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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:15 PM Original message |
Gore calls for elimination of payroll taxes |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Y'know Mr. Gore, you could really help make these things happen if |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. The payroll tax is among the most regressive |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. right - indeed a simple tax cut for Dems is a 2% payroll tax cut for employees - no cut for |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. You said it papau. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. And only up to $50,000, I beleive-- |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. closer to $90K |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
42. ... but it pays for a program that only benefits workers. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gosh, he's sounding very Presidential for a non-candidate |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I kind of noticed that to. |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. He IS presidential. He IS our president. Go AL!! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Al Gore is the |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Does he have Secret service? |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. No. Former VPs don't. NT |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. No - only former Presidents and their families get secret service protection for life. |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Used to be |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. What a shock that a Republican Congress decided to do that during the Clinton Administration. |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Yup -- Bush will only have protection for 10 years after he leaves office |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Cheney too? n/t |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. I don't know if the Dick Cheney/Fourth Branch of Government is covered. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. LOL! Dick is busily drafting a special Dick ( as opposed to executive) order |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Swoon....Let's make it HAPPEN, President Gore. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thanks for the thread elehhhna. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Anytime. I like to repost this periodically. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Run Al and make it so. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. How would this work? What kind of tax breaks would the poor and |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The CO2 tax is not on individuals, but on corporations and other large polluters. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Would that inspire more corporations to move to oversea operations? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Big polluters are captive-- power generation and concrete manufacturing. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Why get complicated like Gore is doing - a simple 2% reduction/wage cap removal is a no brainer-then |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Considering overpopulation is the root cause of pollution/global warming, there should be policies |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. So, I should be penalized for having a child? |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Urbanization all over the globe is causing the birth rate to drop. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. You can discourage all you want, but accidents do and will happen. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Run Al Run |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. I Call On Gore to Run For President |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. From the small business perspective -- me -- this would be a dream. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because a self-employed person has to pay both the employee's |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You do realize he means Federal Taxes, not just Soc sec. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. All income tax? I had not realized that. n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. He may or may not have meant that... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. He's been tyalking about this for 14 years and he DOES mean |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. I vote for that! Show me the law where it's legal for them to tax my |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. The 16th amendment to the Constitution |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I've seen it argued that this amendment was never properly |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I've seen it argued that the moon landing was faked. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. If Bush/Cheney were in office at the time of the moon landing |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. since this thread is dealing with the legality of income taxes |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:21 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. EXACTLY!!! |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. And Ohio was not a state until 1953, making Taft an illegal president, right? n/t |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. What is the number of the bill passed to authorize taxing our wages?? |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. It is hard to name just one bill as there have been several |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. He could do that if he would just Run Al Run |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. And he's not running? |
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ProgressiveAmPatriot (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. Go Gore! This is an extremely progressive tax proposal n/t |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. This could be great--I believe it's part of the Apollo Energy platform. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Wow!! I've no doubt Gore is running. n/t |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
46. Run, Al, run! |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. He sounds like an environmentalist to me |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. It's said even computers emit CO2 into the air... |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. "pollutant taxes" REALLY TURNS ME ON ON ON!!! |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. I would support such a move. Anything to shift the burden of taxation off the poorest people. n/t |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
62. I love Al, but disagree with him on this. Social Security survived because it is regressive |
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