AP: Bachmann Uses Holocaust to Illustrate Tax Point
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of “economic liberty” that young Americans face today as a “flash point of history” in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did to stop it.
In a speech to New Hampshire Republicans, Bachmann recounted learning about a horrific time in history as a child — the Holocaust — and wondering if her mother did anything to stop it. She said she was shocked to hear that many Americans weren’t aware that millions of Jews had died until after World War II ended.
Bachmann said the next generation will ask similar questions about what their elders did to prevent them from facing a huge tax burden.
“I tell you this story because I think in our day and time, there is no analogy to that horrific action,” she said, referring to the Holocaust. “But only to say, we are seeing eclipsed in front of our eyes a similar death and a similar taking away. It is this disenfranchisement that I think we have to answer to.”
The generation of Americans just entering the work force now could eventually see 75 percent of their earnings sucked up by income taxes, Social Security and Medicare, Bachmann said. Those young workers are going to wonder what people were doing while “watching quite literally our economic liberty pulled out from under us.”
“The question comes down to this: what will you say to that next generation about what you did to make sure that wouldn’t be their fate?” she said.
Bachmann, along with fellow potential presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Tim Pawlenty, spoke at a forum organized by “We the People,” a conservative organization created by former congressional candidate Jennifer Horn.
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and to the republic
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:52pmmy 1st thought was, why do you make statements like this, cause the left will eat you alive. My 2nd thought is, what a great comparison. Cause this is not a game, this is real. We better start standing up for what is right and do something about it.
Actually I think my 1st thought was about the maturity of someone that gets excited about being FIRST…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:51pm@Looking Both Ways:
By the way, I have a progressive here in my apartment complex who is going on a tear about how President Lincoln was as bad as Hitler for – in his words: “Instigating a campaign of genocide and mass social reformation upon a liberated people who only desired to live their lives in peace and harmony with all of their fellow mankind.”
When directed to the single fact of the Confederates firing the first shots, he said it “did not matter the facts of a fictional history that needs to be rewritten for the modern day.”
His exact words.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:50pmAnyone speaking up against what is going on should be praised dont care who it is it is criminal what we are doing. we have enslaved ourselves and children and great grandchildren to a burden that should not exist we wanted it all and no we have nothing at all
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:50pmI like this lady… she has cred. Donald is the Pillsbury Doughboy next to her. But seriously where is the true EXPERIENCED candidate that can take on Owebama’s false sylogistic rhetoric with style. Someone who can take that smirk off his face. Attack without attack, critize without critizing.
Report Post »Hawt'n'secksie
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:59pmBut you gotta admit, “Listen, emmer effers!” would be a pretty sweet campaign rally chant. And we could all color coordinate our neck ties to match the color of the bags under our eyes. I wish Trump would stop hogging all the secksie!
Report Post »Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:10pmAnother classic, Hawt!
Report Post »fixer
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 8:31pmALLEN WEST in 2012!
Report Post »trooper
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:49pmI BO party does not care one bit about the future of the country they only care about getting reelected and stuffing enough gold away to live like kings when they retire, screw the rest of us.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:48pm@Looking Both Ways:
If I get what Bachmann is trying to get across is the point of Accountability and Responsibility.
The American people stood by while the reports came out of the holocaust during the war; and in some cases before we even got involved. So it is with this economy and our failure to reign in the government and its out of control spending and debt. Those who are not doing anything about it will be accountable to explain why they chose to do nothing.
Report Post »chiefparker
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:47pmBa Ba Baby com’on, To chicken to make your own statement and expose a reply button
Report Post »mrtinbender
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:47pmba ba wake up the gop “leaders” are just as bade as the dems it takes bachmann palin and the likes to get them off there collective dead asses, and do what is rite for the country, not sit around and wondder if the press is going to like what they say or not,,just wished more had the same balls as these two women do
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:45pmO Hitler again …. gee the guy is more popular then Jesus
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:45pm@GDAVIDH….I think I will donate to Bachmanns campaign:)
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:44pmBachmann is right on this point though, there will come a time when the next generation will ask why we did nothing, if indeed nothing gets done, to reign in the government, the deficit and the debt. What excuse will be given to the destruction of the economy and the future of generations for the expense of one right now?
The holocaust was reported in the nation while it was ongoing; it is amazing the silence met by the people of this nation, just as many Germans claimed not to know what their own government was in the process of doing.
A lesson for everyone to learn…again.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:41pmMichelle is one of the most conservative of the candidates. I like her, and hope she does well in the primaries. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCUYPR00D5A
Report Post »excelizen (a goal, not a title!)
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:39pmSlavery would have been my choice of analogies. We are enslaving our youth to the debt.
Report Post »Hawt'n'secksie
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:43pmBut that would be racist.
Report Post »Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:07pmGood point, Hawt. I’ll always pick the anti-semite over the racist.
(just a joke, and not a very good one at that)
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:25pm@Hawt‘n’secksie—Only if the slaves were black.
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:37pmHer analogy is not that far off. Millions will die due to a destroyed standard of living and a destroyed health care system. Starvation will abound due to the dollar being worthless. Millions more will turn to drugs and alcohol to numb their existence, as they did in the old soviet union. We are living in the last great days unless there is a drastic awakening. Currently, I see little chance of that happening with our elected officials.
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:36pmEntering the workforce to get a job? Better start bringing jobs back to the USA. Or there is going to be a problem in 5-6 years. The biggest problem is going to be just finding a job. Take a step back before just assuming that there will be a job just waiting.
Report Post »KL
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:34pmTHIS is what the liberals do ALL the time, I’m glad to see a conservative using the same tactics. GOOD FOR HER!! She made her point very well, which is, WHY didn’t anyone stop BOTH events? She is right!
Report Post »Ba Ba Booey
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:40pmnice, so Bachman is implying similarity between the Holocaust and our current tax policy…you are coming right out and saying they are equally horrific. I assume the “L” in your username doesn’t stand for Leibowitz
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:51pmBa Ba Booey
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:40pm
nice, so Bachman is implying similarity between the Holocaust and our current tax policy…you are coming right out and saying they are equally horrific. I assume the “L” in your username doesn’t stand for Leibowitz
NO, SHE IS IMPLYING OUR SPENDING POLICIES WILL RESULT IN A SIMILAR HORRIFIC END
your not that good of a troll please try harder
Report Post »Ba Ba Booey
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 4:11pmthat is exactly what I thought. The holocaust and our tax policy don’t compare, ask a jew
Report Post »Mgindi26
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 9:44pmOk let’s be clear she did not compare the holocaust to the economy or taxes.what she is comparing is the inaction of people when shown evidence of an impending break in history. How when people have a chance to do something to prevent a problem in the future and don’t take that action future generations will and do ask why was nothing done when it could have been prevented.
Report Post »As a jew I find nothing offensive I’m her remarks. And she made it clear that she wasn’t computing taxes to the death of millions.
tifosa
Posted on May 1, 2011 at 3:11amIncomparable on any level. Mouth, meet brain, and when you think of making a Holocaust analogy STOP!
Report Post »chiefparker
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:34pmI’m already speaking to my 12 yr old granddaughter about this. She understands the U S Constitution better than most teachers in this country. I know this because she’s already asking (the why) questions.
Report Post »Does your child know what a despot is? The Constitution doesn’t make it easy to remove a despot or reverse course. So yes this is a generational fight.
Ba Ba Booey
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:38pmour constitution doesn’t make it easy to remove a despot…umm…they are called elections every four years. You don’t like what Obama is doing, run a SERIOUS candidate against him
Report Post »chiefparker
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:53pmI don‘t think we’ll have to run a serious candidate. The Big O has already opened his mouth (such as you) and removed all doubt…
Report Post »DADA
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:11pmAny candidate facing Obama gets my vote.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:23pm@ Ba Booey— you posted–our constitution doesn’t make it easy to remove a despot…umm…they are called elections every four years. You don’t like what Obama is doing, run a SERIOUS candidate against him.—-If you want to tell us who to run for president then let us tell you who to run, other wise shut your pie hole! you know nothing about a good candidate.
Report Post »Ba Ba Booey
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 4:10pmas a democrat I would be most fearful of Christie, I think he is your only shot…everyone else is a charicatures of Reps.
F off Bikerr
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 4:40pm@Ba Ba Booey—I guess shut your pie hole wasn’t strong enough.Let me repeat, You don’t know nothing about a good candidate.
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 11:14pmNot a one of you understand….. the Constitution DOES give Us a way to rid ourselves of “despots/usurpers”…. The sad thing is that our “Justice” branch does not have any “UNITS”.
The media, our “representatives” and our justice sections have been co-opted and now we have a usurper in the Executive Branch. HIS “Birth Certificate” IDENTIFIES Him as a DUAL-CITIZEN (Through His Father) thus NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE OFFICE that he currently holds……
The ONLY reason why he’s in “power” is because people like Nazi Pelosi AND Whorehouse Harry Reid (among others……) FREAKIN’ ALLOWED Herr Dipstick to get as far as he did…… They ARE complicit[sic] and Should be charged with TREASON. I even wonder why McCain didn’t challenge the situation considering how much “swamp water” he had to wade through in order to be declared “Natural Born” by the Senate….. A Congressional Resolution that obozo SPONSORED AND SIGNED OFF ON….. (hello kettle, this is pot.)
I don’t know about you lot…… when my kids ask Me; “What Did You Do?…….” I’ll be able to tell them about how I Questioned the “Usurper” from the beginning…. and “tweaked” some last nerves along the way.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:33pmOh Boy!
Report Post »Ba Ba Booey
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:33pmusalvageable – most people aren’t like Bachman because most people are not bat sh&^ crazy
Report Post »Cherynn
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:32pmPaying 75% of your income to taxes so that everything can be FREE???? People are just stupid anymore. This is a sink or swim moment for America.
Report Post »Ba Ba Booey
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:37pmnobody in our country pays 75% of their income in Federal taxes…not even close
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:49pm@ ba ba booey
your not too bright are you ………………noone said anyone is paying 75% of their income in taxes ……….they said the way things are going, there is a very good chance the NEXT GENERATION will
i know…………..thinking is hard
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:50pm@bla bla booey Not today — But they have!!! Do your homework.
Silversmith
Report Post »and to the republic
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:56pmTROLL alert…Don’t feed the troll….
Report Post »chiefparker
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:11pmI’ll take the troll challenge. I was on the debate team before I entered service where we settled the argument by other means.
Report Post »and to the republic
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:24pm@ cherynn: just to be clear, I agree with your sink or swim comment. Not in my lifetime did I think the USA could fall to where we are. I guess I always had the “all great nations eventually fall” thought in the back of my head, but I never thought it would happen. But here we are…..
again, do not feed the trolls cause they get exactly what they want with your response….
Report Post »Watchdog826
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 8:35amShe said in the futurer maybe paying 75%
Report Post »GdavidH
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:32pm@BURNED, I could not be happier for you. How will you celebrate?
Report Post »Hawt'n'secksie
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:30pmSnow Leopard is going to go half cat-half lady on you if you don’t step back in line.
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:29pmI have thought along those lines before, but she will be vilified by the left for actually making the comparison. I love the fact that she doesn’t pull any punches, the left doesn’t.
Report Post »Ba Ba Booey
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:36pmLook at what has become of my old Republican Party…look at the candidates, Bachman, Palin, Trump…my God, get someone serious, with serious policy positions and let’s go.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:46pm@Ba Ba Booey:
That is why with what the Republicans have become the choice is simple for the old guard that will no longer do what the people want:
a. Change.
b. Get out of our way.
That simple.
Report Post »and to the republic
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:55pmplease do not put the name Trump and the word Republican in the same sentence. 2 weeks of Trump at the helm and we will all be wishing Carter would come back…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:58pm@And To the Republic:
Actually I figure about 24 hours or less.
Report Post »mrtinbender
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:37pmwhy is it that only the females in the gop tell it like it is,,maybe they are much more fearless than the good ole boys
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 4:42pm@mrtinbender
Michele Bachmann sure doesn’t need to learn to fight like a girl! West/Bachmann 2012. So help me god if Pawlenty or some other milktoast candidate gets the nomination, I will write in West/Bachmann.
Mr. Allen West, consider yourself 1-A
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 10:22pmWhat is Beck trying to do….look at how he focuses on candidates.
The only one left standing will be…RINO John Huntsman, Jr.
Son of Beck’s best friend, Huntsman, Sr.
Oops…………..!
Report Post »The Truth has no agenda???
riseandshine
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:27pmChrissy Mathews is chompin at the bit
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:55pmSolution is simple for Mr Matthews (of MSNBC if I remember right):
Electrify the bit.
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:25pmYou can bet the lamestream media is going to hit Bachmann for this one. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/04/what-about-bachmann.html
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