[Rational Thought]

Excellent Points!

[DuncanWaring]

Which is it?

It's what ever lie is politically convenient at the moment.

Remember the Dems screamed bloody-murder about the evils of the Patriot Act prior to 2006, but they've owned Congress for four years now and the Presidency for two, and I've heard not one peep about repealing it.

[YankeeReb]

Why are the Dems worried about the Bush Tax cuts expiring, after all I can remember during the original debate that these tax cuts only benifited the rich. Now all I hear is that if these tax cuts arnt extented for the middle class, they will be hurt(which they will be). Which is it?

This is the question Rush was asking the other day. The answer is that the Dims have been lying to us since these tax rates went into effect. Anyone who believes anything from the regime and the MSM is not only a fool but dangerous, since they cancel out your vote.

[Gaffer]

The dirty little Democrat secret is that the Bush Tax Cuts benefited the lower income strata more than any other group. Should they be allowed to expire, the bottom 10% bracket will suffer a whopping 50% increase in taxes (10% to 15%) whereas the evil rich top marginal rate will increase from 35% to a little over 39%.........an 11% increase or thereabouts.

Democrats are ALL about POWER - to get the power, they have to TAX and CONTROL. Control your thoughts, your lifestyle, your interaction with other Democrat-defined minority (victim) groups, and enslave you to their will. They TAX so that they can redistribute YOUR income to the victims - simple.

[jennings2004]

It is easy to see that you are a prime candidate for “reeducation camp!”

[anniegetyourgun]

The truth is, they’ve never given a rip about the middle-class.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Three more points:

A) Pelosi and friends state that the additional unemployment extension will provide for more jobs. How? I mean, these benefits have been in existence for 99 weeks, so its not like this is a new benefit starting from zero. If anything, they could maybe make the argument that without the extension, jobs will be lost because money that people have been spending for 99 weeks would dry up.

2) IF, as Pelosi and friends state, the additional unemployment extension will provide for more jobs because the money will be immediately spent, wouldn’t this mean that the unemployment rate should have went down since these benefits have been in existence for 99 weeks?

C) If the real goal is giving people a job, why not do away with unemployment benefits after 26 weeks and just GIVE these people a job doing SOMETHING for their city, county or state. I mean, isn’t there some miscellaneous job the Government could find?

[Cyber Liberty]

This is the land where entire premises can be simply switched as needed to keep liberals in power. They don't pretend to have been against the former Bush policy anymore, they just switched sides all the while claiming they've been consistent the whole time.

Pay no heed. We just switched from fighting Eastasia to Eurasia.

[a fool in paradise]

Why are the Dems worried about the Bush Tax cuts expiring, after all I can remember during the original debate that these tax cuts only benefited the rich. Now all I hear is that if these tax cuts aren't extended for the middle class, they will be hurt(which they will be).

Socialists lie. Always.

It is an unfair tactic to ever quote what a liberal has said on record in the past. You're "taking it out of context".

Besides, "the public is too stupid to vote Democrat", they vote for "hate" and "superstition" in spite of their own "economic interest".

The Rats figure that such a distinction (that Bush cut taxes on middle class Americans) got in the way of the message that Bush gave tax cuts to his "rich buddies". So that detail was simply omitted.

Lies by omission are perfectly permissible by Stalinist standards.