I have to write, the Democrat vice-presidential candidate, Sen. Blowhard Joe Biden, is a treasure trove of stupidity. Every day since he has been nominated, Sen. Blowhard Biden has said something positively moronic. And today is no exception.
Sen. Blowhard Biden said that it is a patriotic duty to pay higher taxes.
That's it! Sell raising taxes as an act of patriotism!
Here is the money quote:
You got it. It's time to be patriotic, Kate, time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help America get out of the rut. And the way to do that is they're still going to pay less taxes than they paid under Reagan.
The moronic answer was to CNN interviewer Kate Snow asking about the Team Obama tax policies.
So, all of us who find every way to avoid paying as much as possible to Uncle Sam, are we unpatriotic? Of course not!
But, it is not only the assertion that somehow, patriotism is measured by how much hard-earned money the American worker is going to give to the federal government.
Sen. Blowhard Biden asserts that "the rich" are going to pay less taxes than they did when Ronald Reagan was president. Once again, it is at the very least a distortion. At worst, an outright lie.
Michael Medved points out that President Reagan inherited a top marginal tax rate of 70%. That is right, 70%. When President Reagan left office, the marginal tax rate was 28%. Currently, the marginal tax rate is 35%. And, under the Obama/Biden plan, it goes up to 39.6%. I would like the economic genius that Sen. Blowhard Biden is to explain how 39.6% is less than 28%!
But, I am certain that he can not. Or maybe he would like the marginal rate to go back to 70%.
So, I will proudly write that if my patriotism is based on just bending over, letting the government take more of the money that I earned, then I AM NOT PATRIOTIC!
3 comments:
64 this is some scary stuff. all hail and worship government because it deserves are praise is exactly the road this is going down!!! and that means we sacrifice to it!!!!
Ben Franklin, would turn over in his grave. I'm surprised he doesn't visit Joe Biden in his sleep and beat Joe with his Cain. Old Ben Franklin felt in his heart "It is not the obligation of every man to pay more then his fair share of taxes". We left good King George of England because of taxation without represention. Today we have so many social programs for citizens of this country, as well feeding, educating and hospitalizing people from other countries. We take care of the World in time of Crisis, (why not France, Germany or Japan?)We have to tax the American people trillions of dollars every year just to keep our country running. A small business man has so many fees and taxes to pay every year retail prices could be cut by 1/3 if Government was not involved in small business. If you think I'm kidding just pull a permit to add 400 sq. ft to your existing home. Joe Biden loves to give poor people your money. By doing so he creates more poor people out of us tax payers. Who will be left to pay all the bills, Joe Biden? I think not.
Well, he IS a Democrat, so let's cut him some slack for being "disabled." ;)
Let me think ... what style of government believes it's the patriotic duty of its citizens to pay as much tax as can be involuntarily squeezed out of them?
Taking another tack, what was one of the main causes of the American Revolution?
Man, his comment is just SO wrong in SO many ways it's practically unbearable (and will slip, quietly, under the radar of the general population).
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