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TeamPooka

(24,229 posts) Sun Jul 8, 2012, 04:52 PM Jul 2012

Taxes and Tactics: Labeling To Win (Just like Frank Luntz does)

If Frank Luntz worked for President Obama what would he call the mandated penalty "Tax" in the Affordable Care Act?
The Deadbeat Tax
The Cheater's Tax
What other labels would he use that we should?
Why aren't we doing this?

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Taxes and Tactics: Labeling To Win (Just like Frank Luntz does) (Original Post) TeamPooka Jul 2012 OP

Free riders they're saying. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #1

Free riders sounds to close to freedom riders TeamPooka Jul 2012 #2

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)

1. Free riders they're saying.

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Jul 8, 2012, 04:55 PM

Jul 2012

I think we should make it a harsher term.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

2. Free riders sounds to close to freedom riders

Reply to MrSlayer (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 8, 2012, 04:58 PM

Jul 2012

Freedom riders were heroes of the civil rights movement.
We need much stronger language.
We need to demonize here, unfortunately.
But that's what politics is.

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