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Old 04-06-2008, 05:28 PM
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Taxes are bad for the economy. Clinton supports more taxes. Its that simple.

And her class warfare rhetoric is offensive given that she is of the class she is criticizing. Just because she donated the minimum and paid her minimum taxes doesn't impress me, knowing that she knew this would be public and it involved absolutely NO sacrifice.

If she donates 99% of their income, kept no more than 1 million dollars for their family this year, plenty of money for anyone, then I would vote for her.
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Taxes are bad for the economy. Clinton supports more taxes. Its that simple.

And her class warfare rhetoric is offensive given that she is of the class she is criticizing. Just because she donated the minimum and paid her minimum taxes doesn't impress me, knowing that she knew this would be public and it involved absolutely NO sacrifice.

If she donates 99% of their income, kept no more than 1 million dollars for their family this year, plenty of money for anyone, then I would vote for her.
Most families will never see $1 million in their lives. I saw a report the other night that indicated the Clintons make over $40,000 per DAY. That's right, per DAY. Many families don't make $40K in a year!

Gives you a little perspective.
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She is rich enough to add an extra 25% to her payment to show her leadership on this issue and it would not have even effected her lifestyle. She did not.
For those that would be affected, how much money are they making a year?

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Did she actually say she wanted other rich people to pay more then she did? If not, then she's not being a hypocrite (at least not with this). From what I saw of the report, her and her husband paid a higher percentage in taxes than most do at their income level. If anything, she's calling for a policy that will effect her as much as any other "rich" person.

I don't think an advocate for the right to bare arms needs to start handing out free guns to everone out of their own pocket, if you get my point. It's a call for overall policy change, not a personal crusade. There's no need to demand she give away all her money first before she calls for a policy to tax the "rich" harder.
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She calls for "poverty to end" by taking from the rich to give to the poor, the modern day Robin Hood. I don't recall Robin Hood being a friggin mega-millionare.
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She's paid the same percentage in taxes that other wealthy people have been forced to pay so she is leading by example.
Actually, no. The folks running oil companies are paying MUCH more than she and her rapist husband have paid. So are they "better" than the Clintons?
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Actually, no. The folks running oil companies are paying MUCH more than she and her rapist husband have paid. So are they "better" than the Clintons?
Really? What percentage did they pay?
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She calls for "poverty to end" by taking from the rich to give to the poor, the modern day Robin Hood. I don't recall Robin Hood being a friggin mega-millionare.
FYI, in the tale, Robin was a prince before he came back.

But he not only gave what he took from others, but he also gave what he had.
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Wouldn't they donate all their money but like a million dollars or less? After all, it isn't like they aren't going to keep making money and they sure have plenty.

Isn't it kind of anti-liberal to keep all that money while at the same time calling for redistribution of wealth to "end poverty"?

So george bush started a preemptive war for the purpose of spreading freedom and democracy! If he were really a conservative he would not have done that!
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Wouldn't they donate all their money but like a million dollars or less? After all, it isn't like they aren't going to keep making money and they sure have plenty.

Isn't it kind of anti-liberal to keep all that money while at the same time calling for redistribution of wealth to "end poverty"?
Wrong. This is America last time I checked and liberals can spend as they like. Just be happy that they are donating a lot of their money and they are both very active in their campaigns.

its sad that they can't win the support of their own party. The Democrats are full of idiot liberals. That is something that they aren't in a shortage of.
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