Tim Russert: It's a Tax Raise! Tax Raise Tax Raise!

[indianablue]

Thats how Tim Russert acted when Joe Biden mentioned raising the ceiling on SS taxes. Tim Russert acted like someone killed his child in front of him.

what a GOP Pig are there kneepads big enough for these jerks.

I think SS taxes go all the way through the to all wages/salaries no matter how well they get paid.



**It's a Tax Raise, Its a Tax Raise!**

Geez I think these guys would rather have billions of people die before they would sing on to a tax raise in my opinion tax restoration.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Someone has to call GE Timmy out ON THE AIR!

[indianablue]

2. God What a Pig!

How can someone be such a whore over an over again.

[Zuni]

3. why should poor people pay a larger percentage on SS taxes

than rich?
If you make 90,000$ a year, then you pay 6.2% of all your income on SS.
If you make 180,000$, you pay 3.1%, and so on and so on.

The cap should be raised to 250,000$, which would ensure SS for well over 100 years.
The capital gains tax should be raised, as well as closing corporate loopholes---which enable some of the wealthiest businesses to barely pay any tax while small businesses pay an unfair share of the burden.

[TahitiNut]

6. It's insurance. Rich people pay a lower percentage on car insurance, too.

Even though they have, on average, more expensive cars, they pay a lower percentage of their income on car insurance. OASDI benefits are "capped," too. They're indexed against the same wage base as defines the salary cap. Approrimately 90% of wage-earners earn less than the OASDI salary cap and less than 10% earn more.

Far greater 'payroll tax' revenue increases would be obtained if the working class weren't losing their share of the national income. Raise the Federal Minimum Wage.

[Zuni]

8. I agree

the minimum wage should be at least $8.00 an hour.

[indepat]

4. Was it a tax raise in the early Reagan years when both the rate and base

were greatly raised, but higher incomes were wholely excluded from these raises?

[indepat]

5. Should have added: God, how I despise Russert, the consumate media ho

[Zuni]

7. exactly. Largest tax raise in history

and it was a regressive tax raise.

[EVDebs]

11. No ! They called it a "Revenue Enhancement" if I remember correctly

[zbdent]

9. This should be nominated for a "Gucky" (Golden Kneepad award)

C'mon, this is a classic example.

[Gyre]

10. Joe Biden is a DLC simp.

("Biden is now the anti-Dean, consensus candidate. All of Kerry's former supporters run to Biden; as Lieberman falls his people will move to Biden as well. The DLC stands behind him" http://www.notgeniuses.com/archives/000345.html.

If Biden doesn't know how to properly frame his proposals so a hostile audience can't spin them too much, or doesn't prepare for a public appearance when every loss to the repubes is a death-blow to half the country, he's not fit for his position.

Biden also just gratuitiously made some half-witted declaration about Hillary's chances for sweeping away all serious nominees in the 2008 race. Can't think of a premature subject with greater potential to rip what's left of the dem party into shreds.

He's either: trying to kill his own party on his own motion, is stupid, or is on a murder-suicide mission from the chimp (while wearing sheep's clothing).

Gyre

[sellitman]

12. I nominate Russert as a Top Ten Conservative Idiot of the month winner!

Yep....I think he is in the running!

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