Fifty-three percent say income tax cuts should be renewed for all

dtotire

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Sat Nov-13-10 08:27 AM
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Fifty-three percent say income tax cuts should be renewed for all

Edited on Sat Nov-13-10 08:30 AM by dtotire

Voters not sold on GOP�s agenda
By ALAN FRAM

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Fifty-three percent say income tax cuts sthat soon will expire should be renewed for all � including the highest earners, as Republicans want � according to an Associated Press-GfK Poll conducted just after last week�s elections. But 44 percent would continue the cuts only for those earning under $250,000 a year � which Obama favors � or let them lapse for everyone.
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marmar

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Sat Nov-13-10 08:31 AM
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1. I wonder about some of the wording

Fifty-three percent say income tax cuts that soon will expire should be renewed for all � including the highest earners, as Republicans want � according to an Associated Press-GfK Poll conducted just after last week�s elections. But 44 percent would continue the cuts only for those earning under $250,000 a year � which Obama favors � or let them lapse for everyone.

and just how the poll questions were asked. Seems that they were a bit too broad.

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Lefta Dissenter

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Sat Nov-13-10 08:41 AM
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3. i keep saying

That I support across-the-board tax cuts for all taxpayers - up to their first 250,000 of income. I wonder how that option would poll. I'll bet it would fare a lot higher than "middle-class tax cuts." Why do we always get sucked into the republicans' framing???

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bullimiami

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Sat Nov-13-10 08:48 AM
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4. and of course by extending the tax cuts up to the first 250k

you are indeed extending that same tax cut for everyone earning up to 250k and above, including the bazillionaires.

The issue has been muddled, probably by design.

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FSogol

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Sat Nov-13-10 08:31 AM
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2. 53% of Children want ice cream instead of carrots.

:shrug:

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Mumble

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Sat Nov-13-10 08:53 AM
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5. 53% want apples & 47% want oranges.

...So what does ice cream and carrots have to do with taxes?

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Cirque du So-What

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Sat Nov-13-10 09:29 AM
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6. It's called an 'analogy.' Try Googling it if the concept is too esoteric for ya!

The DU member to whom you're being sofa king rude is trying to say that people (especially immature people) often make decisions based on instant gratification instead of their long-term interests - sorta like joining an ostensibly Democratic discussion board and dispensing gratuitous insults against other members.

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Jakes Progress

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Sat Nov-13-10 09:38 AM
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7. Better than a test. See? 53% of Americans are stupid.

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Turbineguy

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Sat Nov-13-10 09:43 AM
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8. Stupid poll

ask anybody if they want to pay more taxes. No.

That's why we have representative government.

Of course the teabaggers opine that we should put idiots in charge. Then things will work better.

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Marr

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Sat Nov-13-10 10:00 AM
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9. Isn't it funny how public opinion is meant to be a guiding light,

when we're talking about tax cuts, but when we're talking about Social Security cuts, public opinion is meaningless?

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