Why do Democrats always want to raise taxes?

[AquaShrimp]

I would rather my tax money go to people in the U.S. than people halfway around the world.

A nation is judged on how it treats its poor, sick, old, and criminal.  If you'd rather build schools in Iraq and Afghanistan than in the U.S., thats insane.  'Americans first' is my motto.

[WhiteHawk]

Originally posted by AquaShrimp
I would rather my tax money go to people in the U.S. than people halfway around the world.

A nation is judged on how it treats its poor, sick, old, and criminal.  If you'd rather build schools in Iraq and Afghanistan than in the U.S., thats insane.  'Americans first' is my motto.

Some peopel are conditioned to regurgitate thier parties accusations against the other party without even considering any effort to investigate the charge.  Yes, how foolish is it to give future terroists schools and hospitals, instead of building them here at home.  How interesting would it be to see what  500,000,000,000.00 dollars invested in clean burning domestic fuel sources would yield, now that we know what the same amount invested in a democratic iraq produces.

[AquaShrimp]

Yeah, I agree.  Or what about, instead of trying to rehabilitate terrorists, lets start with the 1+ million prisoners we have here in the U.S.  Very few of us will ever come across a terrorist, but we have to live with criminals.

[storch]

Originally posted by Fishu
Because the US of A has a funny way of affecting rest of the world with its goings. If it has something to do with us, it's our concern.

if I were you guys I'd ignore us, the way we ignore you.  the rest of the world is like a dog barking after a car on the move, attempting to bite the rear tire.  sometimes the dog is run over and killed, is that the driver's fault?

[x0847Marine]

Originally posted by Fishu
Because the US of A has a funny way of affecting rest of the world with its goings. If it has something to do with us, it's our concern.

This is the exact sentiment of my wifes family, from Iran. Bush et al are constantly promoting our democracy & freedom as the way to go in the mid east. Then they read about the DC crime families act un-american by silencing opposing opinions, re drawing districts, suing to limit choice, Illegally keeping independent candidates with opposing opinions off ballots... and manipulating the system to keep power at all costs... on top of the endless scandals that the family Dons never know about.

Dems and repubs like to blame each other, while folks in other countries look at the Gov as a whole.

They're quite frankly not all that interested in turning their gov into the inept romper room the clones have devolved our system into... they like the idea of USA democracy, just not the way we do it.

They also think a 2 party system is a complete joke, when only 2 opinions are represented in gov... everyone else gets left out, and the guarantee of power corrupts.

Ed:
BTW back in the day, some of our forefathers said the best way to promote American democracy is by example; you can thank both the republicains & Democrats for setting a horrifying example to the rest of the world.

[Suave]

It's their job.

The politician's job is to make laws. If they're not making or reforming laws or taxes they feel that they're not giving the impression that they're working.

[john9001]

Originally posted by x0847Marine
This is the exact sentiment of my wifes family, from Iran.

 

oh yes, Iran has a much better political system.    

[1K3]

My dream...

* Repeal income tax
* Implement VATs (Value Added Tax) or GSTs (Goods and Services Tax) on consumer goods or when you buy a house / car

[midnight Target]

Like I always say, "Never generalize, you'll always be wrong."

[Suave]

Originally posted by Pei
I agree, the Democans are terrible. The Republicrats are way better.

"It's true, we are aliens. But what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system; you have to vote for one of us."

Great episode.

Unfornately most americans hold that statement to be true, that it's a two party system, and you must vote for one or the other.

The twine that tethers the elephant.

[ByeBye]

Originally posted by WhiteHawk
Thank you.  It also forces the next guys to raise taxes to keep the country from going bankrupt like the USSR.

Did you notice the part about tax revenues being at an all time high AFTER the Bush tax cuts? That's more money than the government has ever taken in before from taxes.

Tax cuts work every time.

[AquaShrimp]

Originally posted by ByeBye
Did you notice the part about tax revenues being at an all time high AFTER the Bush tax cuts? That's more money than the government has ever taken in before from taxes.

Tax cuts work every time.

Nah, not everytime.  They provide the potential for growth, but they don't cause it.  As for the record high tax incomes, is it a direct correlation to the tax breaks?  I'm going to say no.  There are a variety of causes, corporations being forced to pay more, population growth, import taxes, etc.

[Urchin]

Originally posted by 1K3
My dream...

* Repeal income tax
* Implement VATs (Value Added Tax) or GSTs (Goods and Services Tax) on consumer goods or when you buy a house / car

I don't think a VAT would have a snowballs chance in hell of making it in the USA.  With the accountability built in, corporations would be forced to pay their taxes - that is unacceptable to them, and to their politicians.

[mietla]

Corporations do not pay taxes, they just collect them

[straffo]

Originally posted by ByeBye
Everybody knows that the democrats will almost always want to raise taxes. They always vote against lowering taxes and do not want to make Bush's tax cuts permanent.

The dems say that the tax cut only helped the rich. That's funny, since tax revenues are now at an all time high AFTER the tax cuts but they still want to repeal the cuts.

Why wouldn't any American NOT vote for a democrat based on just this issue  alone?

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