Bush shows his true colors

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So you support rolling back the tax cuts and increasing taxes on the middle class in the name of preserving the worship of oil company profits?

A true capitalist will sell you the rope to hang himself.

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That's a Republican for you - never answer a post when a personal attack or asking someone to shut up will do instead. You pulled that trick from Bill O'Reilly, no doubt.

When in doubt, the Republicans will always choose big business over the American People. Then they can spend and lie their way thru the next election with all that corporate money that will be funneled to their re-election, not to mention the stuff under the table.

When a Republican screws over the little guy, it barely qualifies for news anymore - sort of like corruption in College Sports - you get desensitized to it.

I barely notice the hand in my pocket or the cameras in my living room anymore -

RB

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That's a Republican for you - never answer a post when a personal attack or asking someone to shut up will do instead. You pulled that trick from Bill O'Reilly, no doubt.

When in doubt, the Republicans will always choose big business over the American People. Then they can spend and lie their way thru the next election with all that corporate money that will be funneled to their re-election, not to mention the stuff under the table.

When a Republican screws over the little guy, it barely qualifies for news anymore - sort of like corruption in College Sports - you get desensitized to it.

I barely notice the hand in my pocket or the cameras in my living room anymore -

RB

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You should try posting when you arent high. I rarely make posts like the one I did in response to CC. It was a genuine question, since it seems that his only motive for posting here is to make snarky little jibes at people who dont agree with his political views.

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a hefty tax increase for oil companies."


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Do you think this would be reflected in the price of gasoline? DO you think that would be a good or bad thing? If the oil companies face a large tax increase will this increase or decrease a lower income worker's disposable income?

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Congrats! The first post in the thread to actually address the subject. In answer to your question, YES, higher taxes on oil companies would get reflected in the price of gasoline, and would have an effect on the lower income worker's disposable income.

But look at what they are doing to avoid this:

"continue expiring tax cuts and shelter 14 million families from higher taxes"

Those expiring tax cuts were Bush's original tax cuts. Remember? Those tax cuts that the right claimed cured all the evil in world. The tax cuts that were responsible for all the good that has ever occurred in the economy ever since.

Now, if it means hurting the oil companies, I guess those tax cuts weren't so special after all, let them expire.

"shelter 14 million families from higher taxes", what did the right say about "trickle down"? I guess reducing taxes on 14 million families really doesn't help the economy overall if it means some oil companies make less money.

So what is it? Does reducing taxes and "trickle down" help the economy? Where Bush's tax cuts good? Or is making sure Big Oil continues to turn record profits America's Number 1 Priority?

Bush made his choice. Does the right agree that they were wrong all this time? His tax cuts weren't good, let them expire, and reducing taxes on a large part of the middle class is bad?

[Randy_Refeld]

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Congrats! The first post in the thread to actually address the subject. In answer to your question, YES, higher taxes on oil companies would get reflected in the price of gasoline, and would have an effect on the lower income worker's disposable income.

But look at what they are doing to avoid this:

"continue expiring tax cuts and shelter 14 million families from higher taxes"

Those expiring tax cuts were Bush's original tax cuts. Remember? Those tax cuts that the right claimed cured all the evil in world. The tax cuts that were responsible for all the good that has ever occurred in the economy ever since.

Now, if it means hurting the oil companies, I guess those tax cuts weren't so special after all, let them expire.

"shelter 14 million families from higher taxes", what did the right say about "trickle down"? I guess reducing taxes on 14 million families really doesn't help the economy overall if it means some oil companies make less money.

So what is it? Does reducing taxes and "trickle down" help the economy? Where Bush's tax cuts good? Or is making sure Big Oil continues to turn record profits America's Number 1 Priority?

Bush made his choice. Does the right agree that they were wrong all this time? His tax cuts weren't good, let them expire, and reducing taxes on a large part of the middle class is bad?

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I don't think this will the last chance to renew the expiring tax cuts. I don't really know if taxing oil or taxing people directly will do more harm to the economy. Neither one of them are good and I don't know why anyone would be for either of those propositions.