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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 11:25 AM
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GOP Platform for 2008: Taxes...Taxes...Taxes
With the ill-advised Bush temporary tax cuts set to expire in 2010, the Repukes will be pushing the meme that Dems want to raise taxes by, uh, allowing those temporary tax cuts to, uh, actually be temporary!!

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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:41 PM
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1. Poll question: If you had a son or daughter or spouse serving in Iraq, would you be willing to bring
If you had a son or daughter or spouse serving in Iraq, would you be willing to bring them home if it meant paying higher taxes?
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:26 PM
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2. Thing is, higher taxes are going to have to happen no matter what.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:35 PM
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3. But . . . but . . . aren't magical debt fairies just going to ZAP that 9 trillion away??
I mean GEE! I thought we could just do this forever an ever an ever!
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:01 PM
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4. It's not the $9trillion debt. It's the $45trillion Medicare/SS obligations!
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