Jon Kyl: Extend Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Even If They Add To Deficit

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Source: HuffPo

GOP Senate Republican Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) insisted on Sunday that Congress should extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans regardless of their impact on the deficit, even as he and other Republicans are blocking unemployment insurance extensions over deficit concerns.

"You should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes," said the Arizona Senator during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. Surely Congress has the authority, and it would be right to -- if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. You do need to offset the cost of increased spending, and that's what Republicans object to. But you should never have to offset cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on Americans."

White House aides immediately seized on the comments. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wrote on Twitter, "Kyl says wealthy need big Bush tax cuts while middle class families are on their own to fend for themselves as a result of Bush economy."

In private, administration officials say that the framing of the argument couldn't be more advantageous: "It's cutting taxes for the wealthy and letting the unemployed to fend for themselves," said one White House ally.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/jon-kyl-extend-bush-tax-c_n_642862.html?igoogle=1

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Delicious Hypocrisy!

[louis-t]

1. EVERY Dem should use that statement to get elected.

"You should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes," :crazy:

[area51]

32. +1

Out of touch / arrogant / insane; the very definition of today's nazi party.

[jpak]

2. No GOP extended UI benefits - but extended GOP benefits for billionaires???

and the GOP will take back the House this November?

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

3. Meh, no one will care. Their agenda is open for all to see, and the public's outrage-o-meter needle

still won't move.

[classysassy]

41. Purchase a slightly used

Congressional critter ,cute cuddly republicans 50% off during the current money crunch.Democrats cost a bit more,but you get more bang for your buck,they control both houses and the oval office.Finance reform for the elected officials need to be implemented in order to prevent the crooks in congress from selling favors to the highest bidder.Some of our elected official are othing but high price whores.

[aggiesal]

4. The House and the Senate should not get ...

paid until they pass the bill to extend tax cuts for Billionaires,
ooops, I mean the unemployed Billionaire,
ooops, I really mean, pass a bill for extending unemployment.

[onehandle]

5. Onehandle: Seize The Assets Of The Rich To Pay Off The Deficit.

Tell you what Senator, let's split the difference.

Extend half the tax cuts for the rich and seize half of their assets.

Bipartisanship!

[GreenTea]

6. Creating defict with tax cuts for the rich, but using a fration for workers to receive unemployment

insurance is disgusting republican ideology....This is as clear-cut as can be, yet these moronic assholes who work for a living scream at democrats & liberals as the villians....Why?

Because they only believe the pigman, Fox news, etc....why do they hate so much....is the reason because they think people of color or the poor will receive more than them....what about these republican elite sucking up the system giving our tax dollars to the wealthy & corporations for more of their greed and selfishness....that doesn't bother them....Amazing!

[florida08]

7. republican dogma

only help the ones who don't need it. Deficits don't matter in that case. sheesh

[DimplesinMI]

8. The rich get richer.........

And the poor (Unemployed Job Seekers) are left begging for crumbs.......:sarcasm:

[activa8tr]

9. We should make this remark by Kyle a cornerstone of

all Congressional races in the fall.

The Republicans shoot themselves in the foot with their honesty.

[Kablooie]

10. Why the hell do they always think tax cuts for the rich will help the country?

Perhaps if the economy is rolling, some tax cuts would be used to create jobs because it would be likely to have a profitable result.

But recently it's been demonstrated clearly that decreased taxes, or bailouts, just fatten the personal accounts of the rich.
They do not use their extra cash to help anyone except themselves and perhaps a few rich wall street investment firms.

I am just astounded at how they keep touting selfish greed at the expense of everyone else and the conservative right fully supports this even though it will deprive them as well as everyone else.

My head spins with the idiocy and my stomach churns with the fear that there are more idiots in this country than I care to imagine.

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14. It's the voodoo Reagan "tinkle down" theory of economics.

After all the destruction and misery, they still don't give a rat's ass about the citizenry or the country.:grr:

I think it's about time for an emoticon of a bomb thrower or a machine gun wacko guy!

[iamjoy]

16. The Rich Create Jobs

I mean, right? You have to cut taxes for the rich. When the richest Americans have more money they'll spend and that will result in more jobs and greater wealth for all Americans. That's what happened with the economic stimulus. We gave/loaned money to the wealthy banks and corporations and they shared it with the American people.

Oh, wait, that must have been in the alternate universe.

[w4rma]

30. The rich buy slaves? How about letting the middle class start businesses and create jobs, instead?nt

[iamjoy]

38. Uh, I Was Employing Sarcasm

I don't like the sarcasm "smilie." Sometimes I have the eyes rolling, but in this case, I thought my reference to the alternative universe was sufficient.

[fascisthunter]

25. they don't... it just sounds good

and it fools lots of working class folks. They believe if we the underclass coddle the rich and treat them like gods, they will somehow make everything better for them.

[No Elephants]

33. Because it always works.

:sarcasm:

[liberal N proud]

11. Unbelievable how audacious they have become

[SoapBox]

12. Bumper Stickers for the GOBPers and RushTurds...

"Save the BushCo. Tax Cuts for the handful of Filthy Rich...They need more money!"

or

"STOP Unemployment Benefits for the millions of Americans that are out of work. They are bums!"

Take your pick!

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20. I like that idea, but one more line is needed on the bottom.

Vote Republican 2010!

Then we should get all progressive/liberals to slap a few on their cars.

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13. The rePUKES master plan for managing the deficit

Don't give out unemployment extensions because it will add to the deficit.

Give Tax cuts to the rich regardless of how much it adds to the deficit.

Surely even a moron like a Tea Bagger could figure this out!

Right?.... RIGHT??????? :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[activa8tr]

15. Tea baggers CAN'T and DON'T figure stuff out, that's the..

very definition of Tea baggers.

They named themselves the wrong name with the use of the word "Tea".... right from the start.

Then they used Tea Bags... and later denied it.

Then they said they were a new version of the Boston Tea Party, but of course the didn't understand what the Boston Tea Party was all about... the "taxation without representation" and all that... they couldn't figure out what that meant, they thought it simply meant that they didn't have anyone, (or almost anyone) as stupid as them in Congress and the White House, (thank GOD!), whereas Bush was repsresenting them very well, (being an older rich white guy who never accomplished anything in life, just like them, and who lived off government $, while being off duty from work most of the time).

So, NO, the Tea Baggers DO NOT and CAN NOT figure stuff out.

[Octafish]

17. Don't forget to apologize to BP...

Democratic rhetoric -- cough, commercials -- might want to remind voters in the fall, but I doubt it.

[DiverDave]

18. Deficit busters for the rich? cool,

unemployment for the poor (including my wife)? NO FUCKING WAY!!
That will make the deficit boom!

And now I just lost my job,
We just signed lease papers on a new house, I already paid 2k for the 1st months rent, and now I have no money coming in.

I am scared, really scared.
Lucky I am a good truck driver, but now I have to take the 1st job that comes along, no matter how far from home, how much pay that I will be getting less then my old job.

I hate looking for work, it crushes you to get so many turn downs, and I have 15 years of accident and ticket free driving in a big truck.

Ah well, I am still better off then a lot of folks.

We will get by.

Dave

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19. Good luck Dave! Keep us posted if you get good news...

[ck4829]

21. "The wealthy get a blank check while everyone else gets an IOU" - GOP platform

K&R

[alp227]

22. A worse version of "Never raise taxes during a recession."

I thought that the Senate was supposed to represent the people...including those who can't afford the big stuff! But I guess that if you have an R next to your name, only those with an income over six figures exist in your constituency. This "I've got mine, screw everybody else" mentality won't really help the Republicans much.

[SoapBox]

23. CONTACT this dirty bastard here...and ask him about this:

http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm

[True_Blue]

27. First thing I did when I read this news

I've lost count of how many emails I've sent him just this year alone. He never responds back to me either even though I'm one of his constituents.

[w4rma]

29. Screw him. He's a Republican and contacting him only gives his team a heads up on how to fight you

better on the things you want done. Contact his opponents instead. Let him live in his ivory tower and watch it come crashing down.

[fascisthunter]

24. hey working class republican voters... still believe in the GOP?

[indepat]

26. Give that f*cker a cigar for so eloquently articulating what is the unvarnished soul of the

Republican, for unequivocally clarifying what separates Republicans from the rest of humanity, for further clarifying why Republicans should even not be considered among of the human species. :P

[w4rma]

28. Winning tactics. This should be the national theme of every Democrat.

The ones that refuse to use this theme are DLC Democrats we don't want in there anyway.

[defendandprotect]

31. Oops! a bit of hypocrisy there . . . !!! Some outrageous truth by GOP -- !!

[No Elephants]

34. This should be on a loop, along with Fiorina's "No one's entitled to a job."

[wordpix]

35. complete gobbledygook that shows the wobbly mind of Kyl

[MBS]

36. that's Republican values in a nutshell. .n/t

[Odin2005]

37. LOL! What a moran.

[ProudDad]

39. kyl is the most egregious piece of shit

waste of skin that ever slithered down a sidewalk...

And here, he's (allegedly) my "senator"...

He's PURE evil -- to the bone!

[joebaur42]

40. Yikes...

Nothing says "fiscal responsibility" like cutting taxes until the treasury bleeds dry!