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This will NEVER happen. Republicans look out for the wealthy.
Republicans look out for the 50% of people in the US who pay taxes, which is overwhelmingly the wealthy. The top 5% of wage earners pay 60% or more of federal income taxes.
The other 50% who are represented by Obama and the Democrats are the ones who take from the folks represented by Republicans.
Would you be more willing to vote for a Republican?
I don't know the point of your poll. For this reason, I didn't vote. I have a few thoughts about it:
Generally, Republicans have not been a party to favor a "soak the rich" tax policy. This is because Republicans believe that success shouldn't be "punished" with excessive taxation. But achievement, hard work, and the success it can bring, should be encouraged. That is what made America great. Rugged individualism, hard work, inovation, and acheivement, and the freedom to be whatever you dream, without an oppressive government on your back.
Thus, your first question goes against core principles of our founders, and conservatism. Acheivement, inovation, and individualism are good, and make us strong as a nation.
When President Kennedy cut taxes, it stimulated the economy, and it increased revenue to the Federal Government.
This is because there is a point at which taxation, if it becomes excessive, causes people to change there behavior, and plan their lives and finaces around a tax avoidance strategy, doing things that will put off taxes for later years when their total income may be lower. More favorable tax treatment has the opposite effect; people may be more willing to pay some taxes and realize some capital gain.
President Reagan also reduced taxes, resulting in a huge increase of revenue to the Federal Government. Along with that the economy grew by a huge amount, and Reagan brought us out of the dismal Carter years of double digit inflation, double digit interest rates, and high unemployment.
What Obama is doing makes no sense in the weakening economy that we had when he took office. He has taken a bad situation and made it infinitely worse, to the point our economy is very close to total colapse.
Democrats can no longer blame Bush. This is the Obama economy, and Democrats have been willingly going along, rubber stamping every Obama policy and proposal. It is an unmitigated disaster, and everyone knows it.
Therefore, in asking your question, one must wonder: Why? Why would they want to? For what purpose? That isn't something that traditional Republicans would do, nor should they. It's a recipe for disaster.
Never happen. The Republicans know the rich are the ones that keep the economy strong. Raise their taxes and more jobs go overseas and/or prices rise to the average consumer. This is something Democrats need to learn.
And isn't this exactly what we are seeing in this Obama economy? Fewer jobs, less revenue to the Federal government (down 34% as reported this month) high unemployment (resulting in fewer taxpayers).
Obama is following failed policies. There is nothing new about what he is doing. It won't work, has never worked, and he is simply Jimmy Carter II, only hundreds of times worse. This is a total disaster. We are in grave trouble. We are dead, to put it bluntly. We are about to enter the second "great depression", which could have been avoided.
And isn't this exactly what we are seeing in this Obama economy? Fewer jobs, less revenue to the Federal government (down 34% as reported this month) high unemployment (resulting in fewer taxpayers).
Obama is following failed policies. There is nothing new about what he is doing. It won't work, has never worked, and he is simply Jimmy Carter II, only hundreds of times worse. This is a total disaster. We are in grave trouble. We are dead, to put it bluntly. We are about to enter the second "great depression", which could have been avoided.
Great posts! Obama is proposing policies that have been proven failures time and time again. It's not a matter of hoping Obama fails or succeeds; it's about being honest and knowing that these policies will fail if implemented and trying to do what you can to stop them!
Wouldn't you prefer spending cuts as opposed to 'wiser' spending?
I would like both. Cuts and better spending, but we have to make a start somewhere.
Logic would say that you make spending changes first, then do the cuts. Or there would be more pain involved.
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