The ClassWar Has Officially Begun

[konradv]

The shot heard round the world from the podium in DC

yay demonRats.. yay for youse

BULLSHIT. The Republicans are going to deal with raising taxes on all Americans, if they let the Bush cuts expire. How do you think THAT'S going to work out for them? Americans aren't going to look kindly on a party that would let that happen, just because they're in a no-compromise mood.

 

[Claudette]

You think Barry or the Dems will push to let the tax cuts expire on the middle class??

I sure don't.

How else will his little foray into class warfare bear fruit??

He sure as hell can't run on his lousy record so its class warfare full steam ahead.

 

[Dragon]

Despite the liberal media's support of Obama's campaign rhetoric, the class warfare angle doesn't seem to resonate with Americans. Anybody can understand that taxing the rich doesn't mean that anyone but the federal government is going to benefit.

19 Different Polls Show That Americans Support Tax Increases To Cut Deficit

That would be a "not" on that one.

 

[Claudette]

Good read.

I especially like this bit:



There are a few qualifiers that come in to play on this issue. Americans will always support tax increases as long as they are on someone else. Since the vast majority of Americans aren’t millionaires, it isn’t a big surprise that so many citizens favor additional taxes on them. Secondly, the American people are realistic. They tend to support a mixture of spending cuts and tax increases. This is a matter of common sense to most people. If you are in debt, you aren’t going to get out of debt by only spending less. At some point, you have to earn more money in order to pay your bills.

Wonder how it would poll if the question were. "Would you like YOUR TAXES raised along with the rich?"

Don't think that would fly so high.

 

[EriktheRed]

Good read.

I especially like this bit:



There are a few qualifiers that come in to play on this issue. Americans will always support tax increases as long as they are on someone else. Since the vast majority of Americans aren’t millionaires, it isn’t a big surprise that so many citizens favor additional taxes on them. Secondly, the American people are realistic. They tend to support a mixture of spending cuts and tax increases. This is a matter of common sense to most people. If you are in debt, you aren’t going to get out of debt by only spending less. At some point, you have to earn more money in order to pay your bills.

Wonder how it would poll if the question were. "Would you like YOUR TAXES raised along with the rich?"

Don't think that would fly so high.

You may have a point there, but that's not what this is about. It also goes to show that the wingnut never-raise-taxes-under-any-circumstances policy isn't exactly going over very well, either.