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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:38 AM Original message |
What is the best way to refute the 'class warfare' argument when Obama proposes tax hikes on rich? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. The top 400 families own more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. +1 |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. As Buffett has said, it IS class warfare and HIS class is winning. n/t |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Yes. They have more loopholes, write-offs and incentives, don't they? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Republicans are the ones that engage in class warfare. Paul Ryan's plan raises taxes on the |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. What's to refute? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's about time the rest of us fought back. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. +1000 |
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Proud Public Servant (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Exactly. The GOP's miscalculating. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. only in the side of firing back to the class warfare waged for the past decade or so |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why did Ronald Reagan hate rich people more than Obama does? n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Easy. The rich started it. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Beat me to it. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Ding ding ding |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. Don't bother arguing with republicans? |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. Having all people pay their "fair share" is NOT "warfare", it's .... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. A dignified, well-chosen response. Recd. nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. Depends on who you are talking to. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Show how the bottom 90% earn less than 30 years ago |
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nonpareil (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. They fired first |
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reoneo (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. ...class warfare hypocrisy |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. "We're done funding their wartime tax cuts with our Social Security." |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
19. DU Beartracks had this to say last night |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. Say, "It's about fucking time" |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. The rich started it, we have to fight back!!!!!!! That's my answer. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'd only take that argument as acceptable from a person whose |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
25. That's impossilbe, the US is a classless society. nt |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. That Reagan started it with his massive cuts to taxes for the wealthy |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. We need to refute this? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
28. Mention that the billionaire banksters have been waging class-war against the middle class. n/t |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. What's the best way to rob a bank? |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
30. We had higher growth rates when the rich paid more in taxes nt |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
31. A new word I learned today |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. Heard a caller on Bill Press this morning call it "economical class genocide". And.. |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. I like the response Obama just gave on his live presentation on the TV just now... |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. yeah, I like that |
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potone (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. I just heard a GOP strategist bring up the fact that the bottom 47% pay no federal income taxes. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. And we have 46 million below the poverty level... |
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potone (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. His point is that everyone should pay federal income taxes. |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Hard to pay taxes when there's no money to pay with! Why does... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. "Broaden the tax base" is what Michelle Bachmann was touting last week. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
38. "To those whom much has been given . . ." |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. For those.... Republicans will attempt to make sure nothing is taken away! n/t |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. Take their slogans and tweak them |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. That ought to be self evident. See: Buffet, Warren/Secretary |
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BanTheGOP (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. Since this is WAR, we MUST DESTROY THE GOP |
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The Second Stone (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Warfare is when people get killed in organized violence |
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BanTheGOP (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I STRONGLY disagree,,,this is WAR |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
48. We're losing the class war and Obama politely negotiates. Ask him to SURGE! |
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