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Bill Kristol: Republicans ‘Screaming and Yelling,’ Doing ‘Contortions’ to Avoid Tax Hikes on the Wealthy

Nov. 25, 2012 9:23pm Erica Ritz

Bill Kristol: Republicans Doing Contortions, Yelling and Screaming About Raising Taxes on Millionaires

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Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol has been arguing in favor of raising taxes on the wealthy for the past several weeks, echoing the president in his November 18 assertion that “it won’t kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires.”

Now he appears to be taking it a step further, lightly criticizing the Republicans in his party who are standing in the way of impending tax hikes.

After host Chris Wallace discussed the recent proposition of making top earners, or couples making $250,000 a year, pay a 35% tax on all their income instead of raising the top marginal rate, Kristol shook his head.

He explained:

“The Republicans are going into contortions to try not to raise the top rate, while in fact trying to produce more revenues– which Speaker Boehner said he’s for– and to produce them from the wealthy, since they’re scared of being accused of attacking the middle class.

“I don’t really care if they want to find some complicated way to get more revenues…I think it’s probably easier just to give in a little bit on the top rate, but they’ve made that a matter of dogma. I’m not going to break my own sword on telling them not to break their sword on it…” [Emphasis added]

Kristol proceeded to discuss the payroll tax, which is due to increase in January, taking issue with how it has been handled by Republicans.

“Republicans have a huge opportunity here to be champions of the working class, of the middle class, instead of yelling and screaming about millionaires.”

Watch video of Kristol’s remarks, via Mediaite:

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another mimi
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:48pm
Why is Bill K’s opinion respected at all? He’s just another “talking head”. What makes any of their opinions worth anything? Besides, wasn’t Bill K. one of the “neo-cons” who talked Bush into invading Iraq? That sure worked out great.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:05pm
  No, Bill K was disappointed because Bush only invaded two countries….Kristol had at least 4 he wanted to invade
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 8:53am
  Because neocons are Leftists who just happen to get a woody about going to war. How regular decent conservatives could be taken in by these Leftist war hawks since the 1990′s is beyond me. They are not on our side, never have been. This crap from Kristol is totally predictable.
  
  Why doesn’t ol’ Bill give up his bank to the Feds first beforce belittling those who wish to not have to contribute more than 60% of the total tax intake?
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 11:26am
  Of course, BillK. was hired by the 100%BROKE bum sitting next to the compamy stairs!! He dont know that only RICHPEOPLE hire workers….CAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD TO!! YOU DUMNOCRATS RAISE TAXES ON THEM AND THEY WILL HAVE TO LAY [YOU] OFF!!
  
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- matabrava
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 12:06pm
  Bill Kristol is not respected. Glenn quote him to ridicule him, the media uses him to advance their agenda, and TV uses him because they are a bunch of morons in command of communication resources, and they don’t have the imagination or lack critical thinking to present new sources of opinion. Just look at “All Star, panel on the Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, or the Six O’clock new with Bret Baier, they are basically the same people, say the same stupid things. They are so predictable that Iknow what they are going to say about the subject of the day, even,before they say it. Shame on Chris Wallace, shame on Bret Baier. The POX on all of their houses.
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 3:07pm
  Pop quiz–who said this?: “We’re going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that have allowed some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share.”
  
  Was it “Obumma” (how clever you all are to come up with that gem)? Was it Karl Marx? Nope, it was Ronald Reagan.He also oversaw 11 tax increases during his Presidency.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 3:37pm
  @Vance
  
  Why would it be Marx? He had no political power at the time, lived by mooching off of other people and wouldn’t advocate taxation since communism is the community ownership of the means of production?
  
  When Reagan was for closing loopholes (wrongly), he did it under the pretense of drastically lowering taxes simultaneously.
  
  How fun history is when one reads. How bad for you when your expectation of ignorance is not met.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 10:07pm
  GHOSTLYBEARDBOY . . . Necons are leftists, eh? If anyone needed final proof of your arbitrary world view, that was it. Face it, grumpiolus, the only things you believe in are what you like and what you can use an an excuse. You’re the epitome of intellectual dishonesty. Don’t feel bad. It’s the core characteristic of the Tea Party. And that is why you lost. Spend less time pontificating and more time learning. You’ll earn a little respect that way.
  
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SilentReader
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:44pm
I stopped listening to this guy long ago. I put him in the same category as all the other Rhinos. The Old Republican guard and their pundits in the MSM disgust me. And some of the new ones too. Like Christie. They’re all sell-outs of the Conservative principles upon which this country was founded on. They take the easy way out.

I hope them in utter contempt.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:54pm
  William Kristol is a Jewish neocon, whose father, Irving, was the grandfather of neocons. They are followers of the Jewish Trotsky. Neocons are Trotskyites. International hawks, social progressives.
  
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- edmundburk
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 9:39pm
  Kristol is a progressive douche-bag.
  And to that list, you can add every RINO commentator at FOX. Even National Review has gone neo-con.
  The only true Conservative outlet is the American Spectator.
  
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Tankertony
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:36pm
They’re screaming and yelling. And like you Billy bob bill bob, still not properly making the case as to why raising taxes is….bad.

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Lotus503
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:26pm
I was watching a TV program on the History Channel this morning about how much the earth is worth (What’s the Earth Worth?, 11:00 am, CT), going by its natural resources, and I was really surprised to see that the combined value of all the gold, silver and platinum in the world (currently mined) adds up to around $14.5 trillion.

Our national debt is about $16.5 trillion.

We’re sunk.

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- Max jones
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:45pm
  Raise taxes….don’t raise taxes. What could this tiny(in perspective) dribble of cash do for the economy? Nothing good. More unemployment probably, but it will put another feather in Bah Rahk’s crown. We’ve got people in charge who are neither wise nor prudent. Agenda driven dolts with minds of children.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:04pm
  sprinkle in a little inflation and the value of the earth goes up to $20 trillion. Fixed!
  
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- Deuteronomy22
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 3:43am
  What’s your point? The scrap value of a new Ferari is around 4 or 500 hundred dollars. Capitalsim.
  
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- brother_ed
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 10:12am
  @LOTUS503
  
  The only way to pay off a $16,000,000,000,000.00 debt is to make $16,000,000,000,000.00 worth $0.00.
  
  That is what they are doing.
  
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- Lotus503
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 10:36am
  We could nationalize the 12 member banks of the Federal Reserve and forgive the $10 trillion debt that we owe them. That would drop our debt to $6.5 trillion and dismantle the Fed in one fell swoop.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 11:58am
  All of it no longer matters….We are the home country of the great Satan, armed with enough nuclear firepower to destroy everybody. and have leaders who don’t have any moral compunction. Sounds like a trashy novel, doesn’t it? By the time we figure out who we are and where we fit in the NWO, all our problems will be solved…no debt, no war, no money……no freedom.
  Don’t worry your pretty li’l head, it don’t concern ya’.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 12:41pm
  BROTHER ED wins the discernment prize this hour……
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 12:54pm
  LOTUS….on the surface, that sounds great, but where did this debt come from and who will default hurt the most? Is this more of the ‘virtual’ money that never really existed? Why is this group holding that much? Who do we go to for info?
  
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conservatype
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:23pm
Earth to Kristol and any congressman who votes to raise taxes: we have a spending problem, NOT a taxation problem. Congressmen: you WILL kiss your cushy DC jobs good bye if you do Obama’s bidding……..

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- AllLost
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:25pm
  No they won’t. Obama proves that santa government will win in a popular vote. Our Republic representatives know what the rabble want. The want bread and games. Thus glorious Rome fell.
  
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- conservatype
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 12:11am
  Dude: that’s true for Democrats, not Republicans. Ask George Bush the first…….
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 12:48pm
  Hey, there H.W. Waddya’ think? “oh, globalistically speaking, the only way out of this economic disaster is to allow the U.N. to rewrite the bill of rights to more fairly manage the formerly great U.S.A.”
  
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Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:22pm
Why do I have the feeling the Democrats are going to win again? The hapless establishment Republicans will first cave on taxes then they will agree to illusory “cuts”. These “cuts” will not be cuts at all but instead will be reductions in projected increases. The deficits will stay high and America will still be on the road to ruin.

When are these people going to understand that America cannot survive many more years of these deficits?

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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 1:01pm
  DOUG…..There is no more of a chance of saving this system than there is a chance of exposing Rome’s government’s (wink, wink) support of satanic globalism.
  
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MONICNE
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:18pm
I probably am wrong to assume he is
A liberal Jew person
Eh

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- AllLost
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:54pm
  Why would you say that ignorant stuff? What difference does it make if he is Jew, Muslim, or Christian? A liberal progressive comes in all denominations and cultures.
  
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Cymry
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:12pm
billy boy needs to come out of the liberal closet like his fellow rinos crist, christie, and spectre (yes, it was an intentional double-entendre). with republicans like this, who needs enemies?

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- freeberty
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:37pm
  You can add Jeb Bush, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels and whomever else that the republican establishment is already trying to push for 2016.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 1:13pm
  George Washington could not win an election.
  
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AllLost
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:07pm
No you stupid, ignorant, arrogant, ass Kristol that is not it. We are objecting to new taxes at all. We want cuts in spending. Cuts in every sector. We want unconstitutional agencies completely shut down. We want earmarks gotten rid of. We want every law passed to specify where in the constitution it is allowed.

We do not have a revenue problem….Repeat it with me….We do not have a revenue problem. We do have a spending problem. When a person has a spending problem the first thing they should do is cut up the credit card and live with what they have.

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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:14pm
  @AllLost…Well Put…
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:50pm
  This web site is strategically censoring posts…..Shame on the blaze!!
  
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- For my Liberty!
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:56pm
  Time to shut down the Government for a few months….STOP all of Congress’s paychecks….but that won’t happen because the Dems are WAY better at playing chess and pointing their fingers and blaming the GOP for the things the DEM’S themselves do…
  
  TIME NOW to line up people to TAKE ON THE GOP for 2014….Get these IDIOTS OUT –ANYONE that has been in for TWO TERMS NEEDS TO GO! Maybe…just MAYBE THEN we can make some sane changes…..
  
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LoveBringsTruth
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:05pm
When someone lies compulsively they continue to lie until confronted. Until this man is confronted through ambush journalism he will continue his wicked ways.

Hey blaze blogers, when are you going to get out of your moms basement and confront some of these lying scoundrels on camera?

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legendarytwo
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:04pm
Billy Boy your stupid. This is just another way to further damage our economy. It will cut the number of people employed so the government can spend more on food stamps and unemployment benefits.

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Keatonc333
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:04pm
You remember when everyone was up in arms when Clinton wanted to raise taxes on the wealthy? saying it would kill jobs, end small businesses, raise unemployment? And then remember how we had 8 years of the greatest economic growth in recent memory?

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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:07pm
  Keaton – So, took a few days away for Thanksgiving eh?
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:14pm
  ha Happy thanksgiving dad! ya i’ve been pulling double shifts at work.. not leaving me too much time. nice to be back though!
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:17pm
  You remember when the internet took off and Computers were selling like hotcakes and produced in America??? Yeah…That’s why Clinton had good years…Not his Taxation…SHEESH…
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:21pm
  “And then remember how we had 8 years of the greatest economic growth in recent memory?”
  
  Very little of his economic plans came to fruition though… You yourself have said that it takes 3-4yrs for implementation of a presidents’ plans.
  
  Times were bad, and yet better then today, under Carter.
  Reagan’s financial team’s plans had settled the nation and created a foundation.
  Companies, large and small, were allowed to develop with little government intervention.
  That went through Bush Sr’s time.
  As economic times were rolling along Clinton had made those statements.
  Heck most people did not have a P.C. in their home when President Clinton came in.
  Computer industry started going full tilt, Clinton had the benefit of an ever growing economy and a new industrial revolution that was going strong.
  
  Times were different… and he benefitted from those times.
  His second term, he had to waffle a little and saw the times through.
  
  No comparison between Clinton and Obama.
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:22pm
  “i’ve been pulling double shifts”
  Cha Ching
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 12:25am
  Keatonc333 writes:”nice to be back though!”….Not if I can help it…
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 1:26pm
  KEATON…You’re a greedy sumbich….Workin’ double shifts.. keeping a homeless, family man from getting a paycheck. Hypocrisy at its most flagrant. I bet he never even got any turkey n’ dressing. You’re no better than a republican funding CEO! You’d better not even show your face in public…..
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 1:38pm
  DADROCKED There is a rather large and possibly course changing development in our energy program coming around the corner. It could change all the paradigms we have been discussing for years. This link, is a presentation from Porter Stansberry, who is looking for investment capital(always), but it is quite interesting……http://pro.stansberryresearch.com/1210THIRDLIA/WPSINB12/
  
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TheEndIsComing
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:01pm
Today is the day that I will NO longer vote for any Republican. I despise the Demoncraps because they dreamed up all of this entitlement society, BUT I now equally distance myself from the Republican’ts because they ALWAYS cave in to the Progressives. Breaking their promise of no new taxes. What p–sies!

It’s time to reset things here in America. LET’S GET BACK TO THE CONSTITUTION!

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:07pm
  you’ll be back because you will be suckered like all the rest into voting ‘the lesser of two evils’ again…
  
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- TheEndIsComing
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 6:05am
  Soy, there are some left that vote on principle rather than “lesser of two evils.” I won’t be back to the Republican’ts. I’m done with them. I’m ready for the reset to this society and would rather swallow my yucky medicine than put up with the way things the way they are.
  
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- TheEndIsComing
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 7:05am
  We sent the Republican’ts to Washington to stand up against the evil Progressives. When it comes down to a “cliff” or a blink game, the Progressives have a great poker face and hold out until they get what they want. It’s rare for the Republican’ts to win in one of these showdowns, because the so often cave in and let the evil Demoncraps get their way. What good are the Republican’ts if they won’t play the game of blink and almost always lose?
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 1:45pm
  ENDISHERE…..When you play with a stacked deck and it is not your deal, you either fold or pull your gun. That is the situation conservative folks are up against. If you are ready to pull your gun, you’d best make sure you have the right target….In other words: Do you know who you are playing cards with?
  
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- TheEndIsComing
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Max, you are correct, we are at that point in our nation. It’s going to take just one spark to get it going. Not sure where or when that will happen, but certainly a civil war is coming. I will not vote for another Republican’t. They are wolves in sheep’s clothing saying one thing, but acquiescing to the Demoncraps. ENOUGH! Back to our marvelous Constitution I say!! It’s time for the TAKERS to stop taking and provide for themselves. I’m a MAKER that’s had enough.
  
  Are you preparing for what’s coming? It’s going to be REALLY bad to be in the cities. This is the time of grace to get self sufficient out in the country.
  
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Pat Houseworth
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:01pm
Billy Boy is the Poster Boy of the RINO Nation…what part of “Small Business Owners are the Middle Class” don’t these clowns understand?

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TrueColours
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:01pm
Kowtowing to the Obama morons, Neo-Con Kristol and the Betrayalicans (who haven’t represented garden variety conservatives in years) are prepping the public for a colossal cave-in on taxes. As usual, the tax hype misses the point. Cut spending programs and cut the size of government, dump Obamacare. . .then we’ll take about taxes. Frankly, I don’t care if the uber rich (Gates, Buffet) are taxed but Barry thinks low six figures is uber rich! The fiat money ain’t worth wall papering my outhouse. Again, taxation avoids the real work. CUT THE F**ING SPENDING TER*^S! But then this is always the de facto government of the District of Columbia’s song and dance for the American people. We need a divorce from these thugs. If secession isn’t on the table, then back to fundamental States rights and get the Feds out of our lives. Challenge the commerce clause.

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vorpal
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:00pm
open your checkbook Bill and write a check to the gov…but keep you hands off everyone else’s – you hypocrite – you are a rhino media hack

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Ex_marine_dude_8313
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:55pm
Why the preoccupation on tax hikes for the rich? Most of the brilliant scribes from this site live in trailer parks anyway. What gives?

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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 1:53pm
  EXMARINEDUDE….Say, you’re r’ight ….in my case anyway. I haven’t a ‘real’ job in years, and the wife lost her store to politics a year ago. We never have enough of anything, and come the end of the month we scrape to get by. But, I know that socialism is necessarily Godless, and I can’t put up with that.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 2:24pm
  I love your contempt for the lower classes you display. Assuming you’re correct I mean, that most here are in the lower economic bracket, you’ve just insulted that bracket entirely. And that’s to be expected.
  
  You cats don’t give two craps about human beings at all, you are utterly filled with a herd contempt for those outside of your herd. You live and breath hatred and bile. You deserve the slave world you’re creating. And here’s a hint: if you’re sitting on websites gleefully screaming at the Right, you’re probably not going to be top of the pig pile when the hammer comes down and your masters no longer have need of your poorly rendered services.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 2:33pm
  GHOSTOFJEFFERSON….Wow,,I don’t quite know what you were saying exactly, but Wow!!!! Should my feelings be hurt?
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 3:37pm
  Not you Max. The alleged “marine” you were speaking to.
  
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repairsea
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:50pm
I can’t wait to see the faces on the wealthy liberals when they get their tax bills. You know they are bad at math. The Hollywood stars will fall gasping for air.

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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 2:15pm
  REPAIRSEA progressives are a vindictive lot, and bend the rules as a matter of course……Blue states get the gravy, Red states get the shaft.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 3:40pm
  The connected won’t get the bills, and you’re kidding yourself if you think that they will. The connected always skirt these things. Every time you hear somebody huffing and puffing about “the rich” paying taxes, they mean that YOU will pay more taxes, period, full stop. If the rich can’t get political favors to avoid them, they simply pass the cost to you via other methods. I don’t begrudge a rich man one cent of his money, I’m simply noting that the class warrior assumption of soaking the rich is an infantile obsession believed only by the economically illiterate.
  
  This is to the OP, not you Max. :)
  
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Alisterbane
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:47pm
does anyone read the weekly standhard . ive never turned a page .sorry steve ..

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- Magyar
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:15pm
  I was given an issue of the Weekly Standard—-
  
  I didn’t subscribe……………
  
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Berbel73
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:39pm
Bill Krystol should be ashamed of himself. Well Mr. Kristol President Obama just claimed that small business are the backbone of our economy. If the democrats want to raise taxes on those making over $250,000 per year who do you think that will affect the most?

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:11pm
  It’s funny that they say the people making the upper incomes are the wealthy….That is not true
  
  The wealthy are the people who have already made their money and no longer paying income tax. So by raising the top rates, they are only hurting the people who want to be wealthy. There is no way to retroactively take away people’s wealth (knock on wood). I do find it striking that many of the wealthy people like Warren Buffet, etc say to raise top tax rates that they dont qualify for….My thinking is that those wealthy people want to prevent other people from getting wealthy (cuz they hate competition)
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 2:00pm
  Soybomb…You surprise me sometimes….You sound intelligent today!!! I am sure the solution to this problem would be: drop income taxes and replace them with a national sales tax or some other VAT. Even the uber wealthy spend as consumers.
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:39pm
Just another North East RINO responsible for the mess we are in.

Even the Communists are calling us Communists
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/19-11-2012/122849-obama_soviet_mistake-0/

Pretty sad when Pravda calls us illiterate communists. What is even more sad it is true for at least half the country.

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curtmavi38
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:38pm
Bill Kristol reminds me of a a little boy that does not get enough attention, so he makes dumb statements and embarrasses himself. It would be nice if he would just keep his mouth shut.meh

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Psychosis
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:33pm
the payroll tax funds social security ……………..so they lowered the rate ……….makes sense right?

the rest is just class warfare to hide the fact that neither party has any intention of cutting spending.

EVERYONES taxes are going up next year, whether they continue the bush tax rates or not ..obamacare has guaranteed that ………..21 new taxes either directly or indirectly WILL be payed by YOU the consumer

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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 2:08pm
  It looks like the population of this country is so completely dependent on entitlements that no-one can cut a dam thing. Who cuts what where? Can any cut be enough? Time to look at this problem with open mind and realize it is done, over, fini. Gotta start over with a new idea….Ok… who’s got an idea?
  
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Individualism
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:27pm
sorry we all know what happened from the Bush administration when they raised taxes it went to fund the zionist wanted war on iraq and we have learned from that and will not fall for the funding of the zionists war on iran.

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- charles116
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:34pm
  When did Bush and Cheney and their war profittering cronies become Zionists?
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:58pm
  giving the govt more money only leads to more death
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 26, 2012 at 2:29pm
  There will be 1 billion+ fatalities in the war that started on 9-11-2001. There was no way to avoid the Iraq war, and there is no way to avoid the Iran war. Don’t worry, as long as we play nice with China they will keep on funding our social programs so we’ll be insulated from the reality of Genocide on mass scale. Can’t be good neighbors with murderers, in this brave new world. So Kill em all.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 10:00am
  MAX – “There was no way to avoid the Iraq War.”
  
  sheer idiocy.
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:26pm
I think Billy Boy has made it Kristol clear that he has joined the Communist Party…

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:06pm
  Communist party N. definition: a non communist party composed of rational thinkers in america.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:43pm
  @Keatonc333…..FAIL…
  
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