John Kerry can tell if you make more than $200k a year, just by LOOKING at you!

[JohnRand]

Kerry: "...And looking around here, at this group here, I suspect there are only three people here who are going to be affected: the president, me, and, Charlie, I'm sorry, you too."

Kerry speaking in last evening's debate about his plan to raise taxes on people making 200k+ annually. So now John Kerry is prejudging people by just looking at them to determine their income?!? He decided that the only people in the room that qualified as his new tax-hike victims were himself, Bush and Charlie Gibson! Wow, a big criticism many liberals have of Bush is his supposed "arrogance", there was simply nothing more arrogant and ignorant than that statement that Kerry made and it will probably haunt his campaign...

[reg45]

The rich Democrats, like kerry and Edwards, hide in tax loopholes they create for themselves

I've seen the figures, President Bush actually paid more in taxes (by percentage of income) than the Kerry family did.

[PROTESTBYPROXY]

What a snob, looking down on the little people. Did anyone notice at his news conference that a loud noise came on to muffle the reporters questions?

[varon]

He decided that the only people in the room that qualified as his new tax-hike victims were himself, Bush and Charlie Gibson!

Technically speaking, Kerry isn't in the 200K+ income category either. As a kept man, he is in that category but as a US Senator he only earns $158,1000 per year (2004).

[concerned about politics]

when Kerry says he's only going to raise taxes on those making over 200,000, and then promisses 2.2 trillion in goodies, surely the more intelegent will look at those numbers, and see that it's not possible to raise that kind of money on the top wage earners.

And he's going to give the money to the Democrat voting base. (Are there any social spending programs designed for the right wing voters?)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I too was wondering where he will get these new troops.

Wrong end of the stick. Congress is the one who sets troop strength levels. It is not that people will not enlist it is that there are no slots to put them in.

The President may not unilaterally decide to bring in new troops.

BTW. Enlistment goals for 2004 for Navy, Air Force and Marines were fulfilled in June of this year and enlistment goals for the Army were fulfilled in September.

If the kerry would like to increase troop strength he has that power right now. All it would take is a bill in Congress. Where is that bill?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Exactly.

[Nita Nupress]

If a reality show followed the two candidates around in their daily life for a month, I am not sure Kerry would get more than 10 votes.

Oh, man. Would that make for some good TV or what? Great comment.

[jetson]

I have that power too. Let's see...when I look at John Kerry I see a nose picker, a pervert who licks old socks, a funny guy who does the cha cha, a guy who likes cats with spots on their tails, some who likes to wear his shoes backwards,...etc. See how easy it is.

[browardchad]

Could someone tell me...if this comment by Heinz Kerry...was $200k household income, or did he mean $200k per individual?

You'd have to ask him what he meant -- and good luck with the answer.

[EagleUSA]

"My husband mentioned that last night while Kerry was spewing his tax "plan".
You get a tax break "if" you behave the way the socialists want you to behave. If not, you pay."

Exactly. They historically perform thier social engineering by controlling who has and does what. If you are a good little mind-dead socialist, you are OK, if not, you lose more tax dollars....just reflect on Marx's "USEFUL IDIOTS"...and how Kerry, et al, protect their "USEFUL IDIOTS" and penalize those that want nothing to do with them and their Marxist ways.

[A Citizen Reporter]

NOW I understand why I saw Mike McCurry running around the Wash U campus yesterday afternoon with what looked like cardboard 3-D glasses on. Must be the dims new invention, income-seeing X-ray glasses!

[spectre]

Kerry obviously didn't know about a man who used to drive around a small town, in an old beat up pickup truck, dressed like a farmer. His name was Sam Walton.

Everyone in that room last night looked like they had more money than Sam :~)

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[TexasCajun]

Nothing FnKerry has done or said before has revealed his elists mindset as much as that single remark!

I hope I see a bunch of new signs:

"Kerry, Look at me! What's my income!"

[KarlInOhio]

when Kerry says he's only going to raise taxes on those making over 200,000, and then promisses 2.2 trillion in goodies, surely the more intelegent will look at those numbers, and see that it's not possible to raise that kind of money on the top wage earners.

Once more from the IRS income distribution stats http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/01in03ts.xls

The top 2% of returns ($199,620 cut off) have a total federal income tax of about $367 billion. Even if he could double that tax, which is vastly more than he is proposing, he still doesn't come close to the $2.2 trillion he wants (how many years is that spending over?).

If he were to double income taxes for the top 2%, they would quickly stash their money into tax free income methods (like municipal bonds) like some senator and his billionaire wife do.

[jetson]

"Let me look into your mind! I see all, I know all. You only make $ 40,567.89 a year".

[concerned about politics]

If the kerry would like to increase troop strength he has that power right now. All it would take is a bill in Congress. Where is that bill?

Speaking of bills in congress and stuff....
Bush wants judges who obey the Constitution as it is written.
Kerry said he wanted judges who read the Constitution based on current laws (which are being set by judicial activists on the bench)

[keats5]

This doesn't exactly relate to the $200,000/year/family number, but when my mom died many were surprised to learn she still had more than a million dollars to her name. She had been living off her savings and investments for more than 20 years. What did she and my dad do to amass their "fortune"/ He was a common laborer in a steel mill, and my mom was a secretary.

Because they lacked proper estate family, more than a third of their savings were used to pay estate taxes, which are commonly considered "taxes on the rich."

[Tuxedo]

Kerry also without thinking nails doctors and dentists who often in their private practices easily eclipse the $200K level. Not only does he want to tax them more, he and his running mate are part of the reason for their high malpractice insurance, and their health-scare plan will result in price fixing for procedures. Watch the amount of medical students drop off the table and choose professions like law instead... like we need more lawyers.

[tobyhill]

"Could someone tell me...if this comment by Heinz Kerry...was $200k household income, or did he mean $200k per individual?"

Kerry is also for a rolling back the repeal of the marriage penalty. If you file joint it's complete household but if filed Married but seperate both pay a higher rate anyway so it would be damn if you do damn if you don't for families with combined income over $200k.

[A Citizen Reporter]

The comment from last night needs to be juxtaposed with a reprise of Kerry's comment to the Hollywood elite at that fund raiser a few months ago......

"Kerry Said The Performances Represented "The Heart And Soul Of Our Country." "At the end of the concert, when the two candidates took the stage with their wives, neither made reference to the more inflammatory remarks. Edwards repeated the same campaign speech, and Kerry thanked the performers, saying they conveyed 'the heart and soul of our country.'" (Matea Gold, "Stars Raise Voices Against Bush," Los Angeles Times, 7/9/04)'