Posted on 10/18/2008 6:26:37 PM PDT by george76
"We are going to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans," Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, said in the spin room here at Hofstra University following the final debate of the 2008 presidential election.
Plouffe was repeating one of the boldest claims made by the Obama campaign. It's a claim that the Wall Street Journal editorial board dubbed "Obama's 95% Illusion," noting that more than a third of Americans don't pay any income taxes, and that what Obama's plan does do is offer a raft of subsidies and government payments to individuals and families that he redefines as "tax cuts." His proposal looks more like a redistribution scheme than an honest effort to reduce taxes -- as he revealed on Monday when he told a now famous Ohio plumber that his plan aimed to "spread the wealth around."
So when Plouffe reiterated the 95 percent claim, I asked him a simple question aimed at clarifying whether Obama's tax plan was about cutting rates, or merely handing out government checks. "What rates would actually go down"? I asked.
"Middle class people are going to see, systemically, their taxes reduced, and small businesses," Plouffe responded.
"But what rate would go down for lower-income Americans?" ...
"We'll have to get you the exact details on that," Obama's campaign manager told me.
"Well, you said that there's going to be a tax cut on 95 percent, so what rate would go down?"
He replied, "I'll have to get you the exact rate differential."
Given that he wasn't clear on the actual rate changes involved, I asked, "but which type of tax would go down?"
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
“How can Obama cut taxes for 95% of Americans when 40% pay no income tax?”
By printing money, driving up inflation and having his pet mediots lie about what is really happening.
And even if he did that’d be a major rewriting of our social contract. One way or another he should really be called on it, because he’s caught either way.
The rats have been pushing for free Social Security or the elimination of so called payroll taxes for those who don’t pay any income tax for at least a decade.
So you and my younger relatives will be paying for their voters’s social security as well as their tax rebates even when they don’t pay income taxes.
Biggest mistake of the campaign thus far.
My guess is that the Democrats will make a move on our retirement funds . One trick is to require all retirement accounts to hold at least 10% U.S. government bonds.
Hey, it’s for safety.
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And it would grab a quick $1 Trillion dollars from us taxpayers for BHO’s friends.
“My guess is that the Democrats will make a move on our retirement funds . One trick is to require all retirement accounts to hold at least 10% U.S. government bonds.”
I have no problem with US Treasury Notes/bonds, and a big problem with owning any Freddie or Fannie BS. I got out of those bonds or mutual funds owning them about the time the Whoreacle of Omaha did.
Last week both John and Snowbami came out against forcing us old goats to start really pulling from our IRAs at age 70.5.
My wife wondered why Snowbami would do that. I think that you have just pointed why.
Of course when he is sworn in, he will take at least 5% a year at least, from our IRA’s and 401k’s and “donate” that money to Je$$ie HyJack$on, Acorn, Nation of Islam, and the unreverend $harpton for more reparation payments. So the longer we have money supposedly in those accounts we can support the reparations and bailout.
Perish the thought!!! (barfing the dry heaves)
At long last McCain finally called him on this.
Only Obama responded - the 40% do pay taxes, payroll taxes. Then he accused McCain of saying that hardworking Americans would be getting welfare.
How would you counter?
The top 1% pay 40% of all income taxes.
The top 5% pay 60% of all income taxes.
The top 10% pay 71% of all income taxes.
The top 25% pay 86% of all income taxes.
The top 50% pay 97% of all income taxes.
The bottom 50% only pay 3% of income taxes.
Plus the Payroll taxes are matched by the employer, yet the employer does not get the medicare or social security money later; the employees do.
Anyone with a brain, a sense of morality and a real concern about America, who doesn’t vote for McCain/Palin is putting our country and our families at severe risk.
If Obama wins:
1. Our children and grandchildren will have no future except what is given to them by the Obama Thugs.
2.We senior citizens will see our retirement funds/pensions eroded each year for reparaions to Obama’s anti America voters/supporters.
3. Those of us, who resist what is coming after Obama is sworn in will face very dire consequences.
It really really bothers me that some many people have fallen for this wannabe Marxist Know Nothin...
Let’s take up a collection for Grampa Dave’s gun rack for his Honda truck for displaying toilet plungers and maybe even some sewer snakes!!!
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