Will President Kerry be able to rollback the Bush tax cuts

Feanorcurufinwe

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:06 PM
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Poll question: Will President Kerry be able to rollback the Bush tax cuts

Edited on Sat Aug-14-04 03:08 PM by Feanorcurufinwe

on those earning more than $200,000 with a Republican Senate and House?

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JohnKleeb

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:06 PM
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1. arent their some republicans in the houses who dont like the cuts

I also thought he was gonna rollback only the wealthy's tax cuts too.

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Feanorcurufinwe

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:07 PM
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2. Ok I will edit to make that point crystal clear.

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JohnKleeb

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:16 PM
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6. ok then I think he can pass it

He cant do it with just the dems though, he's gonna need moderate wing of the GOP help for I think, people like Sherwood Boehert etc.

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library_max

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:37 PM
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8. Exactly right, in my opinion.

There are some grownups left in the Republican Party, and once loyalty to Bush is no longer an issue they'll be able to vote their conscience and intellect. I think this is one of Kerry's strengths - he should be able to heal a lot of the knee-jerk partisanship in the Congress. The Republicans who won't play will find themselves passed by and irrelevant.

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JohnKleeb

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:39 PM
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9. A lot of those moderates are retiring I know too LM

Expected Dem pick ups as well.

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molly

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:08 PM
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3. I voted probably because I think he has made his case

and even if we don't "own" congress, many there back him.

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MikeG

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:14 PM
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4. Only if he limits it to those making over 200K.

Or he'll get the same opposition as Clinton did in 1993.

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JohnKleeb

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:15 PM
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5. thats his position on it

I have to agree somewhat it does make technical sense to roll back all the cuts but its political suicide, yes I know some may say its "cowardly" but look at what happened to Mondale, the truth is nice but it will get you killed at times, I hate to say it being an idealist.

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wurzel

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Sat Aug-14-04 03:21 PM
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7. If he is as ruthless about rescinding them as Bush was in cutting them

n/t

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Dob Bole

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Sat Aug-14-04 04:27 PM
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10. Yes...all he has to do is wait until they expire...

Some are due to expire within the next couple of years. He can let them expire by simply vetoing attempts to renew them.

Some of the cuts don't expire until 2010, though...those will be a little more difficult to deal with.

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JI7

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Sat Aug-14-04 04:31 PM
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11. States with Republican Senators are being hurt by them

so Kerry should be able to get some of them to go along with it also.

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