Obama: Can‘t Solve Deficit Without Asking Wealthiest Americans to ’Pay Their Fair Share’
- Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:17pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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President Barack Obama used his weekly address to again call for “shared sacrifice” from both parties to solve the debt crisis, and said if the middle class have to face cuts, the wealthiest Americans should be asked to pay more.
“The truth is, you can’t solve our deficit without cutting spending,” Obama said. “But you also can’t solve it without asking the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share — or without taking on loopholes that give special interests and big corporations tax breaks that middle-class Americans don’t get.”
Obama said the burden of deficit reduction should not be placed “on the backs of folks who’ve already born the brunt of the recession.”
“It’s pretty simple,” Obama said. “I don’t think oil companies should keep getting special tax breaks when they’re making tens of billions in profits. I don’t think hedge fund managers should pay taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries. I don’t think it’s fair to ask nothing of someone like me when the average family has seen their income decline over the past decade – and when many of you are just trying to stretch every dollar as far it it’ll go.”
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Comments (478)
jackolope67
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:43pmI wish this guy wolud shut the fu$$ up !!! You know when President ass clown is lying when his lips are moving.He is trying ever thing he can to be a Dictator.Oh I‘am sorry if you Lib spies that try to hijack the Blaze message board don’t like because your stupid and selfish as he is .Obama and people like you don’t give a damn about our country .You a bunch stupid hippie lemmings that need to get a life and quit sticking your nose in mine and the rest of the country’s buissness.The rich create jobs dumbass you raise taxes on small buissnees you kill the economy .HE DOESNT GIVE A SH8T if we default he wants control us don’t you idiots get it come on .Get rid of this ass clown in 2012 please god .Jimmy Carter Jr. has gotta go!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »MGB-CPA
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:49pmRight on. He deserves no respect. Hope the idiots can wakeup and see him for what he is … a liar, liar, liar, liar,liar,liar,liar,liar,liar,liar,liar,liar.
Report Post »Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:51pmYa know he won’t stop spending even if he gets the wealthiest among us to pay huge amounts..So what happens after he exhausts that plan..There is just so much out there to tap..His agenda is to grow government beyond the capibilities of Americans to fund this big monster of a government..Then what?..He has wanted all along to drop the US standard of living in relation to others around the world..In his eyes no one should have any more than the next guy..
My question is~~ Can he do irriversible damage to the American way of life before the 2012 elections?..We are in dangerous times..Wars everywhere and Israel being threatened with a major conflict..Obama funding an Al Qaeda type “rebel” outfit in Libya…It’s time to wake up from this nightmare..Before it’s too late..
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:57pmSTFU was my first reaction just looking at the headline. Won’t even bother reading his words or watching him lie in streaming digital video.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:57pm@jackolope67
Report Post »Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:43pm
‘I wish this guy wolud shut the fu$$ up !!! …The rich create jobs dumbass’
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No, the consumers create jobs.
tifosa
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:07pmThe majority of Americans agree with closure of tax loopholes. Um, yeh, I know, not you, I said MAJORITY. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/14/republican-tax-stand-a-bust-with-public/
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:08pmWhat is simple here, is Obama. Obama is simple minded.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:22pmThe rich to pay their fair share? Why? Did the rich waste and mismanage the collected taxes?? obama is disgusting. The top 2% of earners already pay over 50% of all taxes collected. The country needs more tax payers, through reduced unemployment, not higher taxes..
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:26pmSince 100% of taxes are paid by ‘wealthier’ Americans, just how much does he consider will be “FAIR”???
50+% of Americans pay NO income tax…
ADD IN THE ILLEGALS – as they draw benefits from those taxes.
Now, how many are not paying any income taxes?
Don’t start telling me ILLEGALS pay taxes, either!
Cuz that is just BS!
Sure, some do, but,
according to the LA Times – a VERY LIBERAL paper –
40% of ALL MONEY changing hands in LA is UNDER THE TABLE!
Thanks! Illegal aliens!
Now, what obama NEEDS to do, is define WHAT EXATLY he will consider a FAIR amount for them to pay? ?
Just HOW MUCH they have to pay to make him happy?
Then, ask him to explain and define EXACTLY WHY THAT NUMBER IS “FAIR”.
Exactly HOW he came about THAT EXACT NUMBER?
Who is HE to define what is “FAIR”
Poverty is a GOVT DEFINITION based on a PERCENTAGE of everyone’s income, AVERAGED.
So, there will ALWAYS be poverty.
GROW the taxpayer base – that will create the “revenues” he wants.
TAXING more will NOT grow the revenue base.
WE NEED JOBS ! NOT TAXES!!!
Explain to us, Mr. President, just HOW does taxing people MORE,
Report Post »CREATE JOBS??? (maybe it lets you hire more govt employees?) Of course, that’s racing toward full blown COMMUNISM, not just socialism. The same socialism which obama CLEARLY seems to embrace.
Stoic one
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:32pmOb said in early 2009 – to the republicans- “get in the back of the bus”…remember?
how about this GET OFF THE BUS AND PUSH TOWARDS FISCAL RESTRAINT!
Repeal obamacare, dissolve the Environmental Protection Agency, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, ALL government employee’s get the same as the taxpayer at large… SSI, medicaid, medicare, follow/punished by the same laws.
Report Post »CUT taxes for all, go to a FLAT TAX.
how is that for starters????
tifosa
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:48pmAs you’ve seen from the 8 years under Bush (the years of the tax cuts (which by far benefited the wealthiest 2%) tax cuts DO NOT create jobs. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/privatejobs_mar11.jpg
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:59pmThe man has invented the (Obamanym) that is a word that is spelled the same but means the exact opposite of how the user intended to use it.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:25pmSome one ask this SOB to name ONE area where he would cut!!
Report Post »ginsberg
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:29pmTom ferrari, simple answer, amnesty, which would increase tax revenues, or prosecute the rich who hire illegals because they want to be richer.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:25pmJACKOLOPE67,
President Barry Dunham’s radio address was Saul Alinsky straight up!
I know that Alinsky is dead…, but this radio address was more like a seance where Saul channeled our President!
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Wanna know more about our President and his Progressive cronies in the House and Senate?
Get the book,“Rules for Radicals a Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals ” by Saul D. Alinsky!
From the book;” The practical revolutionary will understand Goethe’s “Conscience is the virtue of observers and NOT of agents of action”;in action one does not always enjoy the luxury of a decision that is consistent BOTH with one’s individual conscience and the good of mankind.“ This is on page 25 in the section”Means to An End.”
Saul Alinsky and Cloward and Pivens are alive and well in Washington D.C..
Get your learn on people. We’re in DEEP DOO DOO!
Another post from WONDERLAND! Down is up. Up is down. We’re painting the roses red.
And as a shout out to ALL my fellow Americans who have decided to be IDIOTS! “We have met the ENEMY and he is us!” POGO
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:28pm@ Bum thrower
Some one ask this SOB to name ONE area where he would cut!!
None of his Green Crap, EPA, GE, Ethanol, Dept of Education etc. etc.
Report Post »is even on “The Table”.. Bama say’s, “Ain’t Cutting My Shi** Man” !!!!
MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:40pmI see no Sacrafice from this Administration,
How about grounding Air Force One for the rest of your term ??
Report Post »Ethereal
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:02pm@Baikonur
Report Post »Please explain how the consumer creates the job.
MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:13pmBama “I don’t think it’s fair to ask nothing of someone like me when the average family has seen their income decline over the past decade”…….You got it right there , Buddy !! had good job till July 2010
Report Post »Not much out there now..working two part time jobs at half of my old income..
Don’t think We should ask King Bama and Mama to sacrfice…NAAAA !!
2 or 3 Fundraiser Parties a week,,Golf, Trip to Africa, Spain, Ireland and UK………………
i’m hoping you use whats left of your campaign monies for your Retirement in 2012..
mikem1969
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:24pmOnce again obama, you are a moron. The wealthiest americans pay most of the taxes already. You need to lower their taxes so they have more money to invest, lower the taxes on businesses so they have more money to hire people = more taxpayers there (common sense), then cut government spending in half. Problem solved. See how simple that was mr moronident.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:28pmYou sir are correct,Barrys plan is to redistribute wealth from the U.S to countries chosen by Barry & his band of marxists.The moron wanted to give 250 billion to “other countries” before the election of this man made disaster.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:41pmSimple solution: You solve the deficit by stopping the nonsensical spending that goes to his pals like GE for their personal projects. Cut government pay by 10%, congress pay by 20% etc. right down the line.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:43pmthis guy is a fkng tool of the Uber Elites that pull his chain. yo bozo,the top 1% pay 38% of the fed taxes,top 10% pay 50% of the fed taxes,45% of the leeches pay 0%. Equal share ??? SOB ! yes it is on the IRS web site for all you obamamots.
Report Post »jjoy
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:48pmFor starters…
Cut the TSA… anyone that thinks “feeling up” Grannies, Pregnant women, and Kids is the way to stop terriorism is not needed…
cut all funding to the United Nations…
Cut all funding to NPR and PBS… they are just propaganda agencies for the liberal/socialist/communist politicians…
Cut the Department of Ecucation, the states did a much better job of educating our children…
Cut the Enegry Department, it has done nothing to solve our energy problems…
Cut “planned parenthood”… If someone needs an abortion, let them pay for it themselves…
Stop foreign aid to countries that hate our guts…
The USA has more oil reserves than the entire middle east… Let our oil companies drill for our own oil instead of sending over half of our GDP to people that hate our guts and gouge us on price…
Cut the Immigration and Naturalization service… they have made no effort to keep out the illegal mexicans that sneak across the border to avoid paying income tax and social security tax…
Bring our Military home from Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Korea, Japan, and Korea… Put them on our borders to keep out the terriorists that the INS is unable to stop…
Cut the department of Alcohol, tobacco and firearms… We don’t need them to supply the mexican drug cartels with weapons…
Cut obama’s czars…
charge the arabs the same price for a bushel of wheat they charge us for a barrel of oil…
There is much that can done othe
Report Post »eightsixsevenfivethree-o-nine
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:58pm@Baikonur
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:57pm
//@jackolope67
// Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:43pm
// ‘I wish this guy wolud shut the fu$$ up !!! …The rich create jobs dumbass’
// ******************
// No, the consumers create jobs.
And those consumers that create jobs need jobs so that they can consume in the first place. Like any business, tax is a operating cost and if businesses (aka the rich) have a higher operating costs in taxes they have to cut something else to keep profits up. Often times what gets cut is staff (which our government should do) and thus less consumers to support other jobs.
Report Post »SovereignSoul
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 7:35pm@TomFerrari
Report Post »While I may agree with much of what you said, I must ask where your “facts” originate. According to the U.S. Census our population is slightly lower than 312,000,000. The Non-partisan Tax Foundation states that 43.4 million tax returns show a zero tax responsibility. That correlates to roughly 91 million individual citizens. According to my math that is roughly 29%. While, 29% is still unacceptable, you do us no favors by manufacturing statistics to suit your argument. You are better than that.
Doctor Nordo
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 8:08pmGonna have to say that while I dislike Obama with every fiber of my being, and I am fundamentally opposed to tax hikes, tax loopholes for corporate CEO’s do need to go. The richest of the rich do not need to see an increase in their tax rate. What they need is removal of the loopholes that lower their tax rates to such a laughable level.
Report Post »SovereignSoul
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 8:42pm@JJOY
Report Post »I’m with you on every single point!!
mils
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 9:39pmObama is trying to start a civil war…
The “rich”, except for GE do the right thing in general. Tax the guy that buys the yacht, he won’t buy a yacht here anymore…the dealer and builder go out of business…the people that supply the labor, the materials etc..go out of business…the yacht maker goes over seas..and we cannot blame them.
This is what our BPOS in chief appears to want.
Report Post »Most people in the US don’t pay taxes…and they get a refund to boot…..the whole hting is riduclous. Yet they WHINE THE LOUDEST!!..It’s time to put on our big girl panties and get this man out of office!! before he completely destroys our republic.
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 10:50pmObama said:
““It’s pretty simple,” Obama said. “I don’t think oil companies should keep getting special tax breaks when they’re making tens of billions in profits. …”
No one should get tax breaks, and everyone should be taxed by their respective states at the same rate, as our Founders intended, and the Federal Government should tax the states (as opposed to individuals).
The Progressive Tax that we have now treats one person differently than another. And since money (such as gold) provides liquidity, the same amound of money is worth the same to both the rich and the poor, which fact debunks the stated reason for a Progressive Tax in the first place; And to say that money is worth more to the poor than to the rich is about the same as saying that comparable units of wealth owned by the poor is worth more to them than to the rich – which is a tautology, and therefore moot.
“I don’t think it’s fair to ask nothing of someone like me when the average family has seen their income decline over the past decade – and when many of you are just trying to stretch every dollar as far it it’ll go.”
Obama’s words, here, are hollow because public sector compensation is not earned, but is set by law, and is therefore immune to economic price signals; It is this way because they are servants of the private sector. Private sector price signals ARE, however disrupted by public sector spending, since taxes pay for it, which is why spending (and taxes) n
Report Post »Deuteronomy22
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 10:56pmDemand creates jobs. if we raised the top rate to 90% and lowered the 25% rate to 10%, an equal tax cut for all, we could add huge amounts of cash tom the economy. Rich people save. The middle class spends. This would greatly increase consumer spending, demand, and then those who create jobs to meet the demand would get wealth. Of course we could all lose since the jobs most likely be in China so the rich can maximize their profits vs contributing to the national economy and our nations capacity to make things.
Report Post »patriotforlife
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 11:00pmOWEbama can’t solve 2 + 2.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 11:16pm@tifosa,
“As you’ve seen from the 8 years under Bush (the years of the tax cuts (which by far benefited the wealthiest 2%) tax cuts DO NOT create jobs.”
Jobs are created by demand for products, and this demand is comprised of individuals’ wants and needs; This is why governments don’t so much create jobs, as malinvestments, when they attempt to tinker with the economy.
Further, the purpose of taxes in the first place is to fund the role of government according to the consent of the governed. So “tax cuts” aren’t some kind of gift from the government, but rather is to be a lawful reduction in the private sector’s funding of government, according to the republican principle under our Constitution.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 11:30pmI think the real character limit is 1421.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:11am@Deuteronomy22,
“Demand creates jobs. if we raised the top rate to 90% and lowered the 25% rate to 10%, an equal tax cut for all, we could add huge amounts of cash tom the economy.”
Real demand creates jobs, but manufactured demand creates malinvestments, which in turn must result in a crash when the malinvestments are corrected by real demand, even if it’s after a series of false booms.
Besides, the whole point of trading is to acquire wealth, so if you use force (government) to screw with the value of goods, then you are stealing people’s property; also, people will rightly just choose to store their wealth in other ways (gold or some other commodity). And yes, wealth is private property.
Remember, money is a commodity like any other good; True, it is otherwise useless (you can’t eat it, for example), but it’s real value is in its liquidity, as determined by voluntary usage (which is why paper money is not a wise medium of the storage of value).
Report Post »Marci
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 5:47am“But you also can’t solve it without asking the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share — or without taking on loopholes that give special interests and big corporations tax breaks that middle-class Americans don’t get.”
REALLY OBAMA? Is this why Timmy the Tax Cheat, Charlie the Tax Rangler, G.E. and Goldman Sachs, along with every public union is asked to sacrifice NOTHING? You lie. Over and over. I am fed up with this man getting on television and continuing to say this b.s. FAIR SHARE? When will you pay yours Obama? I seem to remember a sweetheart of a deal on some land you bought from another criminal.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 7:39amdeuteronomy22,you also can join the 5% club if your are smart enough ! that ‘s why it is called American exceptionalism.another class warfare warrior….
Report Post »VerySeniorCitizen
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:18amOh, my. I just spit my coffee all over. I didn’t know that the Blaze had resident comedians. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Have a great USA Default!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 10:21amA DR.’S LABOR.., “… governments don’t so much create jobs, as malinvestments, when they attempt to tinker with the economy.”
Report Post »Just factually wrong. Both the Federal and local governments directly and indirectly contribute to job growth. I’m not just referring to the public sector jobs. Infrastructure, technology (ie. Microsoft/Google grew out of DOD technology, not to mention the technology that emerges from the university systems,) health, are among the industries that have seen private sector employment growth as a result of gov’t investment.
Btw, how has that NARTH stuff worked out? Thanks to the Bachmann’s, there’s been lots of attention on Conversion/Reparative Therapy. :P
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:50am@tifosa,
“Just factually wrong. Both the Federal and local governments directly and indirectly contribute to job growth.”
The government NEVER directly contributes to job growth since governments only exist because there is an already existent economy. Taxes are already available for the funding of government because wealth is already being created. So everything government is capable of doing is because of the private sector.
Besides, government’s role is not to create jobs, but to serve the individuals in the private sector, equally.
“I’m not just referring to the public sector jobs. Infrastructure, technology (ie. Microsoft/Google grew out of DOD technology, not to mention the technology that emerges from the university systems,) health, are among the industries that have seen private sector employment growth as a result of gov’t investment.”
Individuals, whether they come from the public or private sector, are the source of technology, and again, government only exists because of an already existing economy.
Further, it is government that is the investment of the people, so any redistributional action is theft.
“Btw, how has that NARTH stuff worked out?”
I would love to discuss this with you, but on a more appropriate thread.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:25pmhey insane omama…how much is enough????…how much is FAIR..obimbo????…how about the LUSHES who live off US…PAY the money BACK, like say a loan???? you know, like the REST OF HAVE TO…would that be FAIR…LUSH IN CHARGE???????
Report Post »jped
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 12:48pmSo right! Enough is never enough with those liberals…always wanting more, more, more, and still it is not enough to fund their failed world view!!! It’s never enough….ever!
Report Post »msg001
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:26pm@TIFOSA
http://www.nidataplus.com/lfeus1.htm
The tax cuts by Bush occurred between 2001 and 2003. The next four years saw half of a % point drop in unemployment each year. I would appear that, all else being equal, these cuts might have been a factor there. The problem here was that Bush decided that he would be a progressive Repub and therefore spent money like a nut, hence the deficits that we got there. However, during his presidency he spent about 20% of GDP per year. Now Obama is spending about 25% of GDP per year. It doesn’t sound lot but when you consider that US GDP in 2009 was $14.12 trillion that 5% increase is about $700 billion. Needless to say that is quite a chunk of cash. This is the real issue. WE DON’T HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM. WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM.
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 1:37pmMost of the rich are already paying more than their fair share, as are most middle class Americans, it’s the same old class warfare from the dems, who breed their voters to hate people that succeed, because they are jealous of them, they keep them down and give them their little handouts so they can get votes
Report Post »MGB-CPA
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 6:50pmWhat are the credentials for being President? What caused the financial meltdown?
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FNTM
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:22pmFrom the way our POTUS talks nothing stops him. Why would a few higher income folks not paying more taxes stop him form accomplishing anything?
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:00pmAnd Obummer apologists claim he’s not a marxist. The hated rich have been paying way more than their fair share for a long time. But class warfare is one of the main tenets of marxism.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:11pmLIBSALWAYSLIE, that’s right the hated rich have been paying the way for a long time. Some idiots are still on this stupid loopholes thing. That the rich are paying way more than their fair share, necessarily means after whatever “loopholes” are available are applied, duh. The 50% of wage earners who are paying taxes in this country, all have “loop holes” available to them. The words or phrase ‘loop holes is a term used by the socialists to imply something sinister. It is simply the means built into the tax code to allow taxpayers to reduce their taxable income. Problem is too many people don’t do their own taxes, so in many case they are non the smarter.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 4:25am@ SovereignSoul
“The Non-partisan Tax Foundation states that 43.4 million *TAX RETURNS* show a zero tax responsibility.”
See, that’s the thing with statistics. What you attempted to cite is a measure of those who *file tax returns*. Many, including a good number of those collecting SS, disability, and pensions, along with many poor, don’t file a return at all.
Try again, this time including everyone, not just those who file a return. But, you probably won’t. If you did, that would blow your point out of the water (sort of like an IDF boat will do to a Freedom Flotilla garbage scow).
Report Post »phil1765
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 4:47amtifosa
Report Post »Moron what was the umemployment rate while Bush was in office? Now I am not saying that Bush was a good president, I disagreed with a lot that the guy did but he hasn’t been in office for 2+ years and your freaking messiahs policies have done absolutely nothing but make our country worse off. Please get over the GWB thing and move on there is a whole lot more going on now than what happened 10 years ago. BTW taxing the people who make over 250k is a perfect way to push the economy into the oblivion, when exactly have you seen a consumer create a freaking job? Your comments are so nonsensical that i wonder if you can remember to breathe without someone reminding you.
smithclar3nc3
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 8:52amHow about Obama put the responsibility where it belongs and that is those who are feeding on the tax dollars. Maybe make welfare and medicaid the temporary programs they were designed to be and get rid of generational welfare systems.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on July 18, 2011 at 8:56amobama needs to ask the bottom 46 percent to pony up their fair share. how about they all pay ten percent. that would go along way to helping reduce the debt.
Report Post »phil1765
Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:40amMr. Obama might be a great communicator if he had anything great to communicate, and he stated the case for action as eloquently as anyone: “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government’s reckless fiscal policies . . . Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”
Report Post »NUFF SAID.
poverty.sucks
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:40pmImpeachment of the 44th president will solve our deficit problem.
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:45pmAnd I personally feel it is every American Citizen’s DUTY to sign this Petition
Report Post »http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/sign-the-petition/
RepubliCorp
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:11pmafter he is hung for operation gunrunner
Report Post »iarefounder
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:41pmImpeachment is not enough. Trial for treason.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 6:23pmAlso go to http://www.FireHolder.com or call 1-877-672-4632 and authorize your signature be added to the petition. You have to give obama credit where it is due – he has us burning our food in our cars. It makes everyone feel so good until we are starving to death to join the green movement.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:36amI am not an Obama Fan, however I do see some truth in his statement. The Uber Rich in this country, the top 1% control over 40% of the nations wealth. They do not create jobs and in fact do the opposite. They ship jobs overseas and are the very ones that created the global economy or free trade deals. That is what created this mess. The top 1% also created the laws and corporate welfare programs that led to Tarp. The real job creators are the small business’s that are getting crushed by the Corporate Giants that have the political adavantage. So for me taxing the likes of GE, Johnson and Johnson, Dow Chemical etc makes sense as they do not create jobs nor do they pay their share of taxes. The middle class is the major taxpayer and they are tapped out. Big Media corporations like Fox, MSN, NBC, ABC, CBS are all agenda driven to increase their bottom line. Real news is gathered only via the internet and the foreign press that have no dog in our fight. I read the posts on the blaze and am Amazed by the zombie like Mob mentality of the posts. When you lose your jobs at At&t, GM, GE Phizer, Cisco, Mcrosoft due to outsourcing maybe the you will realize that these companies are not job creators but job killers. The only solution for our job crises is a “protectionist policy” like China has, and not one politician will every touch that as that will end his corporate donations. End free trade and you will end joblessness.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:39pmThe head of GE is his buddy, does anyone believe that he’s serious about closing “loopholes”, does anyone believe that the Dems (& the Repubs) would give up thier “social engineering” tools?
Report Post »Does anyone really believe that Obama will sign legistation that would require Soros, & Warren Buffet to pay tax rates like those who make $250,000-$300,000, & anger the politicos “top donors”?
If everyone needs to “have skin in the game” then why not propose a flat tax? Then everyone does have “skin in the game” & everyone will be “equal under the law”.
Thighmaster
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:58pmI’m all for a flat tax but every other tax that the flat tax is supposed to replace has to go. The problem is a flat will be compounded and added to the tax burden we already have. Temporary taxes never go away…
Report Post »TEXAS-T
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:02pmRight On! Put the Flat Tax or a National sales tax and that will close all loop holes. Remember, Cooperations don’t pay taxes, people do. When my overhead goes up then I must raise my prices to maintain a profit margin to stay in business. Flat Tax everybody pays and everybody wins!
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:31pmyep… consumer ALWAYS pays the difference.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:58pmOh he thinks everyone but his Marxist buddies should pay. Everyone should tell him that when he makes GE pay their fair share, which is billions, then he can start preach to the rest of America.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 8:39amVery True!
Report Post »aesaac
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:39pmBut in the past 3 years we have spent more than 4.5 trillion dollars than we took. More money than any other President in the history of the U.S. “He lies” it was shouted. Oil companies do not get special tax benefits; and the rich already pay 85 percent of all the taxes. If they were taxed a 100% it would not be enough to pay off the debt, ever.
Report Post »jmvsb
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 8:14pmThe only “rich” that keep asking for their taxes are Obama and the Clinton’s. I know there is nothing in the tax law stopping them for writing a check for what they think “their fair share” would be. I want to see them belly up, don’t you?
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:38pmI wouldn’t mind paying more, if every American not paying a dime in taxes had to pay something each week. Our politicians keep failing to realize that there are many who don’t pay anything in, but take a great deal out. I will pay more, when everyone is paying something.
Report Post »Gobomama
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:03pmAre they going to do away w/the child tax credit (I consider this the worst loophole there is)? Many (lots of illegals) file tax forms showing they made just enough to claim the CTC, paid nothing in, and get the max CTC paid to them. Why should someone get thousands paid to them just b/c they decide to have a child while the person who doesn’t want children pays and pays and pays for them? FAIR TAX NOW!!!
B.O. Stinks!
Report Post »tarkus
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:37pm“I don’t think oil companies should keep getting special tax breaks when they’re making tens of billions in profits.”
I don’t think that oil companies should have to pay in taxes twice the amount they make in profit (which they already do). I don‘t think that some companies like GE don’t have to pay much in taxes at all.
Are loopholes a problem? Absolutely they are. People should pay their fair share? Absolutely! Look, Obama, I agree with you! And I have a great solution that eliminates loopholes and has everyone pay their fair share no matter how much they make: institute a flat tax!
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:42pmThe biggest problem with any company paying taxes is that taxes are a business expense; therefore taxes are part of the cost that we the customers pay for goods and services. Every time that we demand they pay more, we are just increasing the cost of living on ourselves.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:49pm“Loopholes”
This is an intentional, erroneous play on words. These so-called loopholes are actually tax-breaks enacted by Congress – introduced into legislation, voted on and passed into law.
We’ve gotta stop with carry the water of the propaganda machine.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:53pmI need to add that by using the term “loopholes”, it assumes a sort of illegal activity on the part of business, when in all actuality, it’s completely legal – it’s in the law.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:19pmSo, HAUSCHILD, you defend “loopholes” or you agree with elimination of at least some?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:38pmLoopholes…..are legitimate tax law.They only become “loopholes” when someone doesn’t like them.
Report Post »My FAVORITE loophole is the “earned income tax credit” 8,000 to each and every lowlife loser who knows how to breed but not how to earn a living. WHAT A SCAM!
338lapua
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:57pmHow about the most FAMOUS of “loopholes” , the mortgage interest tax credit! OOOOOHHHH, thats a biggie, everybody gets that one. What a HORRIBLE thing “loopholes are.
Report Post »Bottom line is that the tax code (all 60,000 pages of it) is set up to reward“buddies” of someone.
Go with a fair system of taxing everybody a very small amount…..voila, much less power in the hands of government. Like the founders intended.
Ethereal
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:03pmIm all for closing the loop-holes and a flat percentage is the best option.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:18pm338LAPUA, are you purposefully trying to dumb-down the issue? Maybe you’re making the point that some tax credits/subsidies have a purpose, a place/positive impact in the economy? Are you trying to make a case that all subsidies/loopholes are created equal?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:35pm@tifosa, they are.
Report Post »A tax penalizes behavior, a tax credit….is something a democrat throws around and claims it is a tax cut, a loophole is in the eye of the beholder. I can come up with all kinds of poverty pimping tax treatment. So sorry if I bray like an @ss when I comment on things that are over your head…..it just happens.
tifosa
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 7:34pm“So sorry if I bray like an @ss…” Apology accepted :^)
Report Post »EQUALIZER
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:36pmBarry Soetoro‘s buddy GE’s Immelt can solve the entire debt crisis all by himself, after all GE paid no income taxes as well as Immelt himself. To hell with Marxist policies of Barry Soetoro and all his cronies!!!
Report Post »oldwhiteguy
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:36pmThe people who are carrying the brunt of the recession is all taxpayers with a job D*** A**. Sen. Marco Rubio said it best “We don’t need more taxes, we need more taxpayers”.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:00pmThe problem with your assertion – in the minds of reds – is that more jobs means LESS power for government, and that isn’t gonna fly for the Marxists, Commies & Fascists – oh my!!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:36pmBO can’t Solve ANYTHING PERIOD!!!!
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:35pmCan ANYBODY ask this jerk why he has a future budget plan to save $4 trillion after spending $4.7 trillion?
Wouldn’t it just be easier to just not spend it in the first place?
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:36pm“The truth is, you can’t solve our deficit without cutting spending,” Obama said.
We agree on that point..“cut spending” OK !! We could start with Bama’s, Flying
Report Post »addiction, Every time he gets a hair up his azz, he takes off on Air Force One……
to make some kind of meanless speech, usually at one of his Green Plants, or GE,
GM or Chrysler plant, something he could do from an office in the White House..
that alone could cut Billions of $$$$$$, already have the teleprompter and cameras
set up, at no cost to the Tax Payer….That sounds like a sacrifice you could deal with..
JoePatriot
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:34pmBeing an American President requires much more than mere control and delivery of “the message”.
We the People have received every single one of your messages loudly and clearly Mr. President. Here
‘s a message from just one of many.
First: Ask your butt buddy… the fat cat from G.E. to cough up all the taxes his company has avoided before you ask any single American to cough up a dime, regardless of where they may fall the “progressive” tax schedule.
2nd: Refrain from stabbing the American People in the back by ramming a nationalized health care system down their throats. It may cause The People to not trust you when you ask them to do so.
3rd: No one trusts a man who would lie about his own mother for personal or political gain.
I suggest you just hang in there Barrack. Enjoy your time in The People’s house because that time is coming to an end.
An entire nation patiently awaits November 2012…
Report Post »aesaac
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:45pmHere, Here
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:45pmDitto’s
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:03pmWell said, VERY WELL SAID!
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 6:01pmSad part is, this Puppet will walk away a Billioniare after his term
Report Post »is up..The King and Queen of DC will have had enough….they
will be like Gore, after F’N the American People….They will go out
and buy a Castle somewhere, and laugh at all the “Little People”..
Sad but True…………………..
NILAP
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:34pmAgain, President Obama is reflecting what God, Jesus and the Bible advocate. And gives the rich the chance to get through the eye of the needle.
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:45pmGood grief.
Report Post »SwoonCraft
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:10pmYou have no idea what you’re talking about. I assume you have never lived is a social democratic society aka redistributive society. I have live in two of them and can tell you from experience that only the doctors and lawyers live in what the average American calls home. You’re not raising the standard of living your lowering it for everyone but the elite. What you end up with can only be referred to as grey. No hope for truly making it big. No big R/V at the end of your golden years maybe a pop-up camper if your thrifty. You may have one or two hobby’s to occupy your time. One expensive and one not, say maybe a motorcycle and a DVD collection….. Grey, Grey, Grey, Grey is that what you really want for you grand children?????? It doesn’t work never has never will. Only with your redistributive utopia there will be NO success stories. Like the inventor of the super soaker, or the any of the thousands of other Americans of color who have achieved the American dream.
Report Post »samurai2112
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:12pmWhat a tool. Huge difference between charity and forced seizure of wealth for distribution under someone else’s vision and values. One clearly keeps politicians in position of power and the empowers people to help themselves. Please exit to the nearest socialist country of your choice and live collectively in misery.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:10amHahahahahaha! Niiiiice! :D
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:31pmObama and his woman are America’s greatest enemies.
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:40pmIt’s up to you and me to help Ron Paul FORCE the Republican leadership to show some backbone.
If you haven’t signed the Cut, Cap, and Balance petition yet, please do so right away.
We can stop Congress from selling us down the river and enabling President Obama to put the Tea Party on life support.
But only if we take action immediately!
Help RON PAUL stop the leadership from compromising on our principals!!
PLEASE SIGN the CUT, CAP and Balance Petition at this link
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/pages/debtceilingbetrayal2.html?pid=0714
And I personally feel it is every American Citizen’s DUTY to sign this Petition
Report Post »http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/sign-the-petition/
Lloyd Drako
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:31pmNo one wants to pay higher taxes, but surely no one can object to fairer taxes.
Start by making sure everyone pays, from the poorest to the wealthiest. No exceptions for low income, disability, or anything else at the low end. You make $500/year collecting cans for recycling? That’s your income. You’ll have to pay at least some nominal amount of income tax.
No more home mortgage deduction for the middle classes. You want to buy a house? Buy a house to live in, not to get tax advantages out of.
No more special breaks for big oil, “green” technologies or anything else. If you’re rich enough to be a capitalist, whether rentier, entrepreneur or hired CEO, be a big boy/girl and don’t expect your usual write offs.
In other words, close all loopholes, make the tax structure flatter but not absolutely flat, and see what happens.
Revenues would probably rise, even if actual tax rates did not.
Report Post »obfuscatenot
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:40pmPerfectly said, every citizen of this nation should bear a portion of the debt. Every single one. If you don’t have skin in the game, you’re not going to care about spending. No matter the amount of your income you should not be subsidized, and not pay your fair share. Somewhere I read that we are created equal!!!!!!! Ben Franklin bemoaned the results of making the poor comfortable. Look how comfortable “our” poor are. I would wager that if one were to calculate the freebies, and refunds for the low income, they are actually better off than the middle class.
Report Post »oldwhiteguy
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:46pmI agree the Feds shouldn’t be in the business of making things complex. They should stick to the basic principles and tenants they were created for and everybody should help pay equally based on consumption. No “501 c 3′s” or IRS to check behind them. If the church ladies want to raise money by a brownie and cake sale, they will contribute to the Feds when they purchase the ingredients.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:49pmThats right “Drak_ u_ la …. i remember reading an article that said in 2009, 47% of Working people about to retire had less then 10,000 in the bank to retire on, damn we gotta get some of that from
Report Post »those selfish morons… i even hear that some of them have Kiddy pools for there Grand Kids
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
aesaac
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:25pmIn America the poor drive cars and wear gold jewelry.
Report Post »aesaac
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:30pmYou also can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear; or a Punaho country hick into a great statesman.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:30pmThey should pay more and thank God they do. It’s not like we are going to take anything with us outside leaving enough for our children without spoiling them. When I‘m on my death bed I’m not going to say “I wish I spent more time at the office”
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:36pmYou are such a hypocrite, if it was you with 250k worth of income and a small business to support, You would not be so enthusiastic to pay more money into the system for it to be spent the way they see fit.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:43pmI pay plenty my friend, it’s called the price for freedom. Go look at the Sun and then smile again.
Report Post »shimauma
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:55pmLOL 13thgenerationamerican, you’ve never worked in a homeless shelter before have you? funny, some of those harvard grads raised kids that don’t want to take care of them when they are old. They like to talk about how much money they used to have too, but the guv’ment done went and spent all that social security on more government paperpushers, I mean employees.
Report Post »MightyInfantry
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:09pmHow much extra do you pay at tax time, how much do you write off, do you take deductions or tax credits? If you don’t pay extra and you write anything off then you are a hypocrite. You voluntarily pay more anything above what you don‘t need to live then I’ll pay more too.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:51pmDan Foster says you are a piker and live off other peoples labor.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:50pmKids, we pay enough to make sure every American is made whole with food and shelter. The rest is up to them but I’ll take it farther and care to do more for them, it’s in my nature to help, won’t you join me.
Report Post »shimauma
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:26pmI’m looking forward to the day when I see barry hussien pushing a stolen grocery cart full of junk around a street corner, asking folks for quarters.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:38pmThe day you see a Harvard Educated man wanting is the day America Died. Wake up!
Report Post »shimauma
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:52pmLOL 13, you’ve never worked in a homeless shelter before have you? funny, some of those harvard grads raised kids that don’t want to take care of them when they are old.
Report Post »spotster
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:58pmshow one shred of proof he ever went to harvard
Report Post »samurai2112
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:40pmLol 13. Another waste of money learning nothing new from Harvard except what they wanted to reinforce what you learned k-12. For a class population of hyper competitive students how can you so easily commite to same outcomes for everyone? How about we all colleges are now Harvard and we all graduate with the gpa? Like that idea tool?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:47pm13TH DENERATIONAMERICAN is from the HuFFy post…….. got his number along time ago
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:25pmWealthiest Americans already pay more than the rest of us as well as keep many companies employed with their spending habits.
Report Post »jacquecustard
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:25pmThat’s right punish the job creators, this guy is one piece of work with his undiluted class warfare.
Report Post »shimauma
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:25pmI want barry hussien to forgo his salary first, as well as clean out his bank account and the college savings for his children, and his retirement. And he has to convince his puppetmaster george soros to do the same. When he does all that stuff first, then I’ll take him seriously about taxing the rich…maybe.
Report Post »Anton Phibes
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:28pmLiberals are only this generous and sympathetic when the funds they are using dont belong to them. Barry and Georgie aint giving anything more than they have to.
Report Post »Zorba53
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:24pmCan anyone tell me what a “fair share” is?
Report Post »Anton Phibes
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:26pmAll of it.
Report Post »ginsberg
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:33pm39 percent, a 5 percent increase. But your daddy dick army and uncle beck dont want that, they need to create jobs…or hoard gold while schilling for ripoff artists like goldline.
Report Post »SwoonCraft
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:35pmTo funny!
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:44pm“Can anyone tell me what a “fair share” is?”
No. But almost anyone will tell you it’s unfair when almost half the population pays no tax at all, while coupon-clippers at the top end have their capital gains taxed at a lower rate than middle-class wages and salaries.
I’m willing to bet that closing loopholes–all loopholes–while leaving the Bush tax rates unchanged, would go a long way toward reducing the deficit.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:54pmnow that is a good question…. I googled it and there was no clear cut answer…. I’m thinking there are 2 meaning, depending on what side of the isle you stand…
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:23pmthey already pay more than anyone else
Report Post »DGeezy11
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:23pmWhat a dope!
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:23pmThis is fun. Wathcing this guy squirm and beg like he does is just plain fun. He is losing, he knows it, and it is just a hoot to watch this guy lose his cool. His off the cuf answers to questions are a riot. Now everyone, go eat your peas…..
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:22pmEvery year I give a bit of a bonus to the IRS on top of the taxes I already pay as a “thank you.”
Report Post »Deuteronomy22
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 11:02pmThe real fun will be watching all of your heads explode when he is re-elected. President Bachman, Palin, Cain, West, never, ever gonna happen. Independents will not vote for these nuts and Democrats will turn out in droves not to support Obama but to defeat these right wing lunatics.
Report Post »BarryWhistlerSoetoro
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:20pmSocialism is for the people, not the socialist.
Report Post »ginsberg
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:30pmWow that makes 0 sense. Taxes are not socialist phenomenons, and rich people are paying record low taxes while creating no new jobs. Would prosecuting the people who looted our economy be a socialust endevor? The tea party has become completely beholden to big business and quacks like beck. The blaze has run more stories attacking middle class union workers than on corporate millionares who were getting high while they destroyed our economy.
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:50pmWAKE UP!!! Ron Paul is our only hope! Soon, very soon, the only logical solutions will be the ones that RON PAUL has been preaching about for the past 20 years!
Report Post »He has the plan because he know the problems not just the symptoms. He doesnt need an “exploratory committee to figure out the problem”. He KNOWS what to do because he uses the directions and LAWS included in the CONSTITUTION!
IT’s that simple folks
But, It’s up to you and me to help Ron Paul FORCE the Republican leadership to show some backbone.
If you haven’t signed the Cut, Cap, and Balance petition yet, please do so right away.
We can stop Congress from selling us down the river and enabling President Obama to put the Tea Party on life support.
But only if we take action immediately!
Help RON PAUL stop the leadership from compromising on our principals!!
PLEASE SIGN the CUT, CAP and Balance Petition at this link
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/pages/debtceilingbetrayal2.html?pid=0714
And I personally feel it is every American Citizen’s DUTY to sign this Petition
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/sign-the-petition/
He is the only one out there actually walking the walk as well as talking the talk.
spotster
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:53pmhey gins that has to be the stupidest statement i have read today. how much is enough for you …. now remember you dont pay any taxes im sure .
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:04pmGinsberg:
Report Post »You are mistaken. Rich people have created millions of new jobs–just not in the US!
ginsberg
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:21pmWe have still not recovered from the job losses created by the very rich looting our economy, and as I said before, 39 percent worked fine under clinton, it was more under your stud reagan, again do you want no taxes in the rich? Do you want the rich to be free to continue looting middle class pensions? This already happened, yet the tea party doesnt care, according to your logic the rich do no wrong, and we should just be happy with what scraps they let slip from their greasy fingers.
Report Post »Ethereal
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 7:55pm@ginsberg
Report Post »Really? Record low taxes? The top 5% of taxpayers in America paid more than 0.5% which means that the top 50% pay ALL of the taxes since about 1990. Does that sound like lower percentages to you? If you tax the top 2% income at 100% the deficit is not even close to being paid so people like you who are only motivated by jelousy you feel when someone else is successful need to sit down and look at the numbers and stop being a busy body about what someone else has in their bank account compared to others. Also look at the number of Billionaires and Millionairs in this country, you will find most of them are Dems who do the looting.
Deuteronomy22
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 11:33pmNot bad the top 5% paying 50% of the taxes when they get 80% of the income and hold 90% of the wealth. I‘d say that’s a bargain. Even Warran Buffet says this is the best time ever to be a billionaire and he pays a lower rate than his secratary.
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