Bush on CSPAN...defends "so-called" rich

A few minutes ago I flipped over to CSPAN. I caught Bush in the middle of answering a question abut taxing the rich. I was struck by the angry look on his face, it's just as sore a topic for him as it is for me, just for different reasons.

First he says you can't raise significant revenue taxing the "so-called" rich. Then he proclaimed that "all these tax the rich schemes" end up taxing the middle class, and went on about how raising middle class taxes in a economic downturn is bad. I don't argue that point, but it's the same old 3-legged dog logic*: tax hikes for the rich are tax hikes for the middle class; middle class tax hikes are bad; tax hikes for the rich are bad.

The Republicans will try to hide the rich behind farmers and small business owners like they have done for the last 28 years. How they have managed to convince people that taxes on the wealthy will raise everyone's taxes is beyond me. Statistics and our experiences show that these policies lead to budget deficits and recessions. The general election campaign against McCain has to educate the average voter on the failure of the Republican's tax policy.


*(refresher)
All dogs have three legs.
Fido is a dog.
Fido has three legs.

:thumbsup:

Most policy arguments begin with how to fund the policy in question.

It's just ultra-wealthy and the rest of us now.

It was almost pathetic.

Considering a buying power loss of nearly 40% over the last seven and a half years. Logically, you'd have to be
making almost twice as much to remain there.

"middle class" means those people who make $200,000 and up. If you see it in that light, Bush's remarks make sense.





TO save you the math, $50 an hour is $104,000 a year.

at the higher income levels.

They need those making $40K to -BELIEVE- they are middle class.

but it's these unguarded moments that let you know what they really think. This is how we know they're lying.

Didn't edit fast enough.

Very enlightening on the mindset.

I used to work outside in Texas for much less, until I got laid off. For $50/hour I'd even make McCain a salad with the lettuce.

If George can explain that to me then I'll eat my hat.

He never does explain it, he only states it like it's fact. He might as well say "Paint is red."

the republicans always have managed to turn tax hikes for the rich into tax hikes for the middle class.

Of course he'll never admit that. He's just trying to save those republicans the energy ;)

...to tax hikes on the middle class because they are conditioned to ignore the law and dump the responsibility on anyone else.

what do you expect from someone who has always had a silver spoon in his mouth. Stupid jerk.

Reagan rushed these kind of tax cuts through congress before worrying about the details of paying for them. Bush followed suit early in his administration. They may want to cut spending, but not as much as they want the tax cuts that make the budget cuts "necessary".

Also, the types of taxes they seek to cut, estate and dividends, don't mean that much to the average person.

This issue is their main thrust, and the one we can beat them on.

because the rich don't pay taxes to begin with. :crazy:

The closest that man has ever come to telling the truth! :wow:

was the most influential person in his life".

Jesus hung out with the poor, the diseased, and the destitute, the fringes of society, and the children pleading for others to take care of the least of these. Jesus actually threw the money changers or businessmen of the day out of the Temple or church.

After he was selected President, Bush would tell a room full of mega wealthy people, they were his base.

So here is my three legged dog.

1. Bush is a liar.

2. Bush is a hypocrite.

3. So that means Bush must be a lying hypocrite.

Even Jesus belived in paying taxes. Bush will get the camel through the eye of a needle by building a bigger needle.

Once he's finished his war on Terra, where else can he go but Heaven and Hell?