Biden lowers tax cut claim to $150,000, instead of $250,000 »
Posted By Klarissa 1 year, 2 months ago in News
"Gaffe-prone Joe Biden put his foot in his mouth again yesterday, mistakenly excluding millions of Americans from his running mate's tax-cut proposal.
"Senator Obama has made a lot of promises. First, he said people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan.
"Then, this weekend, he announced in an ad that if you're a family making less than $200,000 you'll benefit -
but yesterday right here in Pennsylvania, Senator Biden said tax relief should only go to 'middle-class people' - people making under $150,000 a year.
"At this rate, it won't be long before Senator Obama is right back to his vote that Americans making just $42,000 a year should get a tax increase."
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Klarissa1 year, 2 months ago
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The Delaware senator's latest blunder came while discussing Republican tax policies during a television interview in his hometown of Scranton, Pa.
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Wow, Obama really made a wise choice in his associations when he chose Biden. Shows outstanding judgement in people.-
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nostalgia1 year, 2 months ago
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Obama, himself can't keep it straight:
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But in his new ad, "Defining Moment," he seems to lower it to $200,000 for families. "Here's what I'll do as president," Obama says in the ad. "To deal with our current emergency I'll launch a rescue plan for the middle class That begins with a tax cut for 95 percent of working Americans. If you have a job, pay taxes and make less than $200,000 a year, you'll get a tax cut." That seems kind of ambiguous, but the graphic on the screen says clearly: "Famlies making less than $200,000 get tax cut."
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ETproductions1 year, 2 months ago
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So Joe misspoke. I still haven't heard any change in McCain's plans. Give Wall Street billionaires a huge tax break and for the first time ever, tax the health care benefits of the average American worker. Sounds like to me he's ADMITTING to a tax increase for almost everyone. The only ones that get a tax break under him are the same ones that got an actual tax break from Bush.
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4 more years. And it will produce more of the same results. -
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amervtrn1 year, 2 months ago
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As I have said before, you never run, those who provide jobs and money for business, away from the market. Read your economics history. Punitive taxes will do that in the best of times. In bad times it will put you in depression.
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Joe the Plumbers, Joe Six Packs, ect. are what was previously known as the "Silent Majority", those working people too busy earning a living and taking care of their families to make much noise, until they hit the election booth. Then they make a sound heard around the world.
Polls are like statistics and accounting statements, not to be believed unless you have falsified them yourself. Where the science behind the idea may be sound, the application and representative selection is suspect.
That aside if the USA is unfortunate enough to have to put up with Obama, at least you can quit worrying about the recession. You better start planning how to survive the depression. In six months to a year I will be back to say I told you so.
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McCain-Palin 08
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normallysilent1 year, 2 months ago
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I was listening to that interview on the news and caught that right away. Tomorrow it will be down to $75,000 and down to $37,500 by next week.
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Basically if you work for a living he plans on taking a nice chunk of it for those which choose not to work. That's Obama's plan in a nutshell. -
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Hhussk1 year, 2 months ago
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Do you find it interesting that the "number" designating a person as rich fluctuates? I believe that is the point. We really don't know who is rich at a given time. Only that the more successful you are, the more likely you will need to pay for someone who does not work.
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stephen-johnson1 year, 2 months ago
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http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html
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Actually, $150,000 is the cutoff for the top 5% of income tax filers, according to the link above. Biden is better informed than his running mate.
But once Obama starts his big government expansion programs, hold onto your wallets, no matter how skinny it is.-
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Hhussk1 year, 2 months ago
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Well, the funny thing about that is this:
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As the rich make less, the top 5% will become $130,000. And once they lower the bracket to $130,000, those people will earn less, and the bracket will go down..and they will earn less...and so on, and so on....
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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When the truly poor became invisible. I have noticed they aren't mentioned very often in this election. They are being ignored. All we hear about is the battle for the middle class. These are the people that are hurting now. For the poor, little changes no matter who wins.
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memestryker1 year, 2 months ago
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abntv wrote: "I must be completely out of touch with things...
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When did 150K put you in the middle class?"
When a starter home within an hour's commute of your job started costing $800K. Since they're only $725K now, I guess salaries will drop. Maybe that's why Obama reduced it from $250K to $200K. -
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kalmar21 year, 2 months ago
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most of you living in small town USA $150k is middle class you backward bunking and post some of the statements like Biden's comments on youtube alot more people would belive your accounts and klarissa and Karlyc what do you do other than blog on this Republican made up site it's not going to help only you don't report that if you owe any tickets you will be arrested when you try to register or vote or if you've been foreclosed on or backtaxes owed how American is that just more of the coniving tactics but in the big cities those things come real easy for most BLK males but you wouldn't know about that would you in you your neck off the woods.....!!!!!!
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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Barack Obama has a calculator on his web site. Just answer a few questions about your income, marital status, and whether or not you're over 65. It will show how much you save in taxes vs mccains plan. The good news for me, is that I'd save $500.00 for this fiscal year, and more than $3900 next year as I'd be over 65.
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HannibalBarca1 year, 2 months ago
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John McCain's TOT moment
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No matter what your politics, if you're over the age of 50, you probably cringed with empathy — or at least a little bit of self-recognition — when John McCain blanked on the name of former Secretary of State George Shultz, one of his key supporters and someone he's known for decades, on "Meet the Press" last Sunday.
After all, who among us in the baby boomer (or older) demographic group hasn't had the frustrating (and, let's face it, often humiliating) public experience of temporarily forgetting the name of someone we know very well?
Neuroscientists refer to such a moment as a tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) experience — the inability to recall a name (or other word) accompanied by the overwhelming feeling that you know the name and are just on the verge of producing it. They've studied the phenomenon extensively — and with reassuring results: TOTs are quite common and usually quite normal, particularly as we grow older.
Secretary what's-his-name
McCain's TOT moment was a classic one. After rattling off the names of four other secretaries of state, he paused, unable to come up with Shultz's name. Realizing he couldn't remember it, McCain went through the list a second time — and still drew a blank. With a big sigh, he then gave up and referred to Shultz simply as "one other." But his mind kept rummaging around in its memory stores for the right name. Suddenly, after his interviewer, Tom Brokaw, started to speak, McCain blurted out, "George Shultz!" (You can almost see the light bulb go off in his head.) "George," he added, "I'm sorry I left you out." (Apologies are de rigueur for TOT moments.)
Yup yup, what one does so does the other, so lets have a battle royal on these slip ups as they will get to the issues and how to fix them
Another non story by the Queen of non stories.
Honourable mentions to Karlyc and nixie.-
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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It wasn't a gaffe....
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He meant it...
Ever hear a drunk person say something and then later recant and say, " Oh I really didn't mean to say that, I was drunk...."
The truth comes out in people in a drunken stupor...
Biden is a drunk....-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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LOL... Speaking of the truth coming out...You mean like all of Saks 5th Sarah's wardrobe? She's just "borrowing" the clothes and she's going to give them to charity? And she's returning those others? Like she returned the BTN money, right? ;-P
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coolslow1 year, 2 months ago
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Now that the Obama campaign has Old Joe bound and gagged, I'm really going to miss him and the stupid chit he says. Even the network news reported that Joe is strictly limited to what he can read off the teleprompter on the stump, and is forbidden to talk to reporters and give anymore interviews. And you all think Sarah is a stupid hick?
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coolslow1 year, 2 months ago
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Now that the Obama campaign has Old Joe bound and gagged, I'm really going to miss him and the stupid chit he says. Even the network news reported that Joe is strictly limited to what he can read off the teleprompter on the stump, and is forbidden to talk to reporters and give anymore interviews. And you all think Sarah is a stupid hick?
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4thchance1 year, 2 months ago
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Obama and Biden are so full of crap and lies.
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First it was $250,000 then $150,00 next it will be $75,000 then just as we all predicted. EVERYONE will feel tax pains from an Obama government. These guys are lying losers. VOTE McCAIN 2008!
All you have to do is look back at the mid term elections and all the countless promises the democraps were making us, just so we would vote for them. I don't think they have made good on any of those empty promises either. So why the hell should we believe anything they say or promises. Their are full of stinky POOPOO! -
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DarkWizard1 year, 2 months ago
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Biden for a gaffe...Sarah for a laugh...your choice. What it comes down to is one mistakenly says things and the other is a mistake that says things...wow...McCain wished he had Sarah making gaffes instead of plain old foot-in-mouth disease.
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automan9091 year, 2 months ago
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Don't forget that Obama is raising the capitol gains tax.
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In a time that people are scared to invest in the market this will take away more of the profits that you would normally be making causing many folks to not even invest again.
That is very bad for our economy if people don't invest.
He is also raising the inheritance tax so if your parents die and leave you their home, or money you will give more of it to Obama to "spread the wealth around" with his Marxist agenda.-
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DarkWizard1 year, 2 months ago
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automan909,
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"That is very bad for our economy if people don't invest."
I can see why you wear the Mickey Mouse ears! I mean...investing has worked so well we're all reaping the benefits right now! Look at all the millionaires running around creating jobs! Propeller is full of millionaires worried about their wealth being spread around to those less deserving! You've really cleared things up there Mickey. The more I read of the Neandercons' comments the more I realize civilization hasn't come that far since the Stone Age.
RedRiverJ "If Obama gets elected sky God will punish us!"
Klarissa "Yes! Sky go dark! God angry!"
FSU92grad "RRJ and Klarissa are wise! Me kill woolly mammoth in their honor!"
McCain "Not that woolly mammoth! That my running mate Sarah!"
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unome21 year, 2 months ago
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I think we have moved beyond this government and banking system.
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In all honesty the Federal reserve and our military controlled leaders are no longer making our lives any better, in fact I am quite certain they are making it worse.
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RedRiverJ1 year, 2 months ago
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Next week it will be 70 thousand, then IF obama gets elected it will drop as low as he wants it to support all the entitlement programs he has promised.
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Health care for everyone. Hey Barack, where are you going to get Doctors to give care to everyone? We are in a pinch for good Doctors right now.
I'm betting the younger people in need will get care while the older American's are denied care, youth over age. I mean if there aren't enough doctors what else is a President to do?-
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Eagle_Eye1 year, 2 months ago
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Your not making any sense there. We're not in a pinch for good Doctors, good Doctors are every where but they only take the best in insurance. If you are on Medicaid or Medicare then you get stuck with Doctors that don't know shiz.
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With the price of college Medical School there won't be enough good Doctors to take care of the aging Baby boomers or others for that matter. And with frivilous law suits for malpractice, Doctors can pick and choose who the will see and who they won't, what they will treat and what they won't. Also, major insurance companies have a bad habit of denying medical care and procedures that Doctors recommend, second guessing a MD's decision on procedures and drugs is not something they are qualified to do but they do.
Younger people are healthier and in general don't require a lot of medical care, the baby boomers on the other hand are now the majority and they are on Medicare and handicapped disabled are on Medicaid.
Obama wants EQUAL medical care for ALL Americans.
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RedRiverJ1 year, 2 months ago
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Hello you missed Joe Biden lowering that amount to 150 thousand? And what makes you think any politicians remarks are cut in stone? Obama's gets in office sees his entitlement programs are underfunded you think he cares so much about YOU, US he will NOT lower that limit to say, 40 thousand a year? Dunno about most of you but that numbers makes me very, very uncomfortable. At 40 tho. a year income can you stand to give more?
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He starts taxes me more I will no longer be able to donate to my favorite charity. The charity organizations I collect for each year will not prosper. People can't donate if they are taxed so heavily there is no exact funding set aside for good causes.
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