CNN online poll: raising taxes to pay for Gulf reconstruction

[Charlie Brown]

www.cnn.com It's at the bottom right corner.

Do you think the federal gov't should raise taxes to pay for the reconstruction of NO and other areas of the Gulf Coast?

[liberal N proud]

1. Simply repeal the tax cuts given to the rich would do it.

[blm]

2. Yes...on the wealthiest 2% - the ONLY ones who profitted from Bush taxcuts

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[joanne]

4. Agree with both of you

repeal the tax cuts

increase taxes on Shrub's base.... the wealthiest 2%

[Justyce]

3. Repeal tax breaks for the wealthy and

coporations, yes. The middle-class is already paying more than enough taxes....

[joanne]

6. As usual, just a yes or no option from CNN

I think their polls are done by a six year old.

[derby378]

5. Yes...on all the corporations that Nero answers to

I propose a 40% tax on Halliburton, Bechtel, Tyco, WalMart, AT&T, Clear Channel, and whatever's left of Enron and Arthur Andersen.

[melody]

13. exactly

The degree to which they benefit from being government insiders, they should be taxed.

It'd be amazing how quickly crony profiteering would vanish.

[Ron Mexico]

7. Nope. I know I'll get flamed for this, but I'd rather see

spending cut. I am not one of those who wants to see tax increases on someone just because they make shitloads more than I do, I view tax increases as a LAST resort.

Everyone who pays taxes in this country is being screwed, considering the government we get. Nobody should have to pay more until waste is eliminated. Just eliminating military pork alone could pay for a lot of the cost, not to mention getting the hell out of Iraq.

Raising taxes is nothing I can or will ever support without eliminating waste first.

[RobertSeattle]

9. Tom Delay says on the fat is out of the Federal Gov't

:evilgrin:

[Ron Mexico]

17. I appreciate that

I haven't literally laughed out loud at a post in months, and I needed the laugh.

I owe you one. :)

[IntravenousDemilo]

18. ?

[havocmom]

11. The reason taxpayers are getting screwed is that the rich and corporations

are not paying their proportionate share of taxes, or any at all.

The rich and corporations should be shouldering most of the costs, especially for the governmental services they tend to be the big users of: Coast Guard (most yatch owners are not poor working stiffs) military (it aint protecting the middle class or the poor!) airports and air safety, roadways, railways, so on.

[Ron Mexico]

16. Ideally, yes, but

corporations just pass the costs on to us in the form of higher prices. The REAL reason taxpayers are currently being screwed is that a group of inbred dildoes are in charge. If this were Clinton's fourth term I might be trusting enough to say "go ahead," but not under current "management." There is no reason to trust B*sh with any more revenue than he already has.

[RobertSeattle]

8. Regardless of the answer, they are raising taxes

Either on this generation (if yes) or on the next (if no). Future generations are really going to despise our generation (in general) for passing on our debts to then.

[carolemckenna]

10. tax raise

Raise the taxes for the top 2% of the wealthiest in the nation.

[Zynx]

12. We need a tax increase period.

Not to mention a defense spending cut.

[Walt Starr]

14. Nahhh, we'll just plant a moneytree orchard and pay for it that way!

Friggin' morons are voting no.

[gulfcoastliberal]

15. 24% yes 74% no

Poll is seriously freeped.