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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Apr-29-04 12:24 AM Original message

Bush's Birth Tax

Edited on Thu Apr-29-04 01:02 AM by krkaufman Please use this term LIBERALLY in all discussions of Bush's pushing the deficit and national debt to record levels. And don't forget to slam Grover when you get a chance. Phiddle: What I'd like to see from Kerry Define Bush in succinct, easily remembered, sound-biteable terms. ... Similar criticism of Bush's policies: ... the "birth tax" (referring to the deficit), Quahog: "Birth Tax!" Yes, I love it! Bush is setting up ALL working Americans to pay more taxes over the long haul. Our children will be hit not only with paying off the deficit,... BIRTH TAX! Yeah, Kerry should use that one!

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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Apr-29-04 01:01 AM Response to Original message

1. Ok, how had I not heard this term before?

Here's a few of the Google results... THE GEORGE BUSH BIRTH TAX from the Kerry campaign website! Thanks to George W. Bush’s deficit each child arrives in this world owing $35,000. While he has burdened our kids with a crippling birth tax, GWB has cut death taxes for people making tens of millions of dollars. a.k.a. The Bush Tax Massive details on Bush's Birth Tax The Birth Tax from Matt Biven's 'the daily outrage', courtesy of The Nation American Nobel Prize-winning economist George Akerlof says President Bush's government is the "worst ever" in US history, and describes its budget policies as "a form of looting." Government By Deception by Molly Ivins The "death tax," as the Republicans so cleverly misnamed the estate tax, which affects 2 percent of all Americans, has now been replaced by the Bush birth tax -- if you're born in this country, you're in debt -- you have to help pay back the money the Bushies took out of Social Security, plus the interest on the debts they're running up. The Birth Tax from The 18 1/2 Minute Gap blog They're calling it "The Bush Tax", but I prefer "Birth Tax". It's what every new American is going to be born owing thanks to Bush's budget deficits. In only two years, Bush has gone from a $200B+ surplus to a $500B deficit. Goodbye, Death Tax. Hello, Birth Tax! by The Angry Liberal But won't somebody have to pay interest on this huge pile of debt that republicans are racking up from all of this borrowing? Duh! And who do you think will pay it back? That's right, it will be you and me, our children, and their children. Every working American who has the misfortune to be born poor or middle class will enter the world owing the tax money that republicans are refusing to collect from the "Death Tax." Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the truly republican tax: The Birth Tax. The Birth Tax from the Carpe Datum blog

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phiddle (749 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Apr-29-04 01:16 AM Response to Original message

2. I thought that I'd made it up,

but maybe I just heard it from out in the ether. Good line, no?

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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Apr-29-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #2

3. Excellent line, yes..!!

Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

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Egalitarian (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Apr-29-04 02:24 AM Response to Original message

4. It'll take me 15 years to pay this off at my present salary/

tax rate. And that's if 100% of my taxes go towards the deficit. Factor in future wars and conventional uses for taxes and I'll die in debt.

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