The Bush Tax HIKE and Democratic/Obama Tax Cut

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Saturday November 10, 2012 · 12:29 PM PST

2012/11/10 · 12:29

The Bush Tax Cut was designed to expire after 10 years. Why? Because it would have blown the budget even more to do so. And that was BEFORE the recession. So let it EXPIRE after the 2 year Obama Extension. These will be the tax rates that were VOTED on by the Republicans in 2001. These are the tax rates the GOP wanted taxpayers to have in 2011/2013 and on.

So lets start from scratch. Extend the 10% rate up to 50,000. Take the Cap off Social Security taxes, or do the "donut" and have SS taxes on income over $200,000. Or better yet, cut employee (NOT employer) taxes on the first $20,000 as either Krugman or Reich suggested, and take the cap off.

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Democratic Tax Cuts

15 votes Vote Now!

Democratic Tax Cuts

Yes

1 vote

Heck Yes

14 votes

0 votes

Why does the Romney Tax cut favor the rich?

sd4david

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Thursday October 11, 2012 · 8:11 PM PDT

2012/10/11 · 20:11

The GOP prey's on ignorance and stupidity. They propose "a 20% reduction in tax rates, across the board."

So, the rich get cut from 35% to 28%, that's a 7% cut.

In the middle tax rate, goes from 15% to 12%, that's a 3% cut. 3% is less than half of the 7% tax cut the rich get.

Those too poor to pay federal income tax get no cut in their taxes. Any of them. No social security cuts. Mo medicare, sales tax, car registration fee, etc cuts. No deduction for all the rent they pay (as opposed to mortgage deductions).

And last comment. Why does the GOP not get called out when they claim Obama is recklessly spending? The budget is basically the budget Bush passed to him, including the Bush Tax DEFERRALS. (Not a tax Cut if you have to pay it in the future). Sure, Obama spent less than $1 trillion to stop a depression. He saved the auto industry. But the deficits are structural, not due to Obama spending. Less income equals less revenue, and more safety net spending for the unemployed Does anyone remeber WHY the Bush tax deferalls were set to "sunset" in 10 years? BECAUSE even in 2001, before the 2 wars and recession, they were NOT AFFORDABLE. They were predicted to BLOW UP the deficit. And they did. Just the wars, medicare part d, recession, and gas price spikes added to the explosion.

Last, last comment: Good Job, Joe Biden!

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Joe Biden won the debate because:

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Joe Biden won the debate because:

He's a BFD, and Ryan's a BF Liar

8 votes

Ryan baffled us with BS.

0 votes

Ryan was exhausted from a sub 3 hour marathon today, and had to keep drinking water.

1 vote

He's the Scranton Scrapper.

4 votes

Mitt Will be on Meet the Press this Sunday

sd4david

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Friday September 07, 2012 · 10:30 AM PDT

2012/09/07 · 10:30

Mitt, who has ducked media questions most of the campaign, has decided he needs to lower himself to answer questions from the press to have a chance to win. Now, Mrs. Romney had decided "you people" didn't need to see their finances, as if the Romneys were some pillars of morality.

As KOS noted in his recent diary http://www.dailykos.com/... every time Romneybot speaks he says something offensive to humans. The troops didn't make his cut of "things that are important". The Brits probably would screw up the olympics. As people noted in Kos's diary, his statements will be used in Obama's ads.

So with a less friendly interviewer than Fox "News", how many slips will Romney make on Sunday?

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On Sunday Romney will inadvertantly insult

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On Sunday Romney will inadvertantly insult

moms

0 votes

apple pie

0 votes

Chevrolet (or any US Auto brand/company)

3 votes

the troops

1 vote

babies

2 votes

dog lovers

0 votes

veterans

1 vote

his wife

2 votes

most sane and reasonable people on the planet

49 votes

So Hillary won't run in 2016

sd4david

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Wednesday September 05, 2012 · 10:02 PM PDT

2012/09/05 · 22:02

And I believe her.

My questions are:

Should she be offered VP?

Should she accept VP?

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Hillary for VP 2016?

83 votes Vote Now!

Hillary for VP 2016?

Yes

30 votes

53 votes

STOP saying "tax cuts ONLY for those making under $250,000"

sd4david

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Monday July 09, 2012 · 1:06 PM PDT

2012/07/09 · 13:06

BECAUSE the rich STILL GET a tax cut on their first $250,000, just like everybody else! In fact, they get more of a tax cut than those making under $240,000, who get more of a tax cut than those making $230,000, etc etc.

And STOP calling them Bush tax Cuts, or even Bush era tax cuts. Let them expire, rename them Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts and Fairness Bill, and pay for them by charging the same tax rates on capital gains as for EARNED income. Let the GOP oppose them.

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What is the income level for "rich" (yes, varies by location)

36 votes Vote Now!

What is the income level for "rich" (yes, varies by location)

$100,000

8 votes

$150,000

8 votes

$100,000 more than I make.

20 votes

If you got "suckered" into the birther movement

sd4david

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Wednesday April 27, 2011 · 5:23 PM PDT

2011/04/27 · 17:23

You're a sucker. Or a liar.

If you're a "sucker", you probably also have got suckered into believing some other things to be true, that aren't true.
For instance: Lower tax rates for the wealthy create jobs. Lower tax rates increase government revenue. Global Warming is a myth. Big businesses create jobs. Lying about a personal matter under oath is a high crime and/or misdemeanor, subject to impeachment and removal. Cigarettes don't cause cancer. There were WMD in Iraq.

If you're a liar: You know it. We know it. And you belong in the GOP.

Our country has serious issues, and our President has had to waste time on this issue, Of course, new charges will be made up against him. "The Donald" already lobbed his "Plan B", saying the President wasn't smart enough to get into Harvard. The President, and our country, is dragged through the mud, because the GOP thinks that is the only way they can beat him. Those that profess to love America the most have a strange way of showing it.

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What will be the new "mud" thrown at President Obama?

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What will be the new "mud" thrown at President Obama?

...Same as the old.

9 votes

didn't earn his way into Harvard

4 votes

benefactor of Affirmative Action

11 votes

he's not really Catholic

1 vote

other.

2 votes

Breaking: Major GOP official cuts "It gets better" video

sd4david

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Saturday October 23, 2010 · 12:27 PM PDT

2010/10/23 · 12:27

A major GOP official has decided to confront the recent suicides of several teenagers who were, perceived to be, part of the GLBTQ community. A cause of these suicides was being bullied.

Noting that Democrats President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Nancy Pelosi had done public service videos on this issue, a journalist questioned why no GOP leader had done so on this topical issue. The GOP official responded "Well, we get our information from Fox News, and had no idea about this issue."

The GOP official responded, "It does get better for GLBTQ, and usually when my party is out of power. Progress may be slow when the Democrats are in power, but things often go in reverse when my party is in charge."

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Who is most likely to posiviley address this issue?

319 votes Vote Now!

Who is most likely to posiviley address this issue?

John Boehner

3 votes

Mitch McConnell

2 votes

George Bush

27 votes

Sarah Palin

4 votes

John McCain

6 votes

Mike Huckabee

14 votes

other

29 votes

no elected GOP official of GOP party representative

234 votes

Let's get some HATE off of Facebook

sd4david

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Sunday April 25, 2010 · 8:42 AM PDT

2010/04/25 · 08:42

I woke up this morning, and upon checking facebook saw a friend had joined the group "Petition to remove facebook group praying for President Obama's death."

The "prayer" was basically the same one that was used against anti union GOP Governor Christie of New Jersey, in a letter for Union members from a head of a teacher's union. Governor Christie and I both thought it was highly inappropriate. He even called for that person to resign.

I'm all for free speech, but even jokingly advocating someone's death seems to cross the line, especially in these harsh economic times.

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Is a prayer advocating ANY President's Death EVER appropriate?

2137 votes Vote Now!

Is a prayer advocating ANY President's Death EVER appropriate?

no.

486 votes

Hell no.

1528 votes

You betcha.

123 votes

Alex Castellanos' BROKEN Broken Windows

sd4david

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Monday March 02, 2009 · 10:33 AM PST

2009/03/02 · 10:33

Well, ANOTHER Republican "consultant" just doesn't get it. In this article on the HuffingtonPost, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... Alex thinks that Obama's deficits are the same as Bush's.

He seems to dig at an old idea, but just doesn't grasp it. The idea is that if you break a window, then fix it, you are really no better off than if you never broke the window. This is like digging holes than filling them. But Obama is coming into office, and the window are already broken, the roof is on fire (forests), parts of the country are still "underwater" (New Orleans)

So we aren't breaking windows, then fixing them. George Bush has left us a house falling down, and taken many of the tools to fix the house, via squandering a $5 trillion ten year surplus, and turning it into a huge deficit, and wasting it on tax cuts and wars/

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Deficit Spending

30 votes Vote Now!

Deficit Spending

Always is good, even digging and filling holes.

3 votes

Is ONLY good if it produces something new

26 votes

Is a waste of money

1 vote

It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt

sd4david

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 5:39 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 17:39

Well, many days after being chosen to be VP nominee, STILL no Sarah Palin press conference. Sarah had a PHOTO OP at the U.N, but only 29 seconds of reporters to "listen in" to her talking about a world leaders offspring.

Yesterday,John McCain had his first press conference in many weeks (11, I think). Of course, it barely lasted 11 minutes. And he took 2 questions, which he really didn't answer. he said "we want smaller economy" when he meant "smaller government" and vice-versa.

So these two clowns are seeking to run OUR government, but they won't answer questions for their JOB INTERVIEW.

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MCain will next propose we postpone:

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MCain will next propose we postpone:

His nap.

2 votes

His retirement.

1 vote

The election.

39 votes

The annulment of his political marriage to Sarah Baracuda.

9 votes

Joe Biden can DESTROY the McCain Camp.

sd4david

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 11:20 AM PDT

2008/09/15 · 11:20

Well, most of us have seen the diaries about replacing Biden with Hillary Clinton as the VP nomineee.

I've been on this site a good long time now, and I know Hillary is as popular with some members as Bush is! I was initially an Edwards suporter. After he droped, I slighly favored Obama, although the anti-Hillary screeds ticked me off. I would have been happy with a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket.

And as a political junkie, despite knowing his baggage, I was thrilled to hear of Biden's choice as VP. Despite the phony plagiarism charges, the verbal gaffes, and the possibility of Biden's long tenure in the Senate being a liability in a change election, the GOP didn't bloody him up.

Follow me after the fold.

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Should Hillary be VP?

338 votes Vote Now!

Should Hillary be VP?

YES

20 votes

Only if there is no other way to win

80 votes

I'd rather lose than have her in the WH.

32 votes

Dude, you better have flame retardent clotes on to write and publish this.

199 votes

Country First. (Yes)

7 votes

Lipstick on a pig.

sd4david

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 9:17 AM PDT

2008/08/29 · 09:17

Obama gave a great speech last night, noting McSame voted with W 90% of the time over the entire Bush Administration.

Obama pointed out McCain will be following the same economic policies of Bush. And why take a 10% chance on change.

Now in complete desperation, McCain picks an unqualified right wing female extremist to be his VP nominee.

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Palin is a DESPERATE choice because:

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Palin is a DESPERATE choice because:

She's a woman, trying to get womans votes

24 votes

She's a olive branch to the Religious wackos

11 votes

She locks in Aalaska's EC votes.

1 vote

She makes Cindy McCain look old

4 votes

McCain doesn't realize pro-hockey Canadian citizens can't vote in the US.

3 votes

Get off my lawn!

16 votes

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