Applesauce
Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. By the way, this blog’s name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, “All politics is applesauce.” |
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October 10th, 2008 at 12:49pm Pat Cunningham
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3 Comments Add your own
1. echo4charlie | October 10th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Good fight………………..
Don’t stop on my account…………..
If you want good political satire, watch the limited-time SNL on Thursday night (weekend update Thursday).
Wow, was that funny. They nailed the last debate……….
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/
2. DingDong | October 10th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Milt: Stop reading opinion pieces and try to use some logic. So, what your saying that some peoples lives are more valuable than others. Then my vote should be weighted more than others that make less than me. See your ridiculous defense logic is just stupid. People who make more will pay more taxes anyway just from the fact that a larger income will equal a larger tax at certain percentage. Typically people who earn more money are the people that produce jobs and are the small businesses. I know Obama he will not raise capital gains on small businesses, that is great too bad they typically don’t pay capital gains, they pay income taxes.
So then Drew when does it go from a “progressive tax” system to socialism and wealth redistribution?
3. Craig Knauss | October 10th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
“Dingdong says, “People who make more will pay more taxes anyway just from the fact that a larger income will equal a larger tax at certain percentage.” That’s BS, Dingdong. I’ll give you an example. Way back when, my working class parents had a combined income of $10,000 one year. President Richard Nixon had over $200,000 that same year. My parents paid about $1000 in income tax that year. Nixon paid $700. That’s right, $700. He had all kinds of offsets that reduced his tax. My parents didn’t. They used their money for food. When Reagan wanted his big tax reduction for the wealthy, he said the wealthy were paying 55% of their income in taxes. The GAO found out it was more like 28%, after deductions, credits, etc. Just a couple percent more than I was paying for far less income. So please feel free to take your “socialism” claim and park it somewhere. You’re not fooling anyone.
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