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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 05:59 PM
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QUESTION: best rebuttal to "No new taxes" mantra?
this is one of the of the most effective bits of propaganda the right has come up with in the last couple of decades. The only thing the left has that even comes close is "Why would you vote against your own economic interests?"

We cannot have decent schools or fix health care without have a simple, accurate, and durable (not just appropriate to current admin) counter mantra.

Any ideas?

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Son of California Donating Member (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:03 PM
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1. Democrats think for themselves
No Rubberstampers here!
Our leadership doesn't send us Talking points to repeat over and over again.
We think for ourselves, We speak our mind.
and that's what this country is all about.
People with the courage to think for themselves.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:09 PM
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2. No taxes, no war.
no pothole repairs, no new schools (like they care about that), long lines at government agencies, no public libraries, no more cops, no more firefighters, no new public works projects like sewers and water
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Rosco T. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:13 PM
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3. "No New Wars" n/m
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:13 PM
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4. Let your children pay for this war!
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:19 PM
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5. No new taxes, no schoos,l
no new taxes, no fire fighters
No new taxes, no police
no new taxes, no roads

See a pattern here? but since we are coming into the framing issue

Pay your share or get out of the way...

How about that one
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central scrutinizer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:19 PM
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6. So you want "no new investments?"
A tax (provided it doesn't go straight into Halliburton's rapacious maw) is an investment. Want your kids to have a better future? Think they might need a good school? Want to keep our technological and innovative edge? Better invest in your public universities. How about safe roads and bridges? Think that might just help the economy? Want to protect your investment? Probably better think about helping pay for police and fire protection. Which is more cost effective - providing good schools, job training, social services, mental health care for your town or building another prison. Want parks and libraries? Better pay up.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:21 PM
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8. And by sentence number two you lost teh connie
that is why we need to come up wiht simple bumper sticker language
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:20 PM
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7. No taxes, no internet
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:33 PM
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9. why do you hate america?
no new taxes? no country.

it's unpatriotic to not want to pay your taxes -- pure and simple.

and the same holds true with new taxes.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 07:30 PM
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16. patriots pay fair taxes--cuts are for crybabies
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:48 PM
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10. The other mantra: I can spend my money better than the government.
Although, I'd have a tough time getting anything accomplished.
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firefox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 07:12 PM
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11. No new debt. n/t
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dave123williams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 07:15 PM
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12. Deficit financing a tax-cut is a de-facto TAX-INCREASE, because

the bonds that we're issuing to cover the budget shortfall are SERVICEABLE DEBT. The bill's coming due.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 07:16 PM
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13. Freedom isn't free....taxes are the surcharge of freedom.
:D
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 07:27 PM
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15. everything works but "surcharge" change to dues or something
Even more vexing, is the GOP has undermined the idea of progressive taxation, based on ability to pay.



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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 07:18 PM
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14. No more Corporate Welfare! n/t
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