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you just want spending that buys the dems more votes

I want spending cuts the president has proposed, not increased spending the GOP candidates have proposed.
 
I want spending cuts the president has proposed, not increased spending the GOP candidates have proposed.

Obama will only cut in areas where it doesn't hurt his constituents

Obama is a turd and wants to cut the military but not cut the spending that creates more parasites sucking at the public tit
 
Obama will only cut in areas where it doesn't hurt his constituents

Right, instead of cuts that hurt Americans, he will cut wasteful military spending instead.

Obama is a turd and wants to cut the military but not cut the spending that creates more parasites sucking at the public tit

That's the kind of class war rhetoric that will push the working class independents to vote against the GOP, so please keep it up! :)
 
Romney proposes an even bigger deficit.

So you claim, haven't seen the Romney budget but that doesn't stop a leftwing zealot from demonizing again something he doesn't know
 
So you claim, haven't seen the Romney budget but that doesn't stop a leftwing zealot from demonizing again something he doesn't know

Romney proposes increased spending on the military, no major cuts to entitlement spending and cutting revenues.

You do the math.......
 
Romney proposes increased spending on the military, no major cuts to entitlement spending and cutting revenues.

You do the math.......

Romney will focus on economic growth which stimulates govt. revenue, something a leftwing zealot doesn't understand. There is no Romney Budget so you have no clue as to what you are talking about
 
Romney will focus on economic growth which stimulates govt. revenue, something a leftwing zealot doesn't understand. There is no Romney Budget so you have no clue as to what you are talking about

Romney has stated he will increase military spending. What spending cuts has Romney proposed???? Has he said he plans to cut SS? No. Has he said he plans to cut medicare? No

So we are just looking a Bush III with Romney.
 
Romney has stated he will increase military spending. What spending cuts has Romney proposed???? Has he said he plans to cut SS? No. Has he said he plans to cut medicare? No

So we are just looking a Bush III with Romney.

Bush 3 is better than Obama 2 but data and facts always confuse you. Romney will focus on economic growth and job creation. we don't need higher taxes we need more taxpayers. Obviously it doesn't matter what Obama says because you want it to be all about Romney. Obama will add 5.7 trillion to the debt in his first term but that is ok. You haven't even read the Romney plan which will cut Medicare expenses by increasing the age to collect but that fact escaped you as you are too busy buying the media spin
 
This destroys your argument about higher taxes on those evil rich people. Maybe you ought to read less of the leftwing bs and actually see what is going on in the country

Poll: 75 percent of Americans think wealthy should pay 30 percent or less in taxes

Poll: 75 Percent Of Americans Think Wealthy Should Pay 30 Percent Or Less In Taxes | Fox News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most people like President Barack Obama’s proposal to make millionaires pay a significant share of their incomes in taxes. Yet they’d still rather cut spending than boost taxes to balance the federal budget, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows, giving Republicans an edge over Democrats in their core ideological dispute over the nation’s fiscal ills.
The survey suggests that while Obama’s election-year tax plan targeting people making at least $1 million a year has won broad support, it has done little to shift people’s basic views in the long-running partisan war over how best to tame budget deficits that lately have exceeded $1 trillion annually.


The poll showed that overall, more people have a positive view of Democrats than Republicans, a ray of hope for Obama and his fellow Democrats with the approach of November’s presidential and congressional elections. Fifty-four percent in the poll gave Democrats favorable ratings compared to 46 percent for Republicans, similar to results in January 2011, at the start of the newly elected Congress in which Republicans have run the House and Democrats wield a slender Senate majority.

http://ap-gfkpoll.com/featured/our-latest-poll-findings
 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most people like President Barack Obama’s proposal to make millionaires pay a significant share of their incomes in taxes. Yet they’d still rather cut spending than boost taxes to balance the federal budget, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows, giving Republicans an edge over Democrats in their core ideological dispute over the nation’s fiscal ills.
The survey suggests that while Obama’s election-year tax plan targeting people making at least $1 million a year has won broad support, it has done little to shift people’s basic views in the long-running partisan war over how best to tame budget deficits that lately have exceeded $1 trillion annually.


The poll showed that overall, more people have a positive view of Democrats than Republicans, a ray of hope for Obama and his fellow Democrats with the approach of November’s presidential and congressional elections. Fifty-four percent in the poll gave Democrats favorable ratings compared to 46 percent for Republicans, similar to results in January 2011, at the start of the newly elected Congress in which Republicans have run the House and Democrats wield a slender Senate majority.

http://ap-gfkpoll.com/featured/our-latest-poll-findings

What far too many liberals want to ignore is the reality that we have a spending problem not a revenue problem but the fact remains we need more taxpayers not higher taxes on the people paying most of the taxes now. People seem to have a short term memory with no thought to the fact that when Federal taxes go up, state taxes are affected. rich people didn't get rich by being stupid, they are going to move to lower taxed states and their money to offshore.
 
This destroys your argument about higher taxes on those evil rich people. Maybe you ought to read less of the leftwing bs and actually see what is going on in the country

Poll: 75 percent of Americans think wealthy should pay 30 percent or less in taxes

Poll: 75 Percent Of Americans Think Wealthy Should Pay 30 Percent Or Less In Taxes | Fox News

I see your one fox poll, and raise you 23 different polls that show the great majority support raising the tax rates for the wealthy.

23 Polls Say People Support Higher Taxes to Reduce the Deficit | Stan Collender's Capital Gains and Games

The most important poll will be in November, and the betting tables are open. Gentlemen, place your bets!
 
I see your one fox poll, and raise you 23 different polls that show the great majority support raising the tax rates for the wealthy.

23 Polls Say People Support Higher Taxes to Reduce the Deficit | Stan Collender's Capital Gains and Games

The most important poll will be in November, and the betting tables are open. Gentlemen, place your bets!
Personally, I think there's a balance point between higher and lower tax rates.

Too high, and you reduce revenues - too low, and the same occurs.

From another angle, IMO overly high taxes have other negative effects beyond reducing revenue – yet taxes which are low enough to reduce revenue may have positive effects.


Edit: Thus, IMO, it's best to err on the side of lower taxes, if you're unsure.
 
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Personally, I think there's a balance point between higher and lower tax rates.

Too high, and you reduce revenues - too low, and the same occurs.

From another angle, IMO overly high taxes have other negative effects beyond reducing revenue – yet taxes which are low enough to reduce revenue may have positive effects.

The tax rates for the wealthy I have seen proposed are not even as high as they were under the Republican presidents, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford.
 
That wasn't a Fox Poll it was a Gallup poll, suggest you pay closer attention to what you post

So are you ready to place your bet based on 1 poll out of 23?
 
The tax rates for the wealthy I have seen proposed are not even as high as they were under the Republican presidents, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford.
What does that have to do with anything?


Oh, and before I forget, the balance point I spoke of changes constantly, due to the vast number of variables involved.
 
The tax rates for the wealthy I have seen proposed are not even as high as they were under the Republican presidents, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford.

The population was a lot lower during those President's and the budgets weren't 3.8 trillion dollars like Obama has proposed. You continue to ignore that there are only so many dollars that the people have, if you raise Federal taxes that is going to hurt your state as more will leave it. Maybe that is what you want,a strong central govt. to take care of you
 
So are you ready to place your bet based on 1 poll out of 23?

My bet is that the American people will correct the problem in November and kick the socialist outof the office. You and far too many others ignore the facts and make your decisions based upon the rhetoric.Not sure what it is about liberalism and all the failures that creates your kind of loyalty
 
What does that have to do with anything?

I shows that the proposed tax rates are lower than in the past, under conservative leadership.

Oh, and before I forget, the balance point I spoke of changes constantly, due to the vast number of variables involved.

I prefer the presidents plan of targeted tax cuts for those that actually invest in jobs in this country as opposed to the GOP candidates plan to give huge tax cuts to those that are rich, whether the invest in American jobs or not.

That didn't help the last decade we did it.
 
My bet is that the American people will correct the problem in November and kick the socialist outof the office. You and far too many others ignore the facts and make your decisions based upon the rhetoric.Not sure what it is about liberalism and all the failures that creates your kind of loyalty

How about a friendly wager then, whichever one of us wins, gets to pick an avatar for the other to display for 6 months? Deal? After all, you've got your one poll in your pocket.

How about it, deal?
 
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