[Son House]

Remember Joe the Plumber?

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Yeah, it took that long before McCain thought about discussing economics, 3 weeks before the election, Republicans are still trying to emulate his campaign when everyone of them should be out blasting Democrats early 2010...

[Son House]

Remember Joe the Plumber?

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The uninformed voter who didn’t know who he was going to vote for 3 weeks before the election...

[monocle]

Most of his supporters don’t pay federal incomes taxes anyway and that is why his tax the rich rhetoric is so appealing to his followers.

[DainBramage]

Read my lips...no new taxes...

[wayoverontheright]

"Those who make over $250,000" happen to be our nation's investors and employers. These are the people that sign the checks, and through their investing, take the risks. If you are a wage-earner, then you have probably already suffered some of the consequences of treating the "rich" as the enemy. Perhaps you've been laid off, or had your hours cut back, Maybe you've had to absorb a higher piece of your health insurance.

What I'm getting at is that the damage done by "taxing the rich" always affects the lower rungs of the tax rolls anyway. Call them unintended consequences. The fact that Obama has become an "agnostic" about tax increases on middle Americans, and that NOW we should begin to worry displays a profound ignorance of economics in this country. Look at the unemployment that targeting the "rich" has already wrought.

The best posture to take for tax policy? Begin taking the boot off the necks of those who "make more than $250k"- the "rich", so that capital formation and risk taking can begin again, this is how you help the "little guy".

[pyrless]

Yet another promise with an expiration date. How many does that make now? I can’t keep up.

[Sarajevo]

If Duh’bumba’s lips were flapping, he was lying.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

February 11, fellow freepers. Remember it. 2/11 is the day the tide turned hard in our favor. It’s the day 0bama exposed TWO flanks (pardon the visual). Among the news items: Cell phone users were said to have no reasonable expectation of privacy, and that no-tax promise was swept under the table.
These two matters have dropped like the flaps of a trap door under him, and he did it all by himself.

While you’re remembering 2/11...Sarah Palin had a birthday! :)

[olepap]

This is the best thing that can happen for us. This seals the political doom of the flimsy flyweight.

[GailA]

We make between both our SS and hubby's retirement WELL under the $250G, yet we received a tax INCREASE because GW's tax cuts were allowed to expire. Hubby's retirement check was smaller in Jan than Dec of '09.