What do Tax-Fearing Bush supporters think of this!?
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The overwhelming share of the tax cuts the Senate voted to extend will flow to the wealthiest taxpayers. People earning $1 million a year would save about $42,700, and reap about 22 percent of the total tax cut, according to the Tax Policy Center, a research group in Washington. People earning $40,000 to $50,000 a year would save about $47 and receive less than 1 percent of the benefits. This sucks for hard working americans!
990297
He's failed at every other business he's ever tried, why not this one?\n\nI love the "tax-and-spend democrat" line that people like to throw around. Democrats need to raise taxes to pay off debts incurred by their Republican predecessors. Clinton raised taxes to help offset years of republican fiscal irresponsibility. Carter did the same. Democrats have suddenly become the party of fiscal responsibility while raising the standard of living. Bush is the first president in history to go to war without raising taxes (cutting them, instead) or asking for "shared responsibility".\n\nI would expect a mad search for the "veto stamp" if Democrats gain control this year.\n\nBush was a "c student" at Yale, majoring in Business Administration. I am wondering what the hell they taught him. His "real-world" experience tells me they graded him too high.
638976
100 cents - use good sense and spend them all well after Bush not much makes sense!!!!
601059
Maybe he has had enough, this is not the contract with America that he signed. I know that I have had enough. Tax cuts for the very rich. Spend, Spend and spend somemore, maybe he has joined the 71% that does not like the direction that the country is going in.
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Where is all that "political capital" he claimed to of had? Support from the left? Please, he's burned, actually torched any bridge from that side of the aisle. He better worry about his base. There is nothing conservative about this administration. This guy loves to spend, borrow and spend more (mostly on industries and cronies that have helped his political career along). Just look at the national deficit! Is there no end to this groups madness and incompetence? Does anyone honestly think he has one bit of concern (other than their vote) for the common American citizen? He did say "Some call you the have & have mores... but, I call you may base". He sure wasn't referring to the person that punches a time clock!
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he's against taxes that hurt the rich... like taxes on big oil... but taxes at the pump that poor people have to pay too... he doesn't seem to mind...
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Heres a little ditty by Walter E. Williams that not only shows the absurdity of the rich getting an unfair tax break but one of the reasons they take their bussinesses elsewhere.  I hope you take the time to read it!           \nSuppose that everyday 10 men go to dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If it was paid the way we pay our taxes, the first four men would pay nothing; the fifth would pay $1; the sixth would pay $3; the seventh $7; the eighth $12; the ninth $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. \nThe 10 men ate dinner in the restaurant every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until the owner threw them a curve. Since you are all such good customers, he said, I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily meal by $20. Now dinner for the 10 only costs $80. \nThe first four are unaffected. They still eat for free. Can you figure out how to divvy up the $20 savings among the remaining six so that everyone gets his fair share? The men realize that $20 divided by 6 is $3.33, but if they subtract that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would end up being paid to eat their meal. \nThe restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. \nAnd so the fifth man paid nothing, the sixth pitched in $2, the seventh paid $5, the eighth paid $9, the ninth paid $12, leaving the tenth man with a bill of $52 instead of $59. Outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. \n"I only got a dollar out the $20," declared the sixth man pointing to the tenth, "and he got $7!" \n"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. I only saved a dollar, too.   It's unfair that he got seven times more than me! \n"That's true," shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $7 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks." \n"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor." \nThe nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night he didn't show up for dinner, so the nine sat down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They were $52 short! \nAnd that, boys and girls, is how the tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up at the table anymore. There are lots of good restaurants in Switzerland and the Caribbean\n\n\n\n\n      \n \n     \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n   \n   \n  \n   \n   \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \n   \n   \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1004018
I cant believe my hard earned money that is getting taxed is going to people like you
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Lowered taxes?  My tax "break" was $300.  My share of the deficit Bush created is well over $10,000.  Also, taxes are simply the price we pay for government services, so looking only at how much you pay in taxes is an idiot's game.  You also have to look at what youre getting for your tax dollars.  Bush made us all poorer in a sense by reducing what we get from the govenment in the form of air safety (FAA budget) Highway safety, educational funding, arts funding, and the hundreds and hundreds of other things for which Bush cut federal funding.\n\nNo terrorists attacks?  In case you havent heard, there was a terrorist attack about 8 months after Bush took office.  I believe its know as 911.  Google for it if you are unfamiliar with it.\n\neconomy booming?  Please!  Scroll down to the charts on this page:  http://members.aol.com/freedog1000\n\nLow unemployment?  I dont know if thats a statistical fact, but when you look at the quality of the jobs out there, they are not there.   New jobs at McDonalds just dont cut it.\n\nFighting islamic Jihadists?  If Bush caught Osama, I must have missed the news that day.\n\nBush started a war based on lies about nuclear weapons that has killed over 600,000 men, women, and children.   After cutting the funding to rebuild the levies of New Orleans, and ignoring the global warming that fuels hurricanes, he appointed an unqlalified boob to head FEMA.  Thousands died in the streets of New Olreans as a result.  And just look at the Bush record on the enviroment:\n\nhttp://members.aol.com/freedog1000/wild/
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... well... first off... I fear I may be wasting my breath, because the information is out there and with an attitude like "all that I have seen or heard from the democrats is their utter hatred for President Bush"... it seems to show that you watch and believe only conservative sources of news... if that's all you believe, then it's pointless to argue...\n\nbut, real quick... a few points... \n\nIraq... listen to the generals (as many retired generals have said the current admin has not), set goals and flexible time lines to get the country stabilized and our boys home...\n\nhealth care... work to either expand current coverage of medicaid or work on bringing the costs down, but not through caps... costs are totally out of control\n\neducation... work to give more loans at lower rates and grants... tuition has skyrocketed... also, rework no child left behind to make it a working program...\n\ntaxes... keep the cuts on the middle class, repeal investor tax cuts... this will generate revenue to apply to the deficit...\n\nsocial security...we need to stop taking out of the jar and pay back what we have taken out... \n\nterror... work on bin Laden... a lot of talk from the Republicans about bin Laden... little action... the sooner we stabilize Iraq, the more we can focus on him...\n\nthere are other issues... and different democratic candidates have different views on the issues... just like McCain and Bush's views on these issues you asked about are sometimes very different inside the same party...\n\nEDIT: don't mention it... I think that one IMPORTANT key is that I don't like all democratic candidates... I think some of them are crazy... and I don't dislike all Republican candidates... \ntry to vote on the individual and their stances and not the party... I may lean to the democrat side often, but I do vote Republcian at times...
81873
No, it is not in their personal best interest.  A simple flat tax would fix all, but they won't do it, as the population would understand each time taxes were increased, and it would prevent them from using tax laws to reward cronies, businesses and supporters.
920449
Hes not a liberal, hes communist.  Just kidding, hes a would be independent.  I'm all for taxes.  That is if they are for just cause but look at how or tax money is being used.  What a bummer, I hate to think if the way my money is being waisted and yet I'm happy to see my money put to work.  There once was a joke on Little House On the Prairie when Mr. Edwards said something like, One day they will make us pay taxes on our own money we earn.  There are a lot of unfair laws out there.  It seems like if you need help from the government, you have to swear and oath that you promise to stay poor for ever.  There's no getting up while your down is some cases.
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You've answered your own question.  I always laugh when the Dems come flying out with "another tax break for the rich."  Well of course it should be for the rich.  They pay all the taxes!!!!\n\nMaybe they need some remedial math lessons.  Let's see:\n\nIf Johnny is unemployed and paid 0 dollars in taxes last year, how much will his refund be if the federal government reduces the tax rate for all brackets by 1%?\n\n0 X 1% = 0\n\nAlso, I too think a flat tax has redeeming qualities.  Also, also, the death tax does hurt average Americans.  I am a family farmer; I've seen the numbers.\n\nAlso, MishMash, your $500 wouldn't cover .5% of the quarterly ESTIMATE I have to pay before 6/15, since both my wife and I are employed without children.  By fed standards, we are "rich" with a combined income just over $100K and we paid in excess of $30,000 in taxes last year.
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I'm going with wise.  It would be too costly to put the tax & spend liberals back in charge!
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I would love to see how much of the overall taxes that they make up... \n\nand how much do the loopholes help them... I've heard a lot, and I know some people who are weathy and they know a few tricks to cut down on what they pay.... \n\nWe all know the most profitable business in America, the oil compaines have tax cuts from the government... I wonder about the personal taxes?\n\nblackcorgi... aren't there "tax-free" investments that you make? or deductions that you have that cut down on that percentage considerably?... wouldn't anyone that makes that much be "a fool" to not take adavantage of these (no offense if you don't)?
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Isn't it amazing how Bill Gates, the Walton (Walmart) family, and thousands of others became billionaires or multi-millionaires under the old system of progressive taxation?\n\nImposing a "flat tax" or "vat" or "sales tax" will only shift the burden to the poor and middle class.\n\nWe should restore the old tax code we used to use to provide an incentive for wealthy people to use their wealth to create businesses and jobs in the US rather than encouraging them to invest in China or other places outside the US.
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If anyone thinks the rich are hard working.. you either don't know any of them or you are one and you don't know that other people work much harder...\n\nThat being said... Bush equates taxing the rich to communism and socialism... and people run away saying it's bad and evil... \nNo... it's fair... I pay my taxes and they should too... but most of them get huge breaks and loopholes... that my friend is crap...