Biden: Paying higher taxes patriotic for
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| Thu, 09-18-2008 - 9:50am |
Wow, it's now patriotic for those who make more to pay more. I'm sorry but there's a difference in volunteering to be "patriotic" and pay more and being forced to pay more. Being forced to pay more isn't being patriotic.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_el_pr/biden_taxes
Biden: Paying higher taxes patriotic for wealthy
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that paying more in taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. In a new TV ad that repeats widely debunked claims about the Democratic tax plan, the Republican campaign calls Obama's tax increases "painful."
Under the economic plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, people earning more than $250,000 a year would pay more in taxes while those earning less — the vast majority of American taxpayers — would receive a tax cut.
Although Republican John McCain claims that Obama would raise taxes, the independent Tax Policy Center and other groups conclude that four out of five U.S. households would receive tax cuts under Obama's proposals.
"We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people," Biden said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Noting that wealthier Americans would indeed pay more, Biden said: "It's time to be patriotic ... time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut."
McCain released a television ad Thursday charging that Obama would increase the size of the federal government amid an economic crisis. Contending that "a big government casts a big shadow on us all," the ad features the image of a shadow slowly covering a sleeping baby as a narrator misstates the reach of the Obama tax proposal.
"Obama and his liberal congressional allies want a massive government, billions in spending increases, wasteful pork," the ad says. "And we would pay — painful income taxes, skyrocketing taxes on life savings, electricity and home heating oil. Can your family afford that?"
The McCain campaign said the ad is set to run nationally.

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Hey, Bush Republicans have themselves to blame for that game, as they started it shortly after the Iraq invasion
Have you ever noticed how Democrats believe it is patriotic for other people to pay more?
No one has ever been prevented from voluntarily sending more money to the government that their tax bill requires.
Here in MA, there's even a box on your tax return to have yourself taxed at the old, higher, income tax rate.
Have you ever noticed how Democrats believe it is patriotic for other people to pay more?
Great point. I also love the quote where Biden
Hey, Bush Republicans have themselves to blame for that game, as they started it shortly after the Iraq invasion
Can you say "Tea Party"
Except it won't be tea this time.
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