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cornfedyank Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:13 PM
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John Kerry has a secret plan to raise taxes???
shrub et al have a not so secret plan to raise taxes. It's called deficit spending....the tax on Posterity.

et al includes the repub congress. What happened to '94?
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:14 PM
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1. go to sleep
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WMliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:14 PM
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2. right. bush's plan is to raise taxes on my generation
when we're trying to save for our retirement 40 years from now. fucker.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:16 PM
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3. Inflation is a hidden tax and Bush has been inflating everything...
...that middle working class Americans have to buy to exist. So, our taxes have been going up in the form of rising prices on all that we need.
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Hornito Donating Member (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:18 PM
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4. Even if it were true, would it be worse than the "not" so secret
plan of Bush's neocons to invade Iran and Syria?

Secret plan or no, sooner or later this nation is going to have to learn there is no free lunch. If they want wars, they are going to have to pay foe them.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:18 PM
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5. Do you want to know a secret?
Do you promise not to tell?

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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:19 PM
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6. Bush's not-so-secret "flat tax" will be a tax increase
for 90% of people at least.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:21 PM
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7. Do you want to hear it from Kerry's
lips what he plans to do about "taxes"?

Kerry being interviewed on the Tom Joyner Show this morning..
talking about all kinds of thing..taxes included..It's Excellent to hear him again..
http://www.tomjoyner.com/site.aspx/tjms/missed/index
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cornfedyank Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-04 05:31 PM
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10. i listened to that. This country needs a Congress too.
it is time to put some of these old f*cks around the cracker barrel, and let some others try.
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wkirby Donating Member (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 10:31 PM
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8. You're right about deficit spending . . .
but there's a key point here that's not being talked about. Whoever wins in November needs to take a serious look at cutting Government spending. If Kerry wants to raise taxes, then fine - but show us that you can manage Government in a way that takes our tax dollars effectively.

Bush has done neither of these. He's given a tax cut that benefits a minority of people who do not need it, and he's spent money like its burning a hole through his pocket. Kerry gives us an option that offers some hope of economic viability.

Check out an article I wrote on this subject called, "A Presidental Shopping Spree" Here's a link: http://www.wkirby.com/index.php?p=69

-Will
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cornfedyank Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-04 05:25 PM
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9. guns or butter????productive vs. non productive
peace is cheaper because it can have a positive return..sell them shovels if you must, but LET THEM work.

shrub et al had a chance to finish r.r's undone....open the kyber pass... you can do a lot of defense with a 50 cal., a cell phone , and an orbiting B-52.
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-04 09:10 AM
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11. it's so secret even kerry doesn't know about it
Sheesh. They really do think we are idiots.
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-04 07:30 PM
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12. Somebody is going to have to raise taxes. A lot.
Certain truths are unspeakable, in the political sense. One of these is the fact that someday, this country will be forced to suffer in order to pay off our enormous national debt.

We can hurt now, or we can hurt even more later. Really, it's too late to avoid hurting altogether.
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sr_pacifica Donating Member (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:28 AM
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13. Just in--Bush Agenda Could Top $3 Trillion
Here's a portion of an article from Monday's Washington Post:

"The expansive agenda President Bush laid out at the Republican National Convention was missing a price tag, but administration figures show the total is likely to be well in excess of $3 trillion over a decade...

"Bush's pledge to make permanent his tax cuts...would reduce government revenue by about $1 trillion over 10 years, according to administration estimates...

"And Bush's agenda has many costs the administration has not publicly estimated. For instance, Bush said in his speech that he would continue to try to stabilize Iraq and wage war on terrorism. The war in Iraq alone costs $4 billion a month, but the president's annual budget does not reflect that cost...

"The administration has been secretive about the cost of the war and the likely impact that the bulging defense budget and continuing cost of tax cuts will have on domestic spending next year. The White House put government agencies on notice this month that if President Bush is reelected, his budget for 2006 may include $2.3 billion in spending cuts from virtually all domestic programs that are not mandated by law, including education, homeland security and others central to Bush's campaign."

I would love to see this addressed in the debates.

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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 05:24 PM
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14. He's a Democrat. Didn't ya know that?
I have a secret plan of my own to raise taxes.
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