Posted on 11/11/2006 9:59:00 AM PST by Fred
o: National Desk
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement by John Kartch of ATR:
Democrats rested on Wednesday following their victory to take over both houses of Congress. But sure enough by Thursday the calls for tax increases were put on the table by the Democrats' top economic advisor, Robert Rubin. Rubin served as Treasury Secretary in the Clinton Administration and as an advisor to failed presidential candidate John Kerry.
The decision to wait until after the elections to mention tax increases should come as a surprise to no one since Rubin suggested this exact tactic during the Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. Rubin said:
"I don't think you can make proposals to try to dig out of this hole until you've gotten elected and until you've organized effectively across both parties and both houses. If you start to put out proposals now, they would be vigorously attacked, and they would in effect become tainted so they couldn't be used." Source: Rich Miller, "Robert Rubin: Embrace Kerry," Business Week Online, 8/2/04
"Liberals are doing exactly what Rubin suggested in 2004 and what conservatives tried to emphasize throughout the entire course of the 2006 election cycle," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. "Clearly, Rubin views his position on taxes as unacceptable to the American people or he wouldn't have advocated keeping their plans a secret until after being elected."
Americans are now in jeopardy of experiencing a $2,000 tax increase if some or all of the President's tax cuts are not made permanent. All the tax cuts are set to expire by the end of 2010. Furthermore, the new Congressional leadership is advocating tax increases wrapped under different guises such as the "Tax Gap" and "Tax Reform." Despite their poll-tested rhetoric, the fact is these proposals are designed to extract higher levels of tax payments from the American public.
"Democrats dressed up like Republicans on the tax issue during the campaign and emphasized they would not raise taxes. Somehow the new leadership believes they have a mandate to raise taxes on working American families, continued Norquist. "Despite repeated rhetoric by Pelosi and Rangel in the final weeks of the campaign claiming they will not raise taxes, it is becoming clearer each and every single day that tax increases will be on the table."
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ATR is a non-partisan coalition of taxpayers and taxpayer groups who oppose all federal, state and local tax increases. For more information or to arrange an interview, contact John Kartch at 202-785-0266 or at jkartch@atr.org.
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I'm waiting for the same thing to happen here in newly-blue New Hampshire. The Dem gov was elected for a second term, and the first thing he says in his victory speech is that he's going to raise the mandatory school attendance age to 18! There's no way he can keep his "no taxes pledge" and still be able to fund the additional classrooms and teachers that idea will require.
And that was only the first item in his laundry list of give-aways...
We have seen several Robert Rubin threads. We need to keep eyes and ears open for other D statements, especially from those in office or shortly to be sworn in.
I disagree with that as well. I draw a good salary, but the government takes half of it before it ever goes into my bank account. Robert Kiyosaki defines wealth by the number of days you can survive without having to go to work. You are "rich" when that number is infinite and work is optional. Even though I've paid off my home mortgage, the property tax on my home works out to $300/month. I'll never have the option of not working with that tax hanging over my head.
TAX CUTS REDUCE THE NATIONAL DEBT!
Meaning you can't leave high school until you are 18? Even if you have finished all 12 grades?
I don't get it. What is the problem he is trying to solve?
Will not happen as long as Bush is President.
The steady drumbeat from the MSM on Iraq* Iraq*Iraq*Foley*Foley*Foley*GOP Corruption*GOP Corruption*GOP Corruption*Iraq*Iraq*Iraq*IRAQ*IRAQ...that is what handed this election to the deceitful-tax-hiking-dimocrats...
No, I did not have any cap gains on my tax return, due to Section 1256 (formulated and rammed through the Regress in 1986 by none other than Dan Rostenkowski (D) Caponeville.)
I remember them passing a huge tax increase in 92 and the child molester Mel Reynolds high fiving one of his SOCIALIST DONKEYCRAT Komrades when it passed.
It's Lynch's way of solving the high school dropout problem, supposedly, but in reality, it'll be a windfall for the educational establishment.
In his own words, from an earlier speech:
"For our state to compete and our children to succeed, more of them must graduate from high school. Last year an estimated 2,300 of our students dropped out of high school. We must make it clear to our young people that we are not going to give up on them; or let them give up on themselves. We must change the law and require our children to stay in school until age 18."
"Along with the bipartisan sponsors of this legislation, I recognize that changing the compulsory attendance age is only one part of the solution."
"That is why this spring I will host a statewide summit to develop strategies for keeping our young people in school. We must think creatively by looking at alternative programs, vocational high schools, internships, night programs, and at the role of the community technical colleges."
"Our young people, and our state, cannot afford for us to fail. Every New Hampshire child should receive a high school diploma."
As an MD I am at the stage where I can start working less. If taxes go up, I will just work less. Not worth going to an early grave to keep less then 50 cents on the dollar. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way....
Wow! What a shock! No border security and tax hikes. Well, we couldn't have seen this coming. /sarc
And what does he do about all the kids who have completed all the requirements to graduate but arent 18? Force them to keep coming to school and run up the taxpayers' costs for no purpose whatsoever?
A lot of kids graduate high school and go off to college at 17.
Maybe I should send him an email.
Wasn't a matter of "if", it was just a matter of "when" the RATS will expose their intentions.
personally I think if the kid wants to drop out at 14 they ought to let them, parental consent ofcourse. plus maybe a provision for the smart ones to go to college.
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