Why do Republicans always promise tax cuts and paint Dems as big taxers while running for office?
Mac asked:
Painting Democrats as “big taxers’ is the oldest trick in the GOP playbook. Reagan did in against Carter and then came into office and waged a full on war on the poorest of our country with his Reaganomics while pandering to the extreme right social agenda. It is clear he was the grand daddy of the “tickle down Voodoo economics. Then it was George H. W. Bush who said “read my lips: no more taxes” while running against Dukakis. He came into office ran a 4 trillion dollar debt and record job losses,,then raised the gas tax while in office trying to debt relief. Nothing worked until Clinton came in and cleaned up the mess and left office with a balanced budget and a surplus. Then comes G. W. Bush promising tax cuts saying Gore will raise taxes,,and we all know how that story ended. With a hefty $700 billion tax burden and a sky rocketing national deficit. All the while he gave $750,000 average tax cut to the fortune 500 CEOs.
That brings us to McCain,, talking about tax cuts for the wealthy. He is going to increase the $750,000 fortune 500 CEO Bush tax cut. He is also going to tax our health benefits for first time in history and has a plan to buy toxic mortgages at 100% face value so we the tax payers can bail out banks that gave criminal loans and fools who signed up for these criminal loans while using the equity from their houses to buy RVs and go on vacations. How is that not spreading the wealth? Oh, and he is planning on balancing the budget while we are headed to a recession. Did McCain miss economics 101 class? (Obama said he will be working on a deficit till the economic crisis ends) Also he is going to continue this $10 billion/month Iraq war with no ending in sight. His only form of ‘savings’ is cutting ear marks and pork barrel which accounts for less than 1% of the federal budget. Does McCain know how to grow money on trees?
Lynn
Painting Democrats as “big taxers’ is the oldest trick in the GOP playbook. Reagan did in against Carter and then came into office and waged a full on war on the poorest of our country with his Reaganomics while pandering to the extreme right social agenda. It is clear he was the grand daddy of the “tickle down Voodoo economics. Then it was George H. W. Bush who said “read my lips: no more taxes” while running against Dukakis. He came into office ran a 4 trillion dollar debt and record job losses,,then raised the gas tax while in office trying to debt relief. Nothing worked until Clinton came in and cleaned up the mess and left office with a balanced budget and a surplus. Then comes G. W. Bush promising tax cuts saying Gore will raise taxes,,and we all know how that story ended. With a hefty $700 billion tax burden and a sky rocketing national deficit. All the while he gave $750,000 average tax cut to the fortune 500 CEOs.
That brings us to McCain,, talking about tax cuts for the wealthy. He is going to increase the $750,000 fortune 500 CEO Bush tax cut. He is also going to tax our health benefits for first time in history and has a plan to buy toxic mortgages at 100% face value so we the tax payers can bail out banks that gave criminal loans and fools who signed up for these criminal loans while using the equity from their houses to buy RVs and go on vacations. How is that not spreading the wealth? Oh, and he is planning on balancing the budget while we are headed to a recession. Did McCain miss economics 101 class? (Obama said he will be working on a deficit till the economic crisis ends) Also he is going to continue this $10 billion/month Iraq war with no ending in sight. His only form of ‘savings’ is cutting ear marks and pork barrel which accounts for less than 1% of the federal budget. Does McCain know how to grow money on trees?
Lynn
Tags: Dollar Debt, George H W Bush, Social Agenda
July 20th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Melinda
Because they Lie just like Joe the Lying Plumber….
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Julia
they are pandering to a specific faction in our society. the republican base are taxophobic.
July 25th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Courtney
It makes their base feel vindicated. Meanwhile tax cuts have become a boring, not effective continually used to way to stimulate the economy. Let’s actually use our minds and think of real solutions!
July 26th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Philip
“full war on the poorest in this country” = lie
Oh and by the way, adjusted for inflation, tax revenue went UP under Reagan and went DOWN in the year Bush ‘41 new taxes took effect.
July 30th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Jack
IT IS THE REPUBS WHICH ARE THE BIG SPENDERS AND NOT THE DEMS ALWAYS HAVE BEEN BUT NOT ON PROGRAMS FOR THE JOES THE PLUMBER. UNDER REAGAN I HAD MY TAXES INCREAED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE HE WAS GIVING HANDOUTS TO BIG BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUY MORE RANCHES AND BIG YACHTS IN ARGENTINA AND COLOMBIA AND THE YACHTS TO GET THERE IN A LEISURE WAY
July 31st, 2009 at 2:34 am
Elaine
They know how easy it is to manipulate their base with the same empty promises election cycle.
August 3rd, 2009 at 3:10 am
Leslie
Because Republicans are for less taxes and Democrats are always for more taxes.
Just listen to the news. Mind you I said LISTEN.
Pelosi and Reed are busy right now on how they are going to spend more money, but woops, they have to get it somewhere — oh well, raise taxes or print more money and lower the value of the dollar, which is the same as more taxes or lower wages or however you want to interpret it.
August 6th, 2009 at 3:03 am
Karen
I agree 100 percent!! Every republican trying to get my vote always tries to pull this sh*t with me too. Sometimes I believe some of them use this as an excuse not to vote for a black man. lol seriously.