How do you (*Obama/Democrats) raise BILLIONS of dollars in taxes and NOT have it effect the average family?

Question

Fred Thompson said it best last night:

"Now, our opponents tell us not to worry about their tax increases. They tell you they're not going to tax your family. No, they're just going to tax "businesses." So, unless you buy something from a business, like groceries or clothes or gasoline -- or unless you get a paycheck from a business, a big business or a small business, don't worry, it's not going to affect you! They say they're not going to take any water out of your side of the bucket, just the other side of the bucket! That's their idea of tax reform."

Answer 1

Fred Thompson forgot to mention that Obama will give tax cuts to  95% Americans  

Answer 2

Liberals don't get it, increased taxes come out of Americans pockets no matter where the tax increases are!  

Answer 3

75% of the Wealth in the USA is controlled by 10% of the population.

Answer 4

How do you (*Bush/Republicans) spend TRILLIONS of dollars on a stupid war that is pointless....And all that money that he spent could give the ALL americans who don't have healthcare.....SOME HEALTHCARE.  Billions is less than Trillions!

Answer 5

because when you write a law that says taxes for people who earn over 250K a year is a rate greater than it is now, and people who earn less than 250k pay a rate less than now.

Fred Thompson is talking about taxes that Obama is not raising.  He is going to eliminate loop holes for companies who send jobs overseas and for oil companies who are earning record profits.  

Fred Thompson is so smart that he got 4 votes and lost his job on Law and order.

Answer 6

yeah good question.. Lets see how many Dems can actually answer it... with facts...good luck. Well i can see by the answers not ONE Dem can give you a real reason.... They are Hypocrites...

Answer 7

amen.

Answer 8

Obama is kind of like a legal Robin Hood.  Take from the rich and give to the poor.  Nothing wrong with that, unless you are rich!!  We need a more equal society and I think that Obama has the plans for the first step.  

* THEY just want you to think that trickle down economics works since it supports their aganda.  Not HUGE taxes, just fair taxes.

Answer 9

Obama will not be raising taxes on anyone that makes less then $250,000 like it was when Clinton was president. I am more worried about wages to invest in my country in the form of taxes.

Answer 10

Here you go einstein

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/18/o...

you guys are pathetic

Answer 11

Thompson is distorting the facts. No one has said anything about going after small businesses, and rightfully so, because the GOP (and Democrats for the most part) are dominated by corporate interests who have been squeezing the smaller businesses out of the market for years. The businesses that will have their taxes raised are the multi-national, multi-billion companies that either export jobs or pay their workers at what's barely survival wage. We need those taxes to pay for the services that our bosses aren't supplying to us.

Answer 12

So how can you tell the military that we can't give them the equipment you need to fight this war because we are in a huge deep red deficit?

The GOP got America into such a MESS!

The GOP refuses to raise taxes for the rich and oil companies so we can get more money.

Tell that to the military, the personnel and their families.

You cannot go to war without money. And Obama did not want to go to war.

McCain did and he says, no taxes.

Answer 13

I would sugest you to go and do some research.  Originally If memory serves, Individuals did not pay income taxes, only business's had to pay the income tax.

Answer 14

Bill Clinton raised taxes and it created 20 million jobs!  

Answer 15

Easy you destroy the economy and the nation as a hole, then you like Hillary try to come in and save the day 4 years later. At least that was what Carter tried.

Answer 16

Good question.

Answer 17

it will effect the average family. theyll take it from the corporations that the republicans support and give the working poor some relief

Answer 18

Fron non-partisan organization factcheck.org:

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Thompson repeated misleading claims about Obama's tax program, saying it would bring "one of the largest tax increases in American history." But as increases go, Obama's package is hardly a history-maker. It would raise taxes for families with incomes above $250,000. Most people would see a cut.

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http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/...

Answer 19

Obama wants to end the tax breaks for rich people and lower taxed for 95% of tax payers.

Fred Thompson doesn't know the facts.

Answer 20

Thats a lie, thats a d**n lie! Ecomony is better, employment is better, money is better when democrats are in office.

Answer 21

I'm not sure why Republicans can't get it through their tiny little minds that Democrats DO NOT raise taxes on those that can't afford it.

That would be what the Republicans do!

Republicans DO NOT care a single iota for the average American, they care only for money and power.

They are corrupt and evil.

Answer 22

The consumers are the people who turn the economic wheels in this country.....

Too long now Republicans have laid the majority of America's tax burden on the backs of working class consumers.  You think the solution is to give more to the large corporations and people who make over 250k ?  You think businesses should hit their profit margins in the form of tax breaks ....instead of SALES !?????

Consumer confidence is in the toilet, because more and more AVERAGE Americans have less disposable income...and now everyone is losing money including the rich.  The greedy rich don't have the forsight to see that they are only hurting themselves by avoiding paying their fair share of taxes.

The Republicans have squeezed the middle class for a decade....your time is over !

You want tax breaks and subsidies for businesses ?....I want SALES AND GROWTH !...that's how you create jobs.

Answer 23

take from the rich and give entitlements to his lazy peeps.

Answer 24

Yeah, do you make 250,000$ a year? Didn't think so.

For the truth: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/...

Answer 25

You let the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire.

Their growing rich while the rest of American is seeing declining house incomes, they can afford to go back to Clinton era tax rates!