Obama: "I Will Raise Taxes"

superdude17* · #1 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 06:34 PM

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/A...ll_raise_taxes

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama flatly promised to raise taxes in a television interview Thursday afternoon.

“I will raise CEO taxes,” Obama told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room.”

“If you’re a CEO in this country you’ll probably pay more taxes,” Obama said. Obama speculated his CEO tax rates “won’t be prohibitively high, you’ll pay roughly what you did in the 90’s when they were doing fine.”

Obama also said he would eliminate the Bush tax cuts and install what he called a “middle class tax cut.”

Blitzer asked Obama to define “middle class.”

Obama replied, “You know, I think the definitions are always a little bit rough” and said “if you’re making $100,000 a year or less, then you’re pretty solidly middle class…On the other hand, if you’re making more than $100,000 and certainly if you’re making more than $200,000 or $250,000, you’re doing pretty well.”

The CNN interview was the first one Obama has held since Tuesday’s primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. In it, the Illinois senator also discussed his judicial philosophy. Obama, who has delivered constitutional lectures at University of Chicago Law School, said he thought Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “a very sensible judge.” He also hinted he would place special emphasis on civil rights protections when appointing Supreme Court judges if elected President.

“We’ve got to make sure civil liberties are protected,” Obama said. “Because oftentimes there are pressures placed on politicians to want to set civil liberties aside, especially at a time when we’ve had terrorist attacks. Making sure we maintain our separation of powers so that we don’t have a president who is takes over more and more power, I think those are all criteria by which I’d judge whether or not this is a good appointee.”

There he goes again. He just can't get it through his heads that folks making between $100,000 and $250,000 are NOT rich ~ they are making more than others, but they're struggling to get their business going so it can compete against the big guys, or they're putting kids through college a cut above what they'd ordinarily be able to afford, and that's so their "family" can progress up into the income categories that the fat cats like the Kennedy's and Clinton's and Obama's are in.

And, finally....He’s also promised to destroy our military. And, you can bet he will give our enemies the keys to America. Sweet dreams ya’ll!!

The12thMan · #2 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 07:07 PM

If he keeps this up, McCain will have a shot at most of the New England states.

submarinepainter · #3 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 07:11 PM

right now he is admired here in Maine but no one knows why ??

ABoyNamedSue · #4 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 08:33 PM

Ever notice how democrats like to whine about Bush and his "spend spend spend" ways, but they don't seem to mind facing the fact that either Democrat will jack taxes up AND expand the government?

superdude17* · #5 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by submarinepainter

right now he is admired here in Maine but no one knows why ??

because he's black...duh

Okamifujutsu · #6 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ABoyNamedSue

Ever notice how democrats like to whine about Bush and his "spend spend spend" ways, but they don't seem to mind facing the fact that either Democrat will jack taxes up AND expand the government?

What Democrats are annoyed about is a little thing called "debt". If you "spend spend spend" money you don't "have have have", it's a problem. We think it's okay for a government to spend money it actually has, not money it's borrowing from China.

ABoyNamedSue · #7 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Okamifujutsu

What Democrats are annoyed about is a little thing called "debt". If you "spend spend spend" money you don't "have have have", it's a problem. We think it's okay for a government to spend money it actually has, not money it's borrowing from China.

Ok, so when Obama (if he wins) jacks up the size of government, will you be as enraged as you were with Bush? It's obvious 8 years won't get our country in the black, so any expanding of the government would go against what you just said.

I smell 8 years of total hypocrisy coming.

justabubba · #8 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ABoyNamedSue

I smell 8 years of total hypocrisy coming.

what you are smelling is your finger

try point with it to some commitment Obama has made that will be fiscally irresponsible
after backing a 7+ period of uncontrolled spending you are already criticizing Obama for bad fiscal policy before he becomes the official demo candidate. your hypocrisy is showing

submarinepainter · #9 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by justabubba

what you are smelling is your finger

try point with it to some commitment Obama has made that will be fiscally irresponsible
after backing a 7+ period of uncontrolled spending you are already criticizing Obama for bad fiscal policy before he becomes the official demo candidate. your hypocrisy is showing

he is already showing he will raise taxes on the capital gains tax even though it will bring in less money , I noticed the blank look on his face when asked any real questions, you know that look the one the kids at McDonalds give ya?!

justabubba · #10 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by submarinepainter

he is already showing he will raise taxes on the capital gains tax even though it will bring in less money , I noticed the blank look on his face when asked any real questions, you know that look the one the kids at McDonalds give ya?!

no, i don't know that look because i don't eat at mcdonalds ... once puberty set in i had no further need for kid's meals
so, not having your benchmark of competence - that look - to use to evaluate Obama's fiscal liabilities, why don't you share with us specifically what he has proposed that is actually found to be irresponsible
personally, i don't think you have the capacity to handle that challenge ... maybe when you are old enough to eat with the adults you can fashion a decent rebuttal

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