Obama: Work w/Repubs if They Agree to Raise Taxes

Severa · 09-09-2012, 02:30 PM

Obama: I’ll work with Republicans if they agree to raise taxes - Yahoo News

President Barack Obama said in an interview partly broadcast Sunday that he would be "more than happy to work with the Republicans" to trim the swelling national debt — as long as they drop their opposition to raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

"You can't reduce the deficit unless you take a balanced approach that says, 'We've got to make government leaner and more efficient,'" the president told CBS's Scott Pelley. "But we've also got to ask people --like me or Gov. Romney, who have done better than anybody else over the course of the last decade, and whose taxes are just about lower than they've been in the last 50 years - to do a little bit more."

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So in other words, 'Yeah I'll work with you....IF you do what I want first'

Idiot.

mamatutu · 09-09-2012, 02:45 PM

Obama doesn't need to worry about working with the Republicans. JMO.

tommyjo · 09-09-2012, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Severa

So in other words, 'Yeah I'll work with you....IF you do what I want first'

Idiot.

Unfortunately, you are missing the point. The point is that taxes have to be increased. Despite what Fox News and the Koch brothers are brainwashing you to think, taxes must go up. There is no spending reduction solution that solves our budget problems.

And, before the peanut gallery starts harping about new taxes being bad in a weak economy...the point of tax increases is that they need to be gradual and they also need to be more encompassing. Yes...the rich pay too little...but almost 50% pay nothing...neither of those facts are "fair".

09-09-2012, 05:10 PM

Fox and the Koch Bros.

same old #### from progressives ........ tax the rich ....

*Gilligan* ^(Premo) · 09-09-2012, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommyjo

Unfortunately, you are missing the point. The point is that taxes have to be increased. Despite what Fox News and the Koch brothers are brainwashing you to think, taxes must go up. There is no spending reduction solution that solves our budget problems.

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How much revenue is Barry's proposed tax increase "on the rich" actually predicted to generate?

And what definition(s) of "rich" are we referring to here? What ..very,very specifically..do you consider to be a "fair" tax rate on the "rich"?

*Gilligan* ^(Premo) · 09-10-2012, 09:59 AM

More discussion of Barry's massive red herring, "taxing the rich more".

Review & Outlook: Desperately Seeking Middle-Class Taxes - WSJ.com

ylexot · 09-10-2012, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommyjo

Unfortunately, you are missing the point. The point is that taxes have to be increased. Despite what Fox News and the Koch brothers are brainwashing you to think, taxes must go up. There is no spending reduction solution that solves our budget problems.

Sure there is:
Spending and the Deficit

Toxick · 09-10-2012, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommyjo

There is no spending reduction solution which any Democrat or Republican has the balls to countenance that solves our budget problems.

There we go...

*Larry Gude* ^(Premo) · 09-10-2012, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommyjo

Unfortunately, you are missing the point. The point is that taxes have to be increased. Despite what Fox News and the Koch brothers are brainwashing you to think, taxes must go up. There is no spending reduction solution that solves our budget problems. .

Wanna bet?

Chris0nllyn · 09-10-2012, 11:54 AM

the solution sure as hell isn't coming from the Democrats, nor the Republicans....

09-09-2012, 02:30 PM	#1
Severa Common sense ain't common Member Since: Nov 2006 Location: Great Mills Posts: 1,605	Obama: Work w/Repubs if They Agree to Raise Taxes Obama: I’ll work with Republicans if they agree to raise taxes - Yahoo News President Barack Obama said in an interview partly broadcast Sunday that he would be "more than happy to work with the Republicans" to trim the swelling national debt — as long as they drop their opposition to raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans. "You can't reduce the deficit unless you take a balanced approach that says, 'We've got to make government leaner and more efficient,'" the president told CBS's Scott Pelley. "But we've also got to ask people --like me or Gov. Romney, who have done better than anybody else over the course of the last decade, and whose taxes are just about lower than they've been in the last 50 years - to do a little bit more." ------------------------------- So in other words, 'Yeah I'll work with you....IF you do what I want first' Idiot. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook __________________ Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver... I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff...
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09-09-2012, 02:45 PM	#2
mamatutu mama to two Member Since: Dec 2011 Posts: 4,178	Obama doesn't need to worry about working with the Republicans. JMO. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook __________________ "An argument against big government is not an argument against societal compassion but against the discretionary power of an elite few to impose pain on the many. Government exists to impose order, not to impose chaos."-Dan Bongino
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EmptyTimCup Guest Posts: n/a	Fox and the Koch Bros. same old #### from progressives ........ tax the rich .... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook
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