Biden: Paying higher taxes patriotic for

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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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Registered: 06-09-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 4:52pm

Who fired first ?


Frankly, I could give a rats ass

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 4:56pm

I'm all for winning - guess not at the cost of our values and morals.

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Registered: 09-18-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 5:09pm
What would
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Registered: 06-09-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 5:14pm
Hey, didn't you hear? Not supporting your country and military is "patriotic" these days, and not wanting the government to take more of your money in an income redistribution scam is "unpatriotic." What an upside down world we live in. ; )



Different era than the 60s, but

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 5:16pm
Yes, those hippies from Bear Stearns, AIG and Lehman Brothers should be ashamed of themselves!!!
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Registered: 08-25-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 5:18pm

Actually that motto goes back to the 12th century...


Bishop Arnaud-Amaury, during the Albigensian Crusade made the comment when asked by a Crusader how to distinguish the Cathars from the Catholics.


His response: "Caedite eos! Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius" – "Kill them all! Surely the Lord discerns which ones are his".


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Registered: 08-29-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 5:25pm
I'm sure he's planning to keep EVERYONE patriotic! After Bill Clinton fooled me, I started watching what a politician actually does, rather than what they say. Obama has never met a tax increase he hasn't liked. His history shows exactly what's going to happen. Patriotism for all!
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Registered: 08-25-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 5:27pm
Now, here's a question for Biden... If paying higher taxes are patriotic, why aren't we raising everyone's taxes, so everyone can be patriotic?
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Registered: 09-09-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 5:29pm

*** No responsibility for one's actions.......its always someone else's fault

Kinda goes with the liberal philosophy of solving the problem with someone else's money.

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Registered: 06-09-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 5:31pm
What would