Is Romney looking to raise taxes on the 47%?

[Jarod]

IT sounded like Romney was complaining that the 47% dont pay enough taxes. Does he want them to pay more?

 

[Timshel]

Sounded to me like he whining that he can't reach them. That is because he does not actually intend to reduce the burden of government. He is just going to shuffle the shells again to benefit his buddies.

 

[Damocles]

He didn't say anything about raising their taxes, he wasn't really even talking about that. He was speaking of numbers of people that he could swing to his side to vote for him.

 

[Jarod]

He didn't say anything about raising their taxes, he wasn't really even talking about that. He was speaking of numbers of people that he could swing to his side to vote for him.

Sounded like he was disparaging them for not paying taxes to me...

 

[Dixie - In Memoriam]

Sounded like he was disparaging them for not paying taxes to me...

We already know that whatever he says "sounds like" something completely different to liberals.

 

[Damocles]

Sounded like he was disparaging them for not paying taxes to me...

What he sounded like to you and what he said appear to be two different things. He simply stated that there are a number of people who won't vote for anybody but Obama, then spoke about those who can swing in their votes and suggested that these are the people he needed to reach.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

should they pay their fair share?......

 

[Timshel]

should they pay their fair share?......

Income taxes are not the only way citizens pay for government services.

The pretense that Republicans have a better understanding of economics is dead.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

Income taxes are not the only way citizens pay for government services.

true....it's only most of it......back to the issue....should they pay their fair share?.....

 

[Bonestorm]

I'm so old I remember when tax relief for working families was supposedly a central tenet of Republican policies.

 

[Timshel]

I'm so old I remember when tax relief for working families was supposedly a central tenet of Republican policies.

They forgot what the word taxes means.

 

[Jarod]

He didn't say anything about raising their taxes, he wasn't really even talking about that. He was speaking of numbers of people that he could swing to his side to vote for him.

And Obama never said that business owners did not build there own businesses.

 

[Timshel]

true....it's only most of it......back to the issue....should they pay their fair share?.....

Source?

 

[PostmodernProphet]

I'm so old I remember when tax relief for working families was supposedly a central tenet of Republican policies.

gosh, you were alive in the Bush administration?.....

 

[PostmodernProphet]

Source?

??.....well, there's estate taxes....and excise taxes.......and customs......and the passes you buy when you go into Yellowstone National Park.......what are you referring to?......

 

[Timshel]

That is, do you have a source for your claim that MOST government services are financed through INCOME TAXES (not payroll or sales).

As for your question of whether they should pay their fair share.

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3505#_ftn8

See figure 3.

What percentage of their income should they pay to meet their fair share?

 

[CanceledB]

gosh, you were alive in the Bush administration?.....

Christians can't say 'god'.

Too offensive.

 

[Timshel]

??.....well, there's estate taxes....and excise taxes.......and customs......and the passes you buy when you go into Yellowstone National Park.......what are you referring to?......

Uhhhh, again payroll taxes and sales taxes, but you keep digging your hole for me.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

That is, do you have a source for your claim that MOST government services are financed through INCOME TAXES (not payroll or sales).

lol.....we're talking about federal politics, child....there are no federal sales taxes, so no government services at the federal level are paid for by sales taxes......payroll taxes also do not pay for any government services......do you have a source for your idiocy?........

 

[PostmodernProphet]

Christians can't say 'god'.

Too offensive.

fuck off, cunt.....you're starting to stalk.....