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Biden: Why, "Yes We Do" Want to Raise Your Taxes By $1 Trillion!

mary anne24 Wrote: Oct 04, 2012 6:18 PM
Are there really people out there who believe all of our problems would be solved if we just taxed people who are in the 1%? They must think Americans are really stupid!
DrawTheLine Wrote: Oct 04, 2012 6:47 PM
We could take 100% of their money and it wouldn't make a dent in the deficit. Raising taxes is notnthe solution. Cutting spending is a good start.
rhinegarten Wrote: Oct 04, 2012 6:25 PM
They do. There was a stat out awhile ago that said if all the Bill Gates types gave their entire wealth to the IRS, it would run the government for a total of 18 days.

In his speech Biden says:

"On top of the trillions of dollars of spending that we have already cut, we’re gonna ask – yes – we’re gonna ask the wealthy to pay more," said Biden. "My heart breaks, come on man. You know the phrase they always use? Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. Guess what? Yes we do in one regard. We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn’t have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super wealthy. That’s not a tax...

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