Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: Brigandier
Voting for more taxes means you're in full approval of your government and how it spends money. You're saying, "Hey, great job guys, have some more money to spend how you've been spending." It'd be quite awhile before I ever voted that way.
Not really at all. Right off the top, voting to increase taxes on the top 2% can allow decreasing taxes on the rest of society - just as Obama plans to do.
And if the Bush administration tomorrow suggested increasing taxes somewhat to pay down the debt, I'd agree, despite disagreeing with them on nearly all of their policies.
1) Rob from the rich and give to the poor. - Of course they can afford it.
Waah. We should never increase taxes on the rich, because it's always unjustified robbery.
Why should those that have worked hard for their $$ be required to subsidize those that do not? Why do not you send an extra 10% to the IRS to help reduce the deficit or those that pay not taxes?
2) A politician actually utilizing extra tax money to reduce taxes. Will never happen.
Right, democrats have never reduced taxes. Clinton only spent all the increased revenue, he did not do anything to reduce the deficit. Obama doesn't plan a middle class tax cut.
Clinton did not reduce taxes. He had extra revenue coming in that was not being spent due to the dot com bubble not yet bursting until he was packing up.
3) What Obama or McCain state will also have to be approved by Congress. And that is a major road block.
Not that major. A new president after a disaster has a lot of honeymoon for change, especially when his campaign has mentioned change a few times.
The Dems have stated that they can not follow through on their promises because of the Republicans and (not openly) they do not want to change the way they do business. Each feels the other side is not allowed to take credit for any ideas. As long as the Repubs can block Dem initiatives, the status quo will exist. Unless there is a landslide in the WH or the Dems pick up enouigh in the Senate to override roadblocs, there will not be large changes