Bush blasts Democrats

[DoYouEverWonder]

At a stop in Sarasota, he warns of fiscal woe if they take over Congress.

October 25, 2006

SARASOTA - Look around the dinner table and add $500 to your tax bill for each child, President Bush said Tuesday as he sought to persuade voters that Democrats would destroy the economy and the family budget if they took over Congress.

"When you go to the voting booth in two weeks, the lever you pull will determine the taxes you pay for years to come," Bush said on a fundraising swing through Florida aimed at adding nearly $1.4-million to GOP coffers. "You will feel the results every April 15."

The president's recent political speeches have offered various zingers aimed at making ominous the idea of Democrats in charge of the House or Senate, either on the subject of tax cuts or fighting terrorism. On Tuesday, Bush singled out for special emphasis the gradual doubling of the child tax credit from $500 to $1,000, one of several cuts passed during his administration with expiration dates.

"If you're sitting around a dinner table and there's two children, your taxes just went up $1,000 if they take control," the president said. However, many Democrats have said they want to retain that tax cut.

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/25/State/Bush_blasts_Democrats.shtml

OMG, DEMS will raise your taxes! Bush fails to notice that under his reign the price of gas has more then doubled. Isn't that an indirect form of taxation, that only benefits his Oil Buddies?

[Greeby]

1. Bring it on Chimpolini nt

[Joe Bacon]

13. Wow, President Red Ink warns of BALANCED BUDGETS.

I swear George W Bush is the Count Floyd of the Republican Party :evilgrin:

[saigon68]

25. "STAY THE COURSE" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Avalux]

2. I am so SCAREDEDED!!!!!

:scared: What an idiot. :rofl:

[ronatchig]

3. Vote Thug and

watch gas/heating oil prices go up on Nov 8 would be a good reply to this nonsense. The only diference is that my statement is the true one of the two.

[bronxiteforever]

4. President Golden Showers sprinkles the people with more of his magic

we need a commercial of The rich GOP elephant eating at a 4 star restaurant and leaving that family of four with the bill!

[magellan]

5. Health care, mortgage & credit card rates keep climbing

While jobs keep going overseas and the ones left pay the same as they did 20 years ago.

Who's taxing the people, Dimson?

[C_U_L8R]

12. Double gas prices thanks to Republicans

[underpants]

6. Gee now why is he having to go down there and campaign for that seat?

I mean it was Katherine Harris's seat you would think that that is pretty much a sure bet .....now wouldn't you?

In other news, Bush is playing the victim already.

[Phillycat]

16. Excellent point.

The desperation is palpable.

[zbdent]

7. Let's see, he just told people who probably paid $10K or more to

sit there that Dems might cost them $500?

The Repuke mentality is mind-boggling ...

That's like my co-worker, who is a staunch "conservative" Repuke type ... who would be against any taxation on the "inheritance" ... and he was more than happy to pass his "home equity loan" debt to his kids if he died ... essentially, a larger "death tax" that they would inherit than they could ever believe that they would see from an "inheritance" ...

[FreeStateDemocrat]

8. How much has the national debt increased since dimson has been in

office? I'm guessing over 3 trillion.

[Rose Siding]

9. The ONLY thing Dem leadership wants to do with CTC is EXPAND it!

Pelosi in 03:

President Must Take Immediate Action to Expand Child Tax Credit
Thank you for expressing your support for expanding the child tax credit. We couldn’t agree more strongly that Congress must quickly pass this legislation for your signature.

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is blocking consideration of this vital legislation. Your immediate intervention with House Republicans is required to ensure that the working and military families of 12 million children are made eligible for the child tax credit. These families need the money today, but this tax relief will not be made available to them unless you personally urge the Republican Leadership to pass this extension immediately.

http://www.house.gov/pelosi/prExpandChildTaxCredit060903.htm


CHILD TAX CREDIT

Child Tax Credit Issue is Simple -- House GOP Wants to Kill It!

This week, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Republicans to stop their delay tactics and pass the child tax credit. In what has become an almost daily demand from Democrats, Republicans consistently underscore the priority they place on the wealthiest Americans and the disdain they have for military and working families.

Instead of enacting legislation that passed in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 94-2 and is supported by President Bush, House Republicans decided to kill legislation that had the best chance of providing 6.5 million families with the economic relief they so desperately need. House Republicans intentionally passed a bill that costs 8 times more than is needed to fix the problem - knowing that, with recently enacted tax cuts, there wouldn't be enough money left to pay for their bill.
The result -- military families and 12 million children are excluded from receiving cash payments that would help their families with day-to-day expenses.

http://www.aapd-dc.org/News/medicare/demreportmedicare.html

[bdamomma]

10. this guy is such an a$$hole.

he feels that he can do no wrong, I despise the guy.

[C_U_L8R]

11. That's nothing compared to

the debt and damage the republicans have
heaped upon this country.

Republicans are taxing us all in the worst possible ways

[LynnTheDem]

14. "warns of fscal woe..."

You GOTTA be shittin' me!!! :wow: :wow: :wow:

Holy fuck...! :wow:

[lpbk2713]

15. Highly unethical for a sitting president to denigrate the opposition.

But what would this asshole know about ethics.


Or for that matter, about being president.

[Eurobabe]

17. Pot meet kettle. What's te debt under Bush now??

A fucking gazillia-trillion?

[Mizmoon]

18. He only looks stupid

I live in New York and I know high-earning people who vote republican purely because of how it effects their own paychecks. Bush cut their taxes and he's reminding them of it. They are loyal to him because of it.

These are people who don't care about the common good i.e. the debt, the war, whatever. All they know is that they work hard and want to keep as much of what they earn as possible. We could argue all day about how short sighted that is, but that won't change the reality of the way they choose to see things.

Again, I'm not agreeing with them, just pointing out who Bush is talking to and how they probably hear it.

[bif]

19. "If you're sitting around a dinner table and there's two children..."

That's "There are" two children, ya fuckin' dunce. Mr. Education President.

[JudyM]

20. They're talking about taxes constantly and we're not responding

adequately, IMO. Her in VA, Allen's ads keep saying Webb is going to raise taxes. Seems the dems ought to have some soundbyte-worthy party line comeback on this. We're not firing back succinctly or even at all.



:shrug:

[calimary]

21. NO KIDDING!!! I have this vision of some candidate of ours - hell,

ANY candidate of ours, standing up there on TV and saying something like the following:

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Just don't get all hot and bothered by all those bodies floating down the flooded streets of New Orleans, or the people from there who still have no homes and no food, and then wonder why nothing's done to help them.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Don't come crying to me when the potholes that never get fixed in your neighborhood streets mess up the front end alignment on your Mercedes.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. But don't complain about the increased numbers of airplane crashes and grounded fleets, because the government isn't hiring safety inspectors, or regulating the airline industry so it's forced not to cut corners on aircraft maintenance.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. But then don't get outraged about the fact that while Camp Pendleton has sent its guys to Iraq, their families back home have so little to live on from combat pay and VA benefits that they're forced to turn to a soup kitchen.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. And don't get yourself worked up because there's no money to properly arm and protect our troops, or house and feed them decently, when YOU voted for the people who were so damned anxious to send them into harm's way.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. And make sure you don't mind all those increases in news stories about child abductions, abuse, molestation, neglect, and murder - because the government can't afford to hire or pay case workers and enforcers anymore.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Just find a way to be okay with the fact that the widows and orphans of the firefighters who died trying to save people in the World Trade Center don't have enough pension money to live on.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Perhaps you won't mind eating spinach contaminated with e-coli, since the government won't have enough money to pay food-safety inspectors anymore.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Just don't bother to schedule a vacation at any of our beautiful national parks, since the government can't afford to keep them anymore, OR protect them from polluters, loggers, strip-miners, real-estate developers and others who'd desecrate those national treasures for short-term profit - because we can't afford the regulators anymore.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Then make sure you're content that our schools remain under-funded, so their graduates can't manage much more than minimum-wage jobs, which do little to help keep Social Security funded for the future. A poorly-educated work force isn't likely to help our country excel in scientific research, development, or innovation that would generate new jobs and new businesses, and new ways for our country to remain the leader of the world.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Don't moan and groan about how awful it is to have to trip over so many homeless people huddled in doorways and against the sides of buildings, and always hitting you up for handouts - because there's no help or shelter for them anymore. And the icky messes they leave on the curbs? Try to put up with it, because street cleaners and sanitation trucks cost too much money.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Make sure you can handle every emergency and any home intrusion, because we won't be able to afford paramedics or sufficient police protection anymore.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. Just don't come whining to us when your garbage is no longer picked up on schedule, and public sanitation goes straight to Hell. Even grover norquist expects his trash to be picked up on time every week, and he'd howl like a stuck pig if it wasn't.

If you don't want to pay taxes, FINE. You're on your own then. Deal with it. You wanted the government out of your life, and you didn't want to have to help pay for the privilege of living in a country like ours. And don't come crying to me, telling me "there OUGHT to be a LAW!!!"

(I could keep going, but there aren't enough hours in the day...)

[JudyM]

22. Right, and even more so, point to the waste and corruption that

have sucked down so much of our former surplus, our social security, etc. at the expense of the things you mention. The no-bid contracts to Halliburton and other corporate friends of the * administration are unconscionable and should be front and center in the current races. Not to mention pointing to the fact that the richest of the rich are the ones who have the most to lose by rolling back the tax breaks. We need to be shouting this from the rroftops and we're mumbling instead.

[Jack Rabbit]

23. Hey, it's an election year

:boring:

[colorado_ufo]

24. OK, let's see:

Theoretically, Dems in office, then my 17 year old son would cost me $500. Repugs in office, there's a chance my theoretical son could wind up in Iraq, Afghanistan, or somewhere else - give the current consensus of need-to-have-troops-in-place in that area for at least another 15 or longer.

All right, I think my kid would be worth $500!

[AnneD]

26. All I can do is go by my tax returns and....

I have not gotten a refund since Clinton left office. Who do I believe, my lying tax returns or Bush :think: