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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 05:39 PM
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Is McCain Following In Reagan's Footsteps? (It's Not What You Think It Is)
Edited on Tue Jul-29-08 05:52 PM by ihavenobias
So I just read that .

As if we didn't already have , McCain decided to add one more.

As much as conservatives claim to love Reagan, why would McCain raising the social security tax rate bother them? After all, Reagan doubled the social security tax while giving the wealthiest Americans the biggest tax cut in American history.

In order to help make up from the loss of revenue from the tax cuts for the rich ( by the way) .

On top of that he STILL had to borrow more money than all presidents (from George Washington to Jimmy Carter) combined, thus tripling the national debt.

Great, here we go again.

Under Obama's proposed plan, .

The difference comes from the fact that McCain gives small cuts for the bottom 90% and massive cuts for the top 1-10%.

Now it looks like McCain will follow in Reagan's footsteps, and rather than , he will slash income taxes and corporate taxes and raise the social security tax which will hit the middle class the hardest. And I'm sure McCain will also push for rules to prevent anyone from spending the money that comes in from an increased social security tax, right?

So really, what are conservatives complaining about? I thought they loved Reagan? McCain apparently does, and I'm guessing he shares Ronald's .
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 05:40 PM
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1. Only to the extent one is actually dead, the other just looks that way.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 05:42 PM
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2. I have seen McGoo ads where they super imposed Raygun
Trying to give people the connection between them.

More bu$h more Raygun, either one will kill this nation
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 05:48 PM
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3. Going senile? Yeah.
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 06:41 PM
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7. Maybe but that obviously wasn't the intention of my post!
:)
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 06:01 PM
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4. social security is the only tax that gets smaller as you get richer CHART:
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 06:07 PM
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5. Yep. We'd be rid of a bizarrely destructive unelected President...
but back to Reaganite policies, also destructive.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 06:11 PM
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6. K&R
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 07:03 PM
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8. K&R
:kick:
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 07:21 PM
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9. reagan without the charisma and script-reading ability
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 08:14 PM
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10. Another good point, although he hasn't been very charismatic lately, more like lethargic n/t
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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 09:17 PM
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11. ...or a brain or a heartbeat...
Maybe McCain should ask the Wizard!
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-08 09:51 AM
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13. Perfect
:)
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Just-plain-Kathy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 09:59 PM
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12. Whenever I think of Reagan, I think about how it was the son of a friend...
...of Papa Bush's who tried to kill him.

K&R...great post.
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