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Obama brings back Biden pitch, suggests tax-paying ‘patriotic’
foxnews.com ^ | 8/4/2012 | foxnews.com

Posted on 08/04/2012 9:05:21 AM PDT by onlylewis

President Obama suggested it’s “patriotic” for well-off Americans to pay more in taxes, bringing back an argument then-Sen. Joe Biden first made before the 2008 election.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama; taxes
Congratulations; If you make $250,000 gross per year you are one of the wealthiest Americans and you should pay more taxes! (sarc)
1 posted on 08/04/2012 9:05:31 AM PDT by onlylewis
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To: onlylewis

I wonder who are in their focus groups?


2 posted on 08/04/2012 9:07:32 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: onlylewis

Need to turn this around. Is he suggesting that those who pay no taxes are not patriotic.


3 posted on 08/04/2012 9:09:59 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (Defund the Left!)
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Obama brings back Biden pitch, suggests tax-paying ‘patriotic’

I guess Hussein and Idiot Joe Biden demonstrate their lack of patriotism by not paying additional tax. And Hussein's buddy Warren Buffet owes over a Billion Dollars, so he must be a traitor And what about the tax cheat Timmy "Turbo Tax" Geithner?

4 posted on 08/04/2012 9:10:22 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("Get that evil, foreign, muslim, usurping bastard out of MY White House!" FUBO GTFO!)
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So the 48% who pay no federal income tax are unpatriotic? Yep, time to turn them into patriotic tax payers.


5 posted on 08/04/2012 9:14:55 AM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: onlylewis
It is time to leave our inglorious leader in the ditch and to move on!


6 posted on 08/04/2012 9:19:36 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: onlylewis

Only if you’re “patriotic” to Marxism/socialism.

It’s quasi-entertaining to watch Obama reach in his bag of trick and pull out a new scam almost every week. But time and vigilance has enabled us to see smoke, mirrors, and thin wires he manipulates for his ignorant followers.

This “reverse psychology” trick probably works on those trapped behind the bell curve, but to most he’s a very clumsy three-card monte dealer.

His butt-kissing assistants in the media try their best to cover his gaffes, but like thugs robbing a liquor store...we’ve got video.

People are damn well sick of his antics, spending, vacations, and taxes, and it doesn’t matter if he calls I “’tater salad”, a tax by any othe name is still a tax.

The Obama presidency can be likened to the great “beanie Baby” phenomenon back in the 90’s, all the rage, at first, but now you can hardly give them away.


7 posted on 08/04/2012 9:32:13 AM PDT by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: onlylewis
If they were not in positions of power, 0bama and Biden would be a great comedy act.

5.56mm

8 posted on 08/04/2012 9:34:43 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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According to Obama in 2007/08 “George Bush’s deficits” were unpatriotic. Thereby based on that standard Obama quadrupled down on not being patriotic...seems like a winning argument for the libturds.


9 posted on 08/04/2012 9:35:14 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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To: onlylewis

This idea will do for Obama what it did for King George III.


10 posted on 08/04/2012 9:35:54 AM PDT by doyle
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To: onlylewis
If paying taxes is "patriotic", does it not follow that, the more taxes one pays, the more patriotic one is?

In which case, I suggest that Mitt Romney already rates as way more patriotic than Obummer or Biden will ever be.

11 posted on 08/04/2012 9:42:52 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: onlylewis

So I guess most of his voters are not patriotic then?


12 posted on 08/04/2012 9:57:46 AM PDT by Random_User_250
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It is not patriotic to waste money.

It is not patriotic to encourage corruption in government.

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/costs-conflicts-arise-in-reid-push-for-green-power-164858086.html


13 posted on 08/04/2012 10:10:47 AM PDT by ADSUM
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