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(Howard) Dean: "The Truth Is Everybody Needs To Pay More Taxes, Not Just The Rich"
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| december 6, 2012
Posted on 12/06/2012 4:25:55 PM PST by lowbridge
HOWARD DEAN: The only problem is -- and this is initially going to seem like heresy from a progressive is -- the truth is everybody needs to pay more taxes, not just the rich. And it's a good start. But we're not going to get out of this deficit problem unless we raise taxes across the board, to go back to what Bill Clinton had and his taxes. And if we don't do that, the problem is the pressure is going to be on spending even more.
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To: lowbridge
But, but, but, didn't Barack HUSSEIN Obama promise not to raise taxes on the middle class? Wait until everyone finds out what happens to them with Obamacare.
There is no such thing as an honest Democrat and they are all economic illiterates.
To: FlingWingFlyer
Nonsense. There is NOTHING Obama would do that would have stopped the idiots that voted for him. We have exactly the government the people want.
To: tanknetter
So the only thing left to really push down the deficit is to dig deeper down the income scale. Which is exactly where Liberals/Progressives/Socialists are really planning on going.Not true. What we really need is more taxpayers, not more taxes. We can get it through economic growth but liberal government policies are preventing economic growth. The story is the lack of job creation.
To: lowbridge
Taxes to the federal government are the single largest expense I incur. Combined income and payroll taxes (just my 'contribution', not my employer's) cost me more than my house, including the extra amount that I pay each month on a 15-year mortgage. It is larger than my food bill. Larger than my charitable contributions, which, if Dean is like most liberals, are far higher, percentage-wise, than his. Larger than the cost of my cars, which are paid for and all have over 100k miles. My federal tax bill is larger than my utilities, my gas, and my insurance combined. The largest demand on my bank account, which in turn is the largest demand of my income, my time, my life, is tribute to the federal monster that is destroying our country.
And, you want more? Screw you. And, if we go off the cliff, I will be paying more. About 4 grand or so more. Plus, I will probably be hit with the AMT for 2012 taxes, if they don't take care of that.
Tell you what. We can go back to Clinton tax rates if we go back to Clinton spending levels. We can even index it for inflation and population growth. Deal?
To: New Jersey Realist
This is exactly why 0bama got elected - because of the implied promise of free stuff.
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MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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