The “middle class” is the people with a job. Obviously the middle class was always the target.
The plan is to raise taxes on the “rich” then cause rampant inflation so normal people will fall into the category of “rich” and pay exorbitant taxes.
All the while the political ruling class has its pay, benefits and pension adjusted for inflation.
...HE DID NOT "WIN THE ARGUMENT" DAMMIT.
He was the (first) recipient of decades of the building of the welfare state begun over 100 years ago by "progressives".
FDR, LBJ, JEC, Willie Jeff, and now BHO have created conditions of easy welfare so that the welfare rolls have grown into a majority of Americans. There will never be in our lifetimes a sane government.
...the lunatics have taken over the asylum. America is a full, blown, certifiable, welfare state with all the "rights and privileges" attached.
The House of Representatives could be our "cavalry to the rescue"..but with Boehner in charge, it ain't going to happen.
The sad fact is that apparently Boehner is so untalented and uneducated that he deems that he couldn't make it outside his House job. Therefore, he is going to throw us all into the welfare state hell hole to save his "job" and the lifestyle to which he has grown accustomed. Doing the right thing for America is not on his agenda, I guess.
No, Mr. President, it is not just a matter of math. It is a matter of a shakedown and humiliation of the so-called rich who are already paying their "fair" share.
If it is possible to have a rational conversation with a Democrat, the Democrat would agree that the "rich" are already paying their fair share. Killing the Bush tax cuts is equivalent to killing the economy, if you understand free enterprise and Economics 101.
The government has demonstrated time and again its incompetence, corruption, and disdain for whatever is American. What is "fair" share today will be short of "fair" share tomorrow. "Fair" share is a moving target toward a 100% tax rate, with the Democrats in charge.
ANYTHING negative that comes out of this will be blamed on Republicans.
If Republicans do nothing, if Republicans cave in to the President, if Republicans oppose the President's policies...the final and ultimate blame will be on Republicans. PERIOD
I have completely lost interest in the whole ‘discussion’ because the MSM consistently and intentionally misrepresents everything that is going on, everything that is necessary and everything that is likely to take place.
Politicians are confused and deliberately confusing... they cannot be trusted and are themselves as much of the problem as the MSM.
Politicians were present every step of the way in the decades long chain of events and record of ‘legislation’ that got the US into the jackpot it's in now.
Trust POLITIICIANS or the MSM? Not at all!
Pay attention to where your precious country is going!
The rich will simply (as always) hire accountants and attorneys, and move their assets around appropriately. The rest of us will get slammed by the AMT.
"Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman"
- George Harrison
The middle class is the real target for the same reason Willie Sutton robbed banks: It’s where the money is.