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GOP Claim Democrats Will Increase Taxes is a LIE!

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GOP Claim Democrats Will Increase Taxes is a LIE!

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One of the Republican claims is that if Democrats take over Congress they will increase YOUR taxes. This is ANOTHER LIE by the party that brought you the Iraq War. Let’s look at the issue of increasing taxes. The GOP claims the Democrats will increase the “Death Tax” (Federal Estate Tax). The current law will restore the tax rates to pre Bush tax Cut rates in 2011. The other fact is that only 1% of taxpayers ever pay this tax. The GOP ads make it sound like the death tax is harming most taxpayers. NOTHING could be further from the truth. This tax is truly for the wealthiest of the wealthy and to end this tax would add as much as $40 Billion per year to the national debt. 99% of Americans do not pay the death tax! The other claims of the GOP is that Democrats would end the tax cuts to middle income tax payers—lower tax rates, increased Child Credit and elimination of the marriage penalty. The truth is that Democrats would not only make these tax cuts permanent but would tend to add to tax cuts that impact the middle income tax payers. The ONLY income group that might see a repeal of the Bush Tax Cuts is people with annual income above $300,000. The Republican Campaign Ads make it sound like Democrats will increase the taxes for ALL taxpayers when the ONLY group that could see an increase in their taxes are the top 10%- THOSE THAT DO NOT need THE TAX CUTS they got by the Bush Tax Cuts and that added revenue would help balance the budget. The FINAL LIE by the GOP about Democrats increasing YOUR taxes is that even if BOTH houses of Congress were to vote for a change in taxes, without the signature of the President they CAN NOT BECOME LAW! LIES LIES LIES. That is what we get from Republicans about what will happen to your taxes if Democrats take control of Congress on November 7, 2006.
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
Allowing the tax cut law to take effect is NOT voting to increase taxes. That was the vote that took place when the tax cuts were passed.


No it's "not voting" to keep taxes decreased. And by not voting it "allows" taxes to increase via the democrats. So in every sense of the word your title is a lie in itself. "Democrats WILL increase your taxes"! By simply not voting.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
even if BOTH houses of Congress were to vote for a change in taxes, without the signature of the President they CAN NOT BECOME LAW!


For at least 2 years we've been trying to explain this to you. I'm glad to see you finally get it.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
drmiler

As usual you are wrong. The democrats have said they favor making the tax cuts on the Middle Income taxpayers permanent. Thus they will keep the taxes low on those that NEED the help and allow the law to increase taxes on the wealthy just as the law intended when it was passed!
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
Daiwa

Then I assume you agree with this Blog i.e. If Democrats take over the Congress they can not increase taxes as the GOP Ads claim!
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
Daiwa

I understand this but since Jan 2001 the GOP members of Congress have been in lock step with almost everything Bush has wanted to accomplish. The idea that to be a loyal American you must support the Commander-in-Chief has required that the Congress because it is controlled by the GOP rubber stamps the President's policies and has taken away the checks and balance. The GOP are NOT acting as an independent branch but an extension of the Executive.

Since you agree it would take Bush to go along with any attempt by the Democrats to increase taxes, then you agree the GOP ADS are LIES when they say a Democratic takeover of Congress will increase your taxes! The Democrats would also have to win the White House and then act like the GOP has acted over the past 6 years.
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
drmiler

As usual you are wrong. The democrats have said they favor making the tax cuts on the Middle Income taxpayers permanent. Thus they will keep the taxes low on those that NEED the help and allow the law to increase taxes on the wealthy just as the law intended when it was passed!


Oh really? Again I don't know what I'm talking about, huh? Then explain this:


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Tax cuts are good for everyone--and everyone knows it but Washington Democrats.

BY PETE DU PONT
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT

John F. Kennedy believed that "an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our budget, just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits." So he proposed income tax rate reductions, which the Democratic Congress enacted the year after JFK's death. Back then, Democrats were for them: more than 80% of Democratic senators and representatives voted for the Kennedy tax cuts.

My, how times have changed. Today the Democratic Party is so vehemently opposed to income tax cuts that when President Bush's reached their final vote in May 2003, only 4% of Democratic legislators (2 of 48 senators and 7 of 205 representatives) voted "yes."

Opposing tax cuts has become the mantra of the liberal left. Sen. John Kerry wants to roll back Bush's "unaffordable tax cuts." Senator Mark Dayton (D., Minn.) called the cuts "dangerous and destructive and dishonorable." Bill Clinton in 2003 said the cuts were "way too big to avoid serious harm." And various New York Times editorials called them "economically unsound," claimed that "they will increase the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars" and said they were unlikely "to stimulate the wallowing economy." Earlier this month House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi promised that the election of a Democratic House in November would result in a "rollback of the tax cuts."


So now who's wrong?
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is November 2006 and the Democrats have clearly stated they favor making the tax cuts for Middle Income Taxpayers permanent.
Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is November 2006 and the Democrats have clearly stated they favor making the tax cuts for Middle Income Taxpayers permanent.


Of course they would say that. It's election time. And it maybe Nov 2006 but my quote is "also" from 2006.


BY PETE DU PONT
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT

John F. Kennedy believed that "an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our budget, just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits." So he proposed income tax rate reductions, which the Democratic Congress enacted the year after JFK's death. Back then, Democrats were for them: more than 80% of Democratic senators and representatives voted for the Kennedy tax cuts.

My, how times have changed. Today the Democratic Party is so vehemently opposed to income tax cuts that when President Bush's reached their final vote in May 2003, only 4% of Democratic legislators (2 of 48 senators and 7 of 205 representatives) voted "yes."

Opposing tax cuts has become the mantra of the liberal left. Sen. John Kerry wants to roll back Bush's "unaffordable tax cuts." Senator Mark Dayton (D., Minn.) called the cuts "dangerous and destructive and dishonorable." Bill Clinton in 2003 said the cuts were "way too big to avoid serious harm." And various New York Times editorials called them "economically unsound," claimed that "they will increase the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars" and said they were unlikely "to stimulate the wallowing economy." Earlier this month House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi promised that the election of a Democratic House in November would result in a "rollback of the tax cuts."
Reply #34 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply #32
This is November 2006 and the Democrats have clearly stated they favor making the tax cuts for Middle Income Taxpayers permanent.


Please provide proof that a majority (or even a significant number) of Democrats have stated this.
Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top
The Democratic leadership has stated that and the democrats have enacted policies that benefit the middle and low income workers while the GOP has passed laws that favor the wealthy.