I wonder why the Democrats are so (pardon my saying this) dumb:

[glarius]

The Republicans have a strategy of taking a phrase that helps their cause and one after another of them is heard quoting these "talking points" on camera so that the idea will be firmly planted in the collective minds of the public.....The Democrats, on the other hand, don't make use of this very effective strategy......Here's an example: Why aren't the Dems quoting over and over, to make sure all of the public hears it, the statement of Warren Buffett, a multi-millionaire, when he said that he is paying less taxes than his office employees? Wouldn't this help put over Obama's plan to raise taxes on the super-rich?
I know Buffett's statement has been quoted, but not to any great extent.
Have I got this wrong?

P.S...I hope you know...I'm all for the Democrats. It just bugs me when I see that they are not making use of the ammunition they have.

[begin_within]

1. Democrats actually read. Republicans only parrot emotionally charged three-word phrases.

Democrats play chess while Rs play war, to kill. They are not even playing the same game.

[dionysus]

2. obama quoted it in the speech last week or whatever.

[AndyTiedye]

3. "Dumb" only in the Sense of Unable to Make Oneself Heard

[tblue]

4. Repubs assume we are dumb, Dems assume we are smart

So we use a lot of words and complicated descriptions instead of repeating simple phrases over and over. I still remember Clinton/Gore's 1992 campaign slogans because they were so basic and repeated everywhere they went.

[spin]

5. The Republicans often argue that if we raise taxes on the rich ...

it will stifle job creation.

I have never been able to figure out why we don't reply, "If that is correct where the hell are the jobs?"

We have low taxes on the rich and I don't see any job creation. During the Eisenhower administration the tax rate peaked at 92% in 1953, and 91% thereafter.



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It might be possible that reducing extremely high tax rates on the rich does result in more job creation but currently reducing tax rates any further will simply result in the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer and the total elimination of the middle class.

As with many other ideas there is the law of diminishing returns. Increasing the tax rate on the rich will not eliminate our current financial problems but as part of an overall plan it makes sense. We also need to eliminate tax breaks for many of the Big Corporations.

Unfortunately, the people we elect to represent us depend on campaign contributions from the rich and the big corporations to get reelected. The chances of ever getting a fairer system are slim to none.

It's good to be rich in the United States with a 50" LCD TV in your bathroom to watch while you sit on the throne. It sucks to be poor and looking for work.