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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*** I was one of those troops, and I was (and still am) aware enough to recognize worthwhile, necessary missions and those which were folly.
That's why we don't let our troops vote on missions. ; )
*** Our mission in Iraq has been Bush's folly from day one.
I guess that explains all of the testimonials from soldiers saying that they believe in, and support, the mission in Iraq.
<<< Say, that wouldn't be the mission supported by the President, the Congress, the UN and our allies, now would it?
*** It doesn't matter if they support our mission there or not.
Yeah...it kinda does. In fact, it's the only thing that matters.
*** It was and remains an unnecessary conflict, grossly expensive in both coin and blood.
It was and remains a necessary war in the defense of our nation, our allies and the promotion of democracy.
This isn't WWII, nor are our enemies of the same nature.
*** And that right there explains in exquisite detail why neither I nor anyone else can have a rational discussion on this issue with a Bush apologist.
Er...Bush "supporter"...LOL! I guess it can be quite frustrating when facts get in the way of your ideology and propaganda.
*** No matter what Bush has done, or how idiotic it is, the excuse is always that it's about national security.
I guess it's easier to just irrationally hate than to deal with the actual facts and history. But hey, whatever floats your hate-filled boat.
*** I swear, it's like trying to have a conversation with an amoeba.
Just trying to keep things on a level you can understand...but I guess even simple reality was too complicated for someone with a three-word ideology..."I hate Bush."
I don't agree with Bush's execution in Iraq, but Obama's tax plan will only raise $65 billion.
Oh good grief, you're trying to reduce the complexity of WWII down to the mixing of civilians and soldiers & terrorists?
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