Why is Mccain lying about raising taxes?

Question

George Bush (41) ran on "Read my lips, no new taxes", but after the disaster of the Ronald Reagan era he had NO CHOICE. Which cost him re-election to Bill Clinton in 1992! Bush 43 is Ronald Reagan of our time, and like Reagan he has proven disastrous leaving us on the verge of a recession (I think depression)! So unless Mccain plans to sale off bits and pieces our beloved country to the Saudis and China. HE WILL BE RAISING OUR TAXES!!

Answer 1

He's counting on the stupidity of the electorate......it worked for Bush....twice.....

Answer 2

Because Republicans are stupid and prefer to be lied to.  Hey, they just voted in the most lying President of the US twice.

Answer 3

Well at least McCain will be sellin off bits and pieces of OUR Country, obama will just give it away. I can,t believe you even need to ask the question about a politician lying, you do know and are aware that the only thing worse than a politician is a child molester?

Answer 4

For one the president can not raise taxes. The House and Senate can . During Bush's term who was in majority in the House and Senate? The president could have vetoed or declined to sign but he does not write the legislation. We can cut spending easily in this country.  

Answer 5

I think it is pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain that McCain is just saying whatever he feels will get him elected.

He has reversed himself on most of his original platform and claims to NOT be Bush II but, even his desperate supporters have nothing of substance, as far as a platform, to hold up and cheer about.

They spend their time sticking pins in voodoo doll trying to divide the Democrats, make fun of Bidens hair, concoct conspiracy theories about Obama, and come up with lame and baseless arguments that the think will prove that they are more patriotic than the Democrats.

This election is about one thing. Intelligent people defeating stupid people so that we can get the neocons out of the While House and BOTH parties can get back to work moving forward.

McCain just doesn't cut it.

Answer 6

both will raise taxes, but more under Obama to pay for the special interest groups and his raising of the capital gains tax.

Answer 7

He won't raise taxes, he will postpone that by deficit spending, so when the chickens come home to roost the bill will be several times higher due to the interest on the debt.  

China will own the USA since we will borrow and spend until they foreclose on us.

Answer 8

Thanks for sharing your rant.

Why does it never occur to folks like you that there are two sides to the 'balance sheet', income and expense. You don't have to raise taxes if you can decrease your spending. If I spend more than I earn, I can't ask my customers to pay more simply because I have been spending irresponsibly. And, as irresponsible as the republicans under Bush were, the democrats have been even more so. This addiction to spending by our congress is becoming a REAL problem.

Raising taxes: Bad

Reduce spending: Good

Hope that helps.  

Answer 9

So much distortion of fact in one rant.. er.. question.

First, far from leaving a disaster, Reagen left an economy that was booming.

The taxes that Bush 41 allowed the Democrat Congress to raise was supposed to be followed by a reduction in the budget, per the Democrats' promise. That never came.

And all economic indicators point to the economy not getting any worse, so all the whining about more recession or depression is not based on economic reality.

However, McCain intends to reduce the spending, in order to bring sanity back to the budget. With a 2009 budget exceeding $3 trillion, the spending by the Democrat Congress is surely insanity.

And, if you cared at all about being realistic, the fact is that if the next Congress is Democrat-dominated, the Bush tax cuts will not be renewed, and we'll all be hit with higher taxes, and the economy will suffer.

Throw that in with Obama's plan to increase spending and increase taxes on businesses and investment income, and you have a nice recipe for economic disaster.

Answer 10

He's a politician and will say anything to be elected. They all lie it's just the way it is.

Answer 11

McCain knows he can't have his cake and eat it too, while still leaving enough crumbs to keep the middle class afloat....

We can't continue the war path, giving tax breaks to the richest 2% of America, giving welfare to Corporate giants....and still have economic stability.

He knows we will have to raise taxes...because the alternative is more debt, and more accumulated interest for future generations to pay off.

Anything he says to the contrary is automatically a lie.

The "RIGHT" will argue that ...raising rich peoples taxes will make them move their money offshore.....but they forget that the rich ALREADY DO MOVE THEIR MOney OFFSHORE to utilize heavty tax loopholes put in place by REPUBLICANS !

End the tax loopholes...and make the rich pay their fair share !....give the difference back to the middle class who are the consumers that turn the economic wheels in this country...

Answer 12

i bleave it was walter mondale told us [ the people ] the truth and look what happend to him we dont want to heare the truth  

Answer 13

McCain has nothing to say except lies about his heroism, about his positions and about Obama.

Answer 14

He will raise taxes only if no one will loan us more money.  He will borrow as long as he can.

Answer 15

Then why is Obama not telling us the truth with the Democrat Tax plan...

Tax rates will rise substantially in each tax bracket, some by 450 basis points;

Low-income taxpayers will see the 10-percent tax bracket disappear, and they will have to pay taxes at the 15-percent rate;

Married taxpayers will see the marriage penalty return;

Taxpayers with children will lose 50 percent of their child tax credits;

Taxes on dividends will increase beginning on January 1, 2009;

Taxes on capital gains will increase, also beginning on January 1, 2009; and

Federal death taxes will come back to life in 2011, after fading down to nothing in 2010.

Last I checked the Marriage penalty, Child Tax credit will effect all income's......Plus the 4 million working poor that were exempt from paying taxes will now pay taxes above under the Democrat plan...

Answer 16

Only an idiot would think raising taxes is a way to prevent a recession/depression.