable amount of taxes. However like I said in a previous post, if SSI becomes defunct by the time I can collect then I need to either keep my money or invest it in my own damn account & quit paying for other peoples bills.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

bump

[chiefqc]

A voice from the darkness of the living dead.

[kjam22]

These guys still don't get it. Someone needs to tell the rats "IT'S THE WAR STUPID". By time the election rolls around nothing else will matter. Some would say this is by coincidence. Others might contend that we have drug this post 9-11 thing out this long for a reason. Either way... it is what it is.

[apillar]

Uhm....

Let me see...

To get the so called "Kerry" plan passed, it would have to be passed by a Republican house, and a Republican senate. It would then have to be signed by president Bush, who made the tax cuts the centerpiece of his agenda.

Uhhm....

I wouldn't hold my breath Senator Kerry!

[sinkspur]

I'm not against a payroll tax cut but Kerry's plan is all smoke and mirrors.

I don't understand why this can't be characterized as an attempt to destroy Social Security!

[savedbygrace]

Wishful thinking by Hair Kerry.