Timmy the Tool Pawlenty is really pushing his anti-tax creds.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

That pencil-necked fuckwit really, really wants to be President. And he really, really shouldn't be.

"Gov. Tim Pawlenty is calling the federal stimulus package "largely a waste of money" and says tax cuts would have been better for the economy.

The Minnesota Republican appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. He says the stimulus package failed to produce private sector jobs.

The Obama administration claims the legislation created about two million jobs, but Pawlenty says it didn't reduce unemployment or prompt business growth.

When asked about the 12,000 jobs created in Minnesota, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports Pawlenty said they were "mostly government jobs."

Pawlenty says the best way to stimulate the national economy is the approach he supports in Minnesota, tax cuts. Specifically, he called for cuts to payroll taxes and capital gains." http://wcco.com/politics/pawlenty.federal.stimulus.2.1509033.html

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[jmowreader]

1. The era when tax cuts would produce substantial job growth will never come again

They worked for JFK, certainly, but the tax cut JFK engineered started with a 92-percent tax rate and reduced it to a 70-percent tax rate. Cutting taxes by 20 raw percentage points (and not a "20-percent" tax cut that works out to three or four percentage points because the numbers weren't there in the first place) won't do what you want.

For all the tax cut promoters, riddle me this: After Clinton created 22 million private sector jobs by raising taxes, Bush came into office and cut them--and produced 10,000 new private sector jobs in his first four years. How do these data not call for an immediate, and substantial, INCREASE in the tax rate?

[OHdem10]

8. That is right. They go overseas for cheap labor.

[DJ13]

2. Dear Tepid Tim

You cant have business growth until people have sufficient income to drive growth through consumer spending.

Just giving money to business in the hope they will do the right thing is a fools game.

See bank bailouts and reduced consumer lending for an example.

[Mz Pip]

3. Cut the defense budget

and all the stupid wars and then get back to me, dear Tim, on your tax cut proposals.

Sorry, but I will not support tax cuts that will just go to cutting needed services like education, roads, health care, police and firemen and still provide unlimited funding for the military industrial complex.

How do we fund all those wars you Republicans want? Fairy dust?

[eleny]

4. He was proud of his anti tax stand even after the bridge collapsed

"Fuckwit" only begins to tell is story.

[Zoeisright]

5. What a total asshole. I hate his guts.

He has ruined this state with his fucking 'tax cuts', which were only for the wealthy. And all other taxes, regressive of course, have soared here.

That pig knows nothing but destruction. He has hurt women, children, and the poor and he needs to GO AWAY.

[OHdem10]

6. Republicans, like Pawlenty, may find talking tax cuts will be their "Waterloo"

I have never met anyone who loves to pay taxes, but most
everyday people see it as something we must do if we want
our kids to have a decent education, if we want decent roads
and bridges, we like our mail delivered, we like the notion
of our Medications being safe. Look at any phase of life
and we can find some aspect where the Government has a role
to play.

This country is in a Crisis economically. No matter who
is President, if you plan to get the country turned around,
it is more than likely Taxes will have to be increased.

It is irresponsible for people to run around using the
same Platform, and the GOP Platform is cutting taxes
sounding as if they can use the same old same old and
get new results. Duh.

They cannot cut Government to the bone and not bring out
the Silent Majority to the streets. These are people in
suburbs and yes some rural areas who can count and think.


It will take a careful and thoughtful plan.

The Teabaggers have a libertarian bend. They are a small
minority for a reason. The majority of Americans even
Republicans recognize that the Government may be their
life line. Sure they answer some poll question in a positive
way about Teabaggers. I daresay you get down to specifics
and the majority of Americans have very different views.

Promising tax cuts now after screaming about the deficit
sounds like REAL LIVE SNAKE OIL.

[glinda]

7. Pawlenty= tax cuts for the rich and likes it to fall on the middle class and lower.

He does this by turning his back on them (us). Someone has to pay and in the end it is those who are not the wealthiest. He also loves "fees".
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[justgamma]

9. Hey Timmy! Maybe if you cut taxes enough

you could have more bridges fall down and kill people. Did you know it takes money to fix them? Idiot.

[hfojvt]

10. I am getting a sense of deja vu

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/101

[Skittles]

11. Repukes: war and tax cuts

they are two-trick ponies

[Bitwit1234]

12. This guy only believes

in suffocating the poor and giving to the corporations. That's what he is doing in Minnesota. Since about 1976 or so Minnesota has had the best health care for the poor and underprivileged in the country. Republicans have tried since day one to dismantle. Well Phewlenty has cut the medicaid part out completely because I guess he needs all that money to pay for the new stadium to benefit his republican section, Minneapolis. If he could wrangle out another term, and I think he knows Minnesota would run him out on a rail, he would get down to cutting out the MinnesotaCare Part also.

I can not understand why these oh so "Christians" are forever and constantly trying to do away with any program that benefits the poor and under privilege. Look at Michelle Bachmann who considers her the top "Christian" in Minnesota. Her and her family accepts at least $250,000 dollars each year for their farm but she wants to cut out social security for the middle class and the poor. See very very Christian aren't them.