[i]Why listen to Kerry's tax promises, when you can do a Google search and find Kerry's actual tax record? He has voted to raise taxes on the middle-class dozens of times in the Senate. He voted against all of President Bush's tax cuts. That isn't a very taxpayer friendly voting record.
In fact, let's be very specific. Kerry had a chance to cut taxes for people who make less than $200,000 just last year. By choosing not to, Kerry voted to deny meaningful tax relief for the voters he is pursuing.
Using Department of Treasury data from the IRS, I recently found that the average middle class family would be paying $1,933 more in federal income taxes this year if Kerry had carried the day and the Bush tax cut had been voted down. There would be no child credit; no reduction in the income tax rates; and no elimination of the marriage penalty tax."
posted on August 21, 2004 05:18:14 AM new
Linda_K, think corporate welfare. Lots of money there. John Kerry is going after the money where the money is. The middle and working class will pay less taxes. Only the ultra Rich and corporations will pay more. Plus John Kerry will create jobs not loose them like Bush has. More jobs more money available. Linda you know all this you just choose to mislead people by not telling the whole story.
VOTE FOR JOHN KERRY AND JOHN EDWARDS. TOGETHER THEY WILL CLEAN UP THE BUSH CHENEY MESS.
posted on August 21, 2004 05:47:58 AM new
Hey bigpeepa, did you know your hero, Lou Dobbs is a gasp NEOCON??!! Yep, a lifelong republican, who, while he does his show about exporting american jobs, also links readers to his 'investment' pages of those very same companies.
Fooled again, peepa. haha-Leave it to a republican to figure out whats really going on here and make money doing it at the same time!! So be careful when you lump all republicans together -- you never know-- one might be your hero!
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Each one sees what he carries in his heart - Goethe
posted on August 21, 2004 06:45:17 AM new
bigpeepa said: Plus kerry will create jobs, not lose them like Bush has.
Maybe you'd like to explain to all of us just HOW he plans on doing that. According to democratic economists what kerry has suggested isn't going to help at all. AND some economists have said what kerry proposes will actually HURT the job market even more.
But I'd sure be interested in hearing how YOU think he's going to reverse job loss that started THREE YEARS before President Bush took office.
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DNC Ad Says Bush Lost Manufacturing Jobs
But even Clinton lost manufacturing jobs in his second term.
Economists say changing the tax code won't do much to help.
August 11, 2004
Modified: August 11, 2004
Summary
The Democratic National Committee released an ad Aug. 6 saying 2.7 million manufacturing jobs had been lost under Bush. That's true, but ignores the fact that manufacturing jobs started their decline three years before Bush took office.
The ad also says "Bush protects tax breaks favoring corporations that move their headquarters overseas" and that Kerry would "end job-killing tax loopholes." But as we've said before , "offshoring" accounts for just a small fraction of jobs that are lost, and even Democratic economists say changing the tax code won't end the overseas job drain anyway.
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posted on August 21, 2004 07:48:13 AM new
lINDA_k,
Bush has had 3 1/2 years to do something about the job lost in this country and has FAILED BIG TIME. That is the bottom line about jobs.
Don't worry I am sure John Kerry will explain how he will pay for his programs in the debates.
I believe it will be great fun to watch your failed leader The Alfred E. Newman look a like Geo. Bush explain his failures across the board.
You can copy and paste all that half true or downright lies right wing crap you want. You love to mislead and downright lie to the readers on this board. It doesn't cover up that your backing a big time failed leader for selfish reasons only.
posted on August 21, 2004 08:02:19 AM newHey bigpeepa, did you know your hero, Lou Dobbs is a gasp NEOCON??!!
Wrong! Lou Dobbs is a lifelong republican but he is not a neocon. He is a republican with moderate views.
A neocon by definition is radical in their thinking and that's not him. He supports the working man. Trying to compare him to a neocon is like trying to compare a dictator Joseph Stalin to the Pope.
posted on August 21, 2004 08:11:06 AM new
bigpeepa, You know whats really sad about you? You have NO IDEA who is funding these campaigns on BOTH SIDES -- it's big money lobbyist's. Do you think its your' and joe blow's 50 dollar contribution that is buying major advertising and enabling them to travel all over the place?
But you dont want to know about that do you? Kerry can, and will, only do so much if he wins. He also is indentured servant to where the money is.
(But its nice to have a dream! )
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