WHOA! Obama drops the boomstick on Rmoney

[kpete]

President Obama: "But here's the thing –- he's not asking you to contribute more to pay down the deficit, or to invest in our kids' education. He's asking you to pay more so that people like him can get a tax cut."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/01/1115696/-WHOA-Obama-drops-the-boomstick-on-Rmoney

[RagAss]

1. Smack !!

[kentuck]

2. I'm glad he didn't say "him and me"...

because he has nowhere the wealth of people like Mitt Romney.

[Canuckistanian]

24. He's said often that he himself doesn't need a tax break

I believe it's a part of his stump speech.

[Kalidurga]

3. Ka boom...

How many more hits can Mitt the Twit take...at this rate he really might not make it to the convention.

[TlalocW]

4. Ow!

I felt how hard that hit, and I agree with Obama!

TlalocW

[fasttense]

51. I agree with Obama too but.....

It was the Democrats in a lame duck congress that extended the bush tax give aways for the uber rich.

Obama can talk like a liberal but can he act like one when push comes to shove? What about that NAFTA on steroids super secret "trade agreement", the TPP, he is pushing? What about all those other trade agreements Obama has signed?

But we liberals really have no choices. You can't vote for the biggest embarrassment in foreign policy since the bushes. If your vote gets counted at all.

Yet, Obama can sure talk a good game.

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. S-Mart's Top of the line! - nt

[RedStateLiberal]

14. Shop smart...Shop S-Mart!

[Th1onein]

6. Hut! Hut! Hut!

GoBama!

This prez can turn a phrase! And he's right; he's right; he's right!

[my2sense]

7. Looks

like the gloves will be OFF this year. I'm loving it. Can't wait to see the smack down Rmoney gets during the debates.

[lpbk2713]

8. He's right

rMoney wants to be the president of the one percenters and the hell with the rest of the country.

[Gary 50]

9. You mean...

Rmoney wants to be president of the one percenters and the hell with you people.

[uponit7771]

13. +1....who says "you people" duriing an election?. It's like they're trying to lose!!

[Ebadlun]

10. How do you get a tax cut from zero?

[Brigid]

17. I do believe . . .

You win this thread.

[Ruby the Liberal]

28. Fees saved in tax attorney costs.

Once you hit 0, you can stop looking to make sure no loophole gets left behind. Win/win.

[bemused]

38. loophole = law

There is no such thing as a loophole. They are laws passed by Congress and introduced into the Tax Code

[Ruby the Liberal]

42. As loopholes.

In other words - if you and all 3 of your fellow citizens has/have *this* situation, you can write it off. Not so much for the other 310,000,997 people living in the US though.

[Pirate Smile]

43. A refund!

[bonniebgood]

55. A larger Refund?

[stockholmer]

60. ask General Electric and its CEO, Jeffrey Immelt (Head of the White House Jobs Council)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html?pagewanted=all

Zero net taxes, plus a $3.2 billion tax credit, on $14.2 billion in global profits.

[JohnnyRingo]

11. Everything Mitt Romney proposes...

...puts more money in Mitt Romney's pocket.

How can a man who pays little or no taxes have the balls to ask voters to elect him so he can change the laws to make him a billionaire faster? Has the world gone mad?

[brush]

20. Faster?

He's probably already a billionaire with all his secret accounts in Switzerland, Bermuda and the Caymen Islands. I never believed his claim of only being worth 250M. Hell, his rich daddy probably left him that much.

[Ruby the Liberal]

29. I don't recall that claim.

I recall him being asked about that number, and the closest he got was something like "its probably around there".

[amerciti001]

49. There's no probably in it...

Willard Mitt Romney is a "Billionaire", a real live Richy Rich, now wanting to be President of the US.

[amerciti001]

48. Make him a "Billionaire" faster?...

He is a "Billionaire!?", that's the fact that he is -hiding. He wants everyone, especially-"you people" to think that he's just a "Millionaire", when the truth is, that he "is" a "Billionaire" and no one in America is ready to elect as President of the US a "Billionaire". Period.
So, as the saying goes about pulling wool, that all that he is doing-pulling wool-to blind everyone to the fact, that in fact, he is a "Billionaire". Hint: refusal to release more than those two years of tax returns( that's a flute) , as his daddy once said.

[Ruby the Liberal]

59. Bloomberg is as well

but wouldn't have the same pushback. For all of his faults, he actually built a business that employs people. Willard built his bank accounts as a vulture capitalist, throwing people out of work and putting their pensions on the back of the US taxpayer (PBGC) while he siphoned off every dime.

[gollygee]

12. Love it!

I love that he isn't afraid to tell it like it is.

[tosh]

15. Truth!

Some people need it spelled out in this way.

GOBAMA!

[hifiguy]

16. The POTUS should repeat this every time he speaks in public

for the the next three months. For it is the truth.

[whathehell]

18. Yay- Yuh!!

GO, GO..GO!!!

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. K&R

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. It's like he's reading my mind. he should ignore everything else he might find in there.

[jpbollma]

22. Glad to see Dems actually putting up a fight!

This has been most refreshing.

[Johnny2X2X]

23. Huh?

How can they be thinking this would fly? Usually they just give huge tax cuts to the rich and give tiny ones to the rest of us to make it palatable for their base. How can they be thinking this would not cause trouble for them?

Are the Republican supporters really willing to pay more on their taxes so the rich can have it "more fair" in America?

[Ruby the Liberal]

30. When Bush cut for the top 2%

He didn't have the steel ones to pay for it by eliminating the deductions for primary mortgages and health insurance/care costs. He was riding in on Clinton's surplus - so was harder to frame against him.

Rmoney's tax breaks for the "job creators" are offset by the elimination of those deductions.

[bemused]

40. taxes

Could it be that the rich pay most of the taxes?

[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Share_of_Total_Income_and_Taxes_Paid_by_Income_Group_in_2011.jpg|

[Ruby the Liberal]

41. By $ volume, yes. Not by % - not by a LONG shot.

Let me guess - you are in the "poor aren't paying their fair share" camp?

[demwing]

46. OK, let's say that on the one hand we have a billionaire

who donates 10% of his fortune to charity. That's more than what some Christians pay as a tithe to their church (10%). 15% is indeed very generous

Let's also say that on the other hand we have 10,000 working moms, each of whom has $20,000 in her bank account, and each of whom donates 50% of her life savings to the same charity.

WOW, 50% is a huge amount! Those moms are fucking CRAZY GENEROUS!!! That's HALF of everything they've saved up over the years.

But the billionaire has donated $150 million, and the 10,000 moms have collectively only donated $100 million.

Are you saying that the billionaire is being MORE generous than the working moms? 15% is better than Half?

Really?

[fascisthunter]

57. As they SHOULD HAVE TO!!!

Afterall, they benefit and use our commons more than we ever will, so yeah, time to pay back!

Oh, and another thing, after 50 years the rich have had to pay less and less taxes and if you'll notice, our middleclass has faded and so has the fucking American Dream! Grow a brain or buy one.

[heaven05]

61. how

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how could that be, when they pay NOTHING or LITTLE in taxes Must be trying to get us off message and outraged also.

[fascisthunter]

65. no... just stupid and naive to believe in BS lies

[heaven05]

66. ohh

are you calling me stupid and naive because I believe that the rich and super rich DO NOT pay their fair share because they are so privileged as a class? Or is is something else I said?

[YOHABLO]

44. Well yeah ...

If they'll stand in line all day for a Chick-fil-A sandwich they'll think that's a very fair deal.

[goclark]

25. Tell it like it ' .... T- I - IS!!!!!

K and R !!!

That's my President!

Ms. goclarkOBAMA

[FunnyChris]

26. knockout ding ding

Its like when Romney releases an ad anybody with a brain can tell he is lying and Obama is just pounding his face in and romney has his hands tied behind his back. I dont know how is even Romney is even a canidate

[cindyperry2010]

27. play to win

i always say smack him around. i cannot wait for the debates he will eat him alive

[DaveJ]

31. We pay more which he then promptly deposits overseas

...naturally after deducting dressage.

[spanone]

32. right between the fookin' eyes!!!!!!

[Wolf Frankula]

33. That's Muscle Meat. That's a good one.

Good for you Barry. You got my vote.

Wolf

[speedoo]

34. Boom!! Smack!! Splat!! Thump!! Bang!! (and so on....)

Repeat. Rinse. Repeat.

[libodem]

35. He's right!

[lonestarnot]

36. Kick his ass Mr. President!

[BootinUp]

37. Worth repeating Mr. President

I'd recommend using that one in every stump speech.

[Honeycombe8]

39. That was a great line. Smack.....down!

[YOHABLO]

45. Let's Start Popping the Popcorn for the Debate !!

[Major Hogwash]

47. What's the best kind of butter to use?

I want the best, none of this "Parkay" crap!
"Butter"
"Parkay"
"Butter"
"Parkay"
"Butter"
"Hmmm, it does taste like butter."
"Parkay"

[Zalatix]

52. Go big. Sweet cream butter!

[Major Nikon]

50. Leona Helmsley (dog rest her piece-of-shit soul) would have made a great VP for Rmoney

[liberal N proud]

53. The whole of the republican party is pushing that ideal.

[Motown_Johnny]

54. I wonder what the math is for the $20+ million a year crowd.

I saw a graph where it had the $3+ million a year crowd was going to get a cut of $250,000/yr.

I would love to see solid numbers based on Rmoney's one and only tax return that we know about.

[bonniebgood]

56. YOHABLO at #45

don’t waste your popcorn money. When Obama and Romney get to the debates they both will be pandering to the INDEPENDENTS. There will be NO RED MEAT from Obama anyway. And there will be no false accusation will coming from Mitt the Twitt. The Debates will be nothing you hear them say on the campaign trail is my point.

[heaven05]

62. ohhh

I hope you are very wrong and that our prez shows him to the door with a swift kick in the rear

[Uncle Joe]

58. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Bake]

63. That's gonna leave a nasty mark!

OUCH!!!



Bake

[harun]

64. boom shak-a-laka