Picking up on Ian’s post below, McSame seems to be under the impression that’s what’s been holding this country back during the Bush presidency is high taxes.
Today in Denver, he proposed to repeal the Paris Hilton tax, cut corporate taxes, and make the Bush tax cuts permanent. Don’t worry about what we should do about energy, because he’s suspending the federal gas tax. And for our national health care crisis? Yep — tax cuts.
And how will McSame pay for all this?
“The McCain administration would reserve all savings from victory in the Iraq and Afghanistan operations in the fight against Islamic extremists for reducing the deficit."
Ponies for everyone!
What I want to know is — why can’t we beat Islamic extremism with tax cuts?
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Leisure Guy!
What a fuckin’ moron.
I was really worried that the oil companies would have to pay extra.
Oh, and BTW, BT – That’s one scary picture.
Better call Suz for some x-tra heavy duty brain bleach, stat!
;~P
peace dividend
Victory Savings!!
heh.
At first glance, I thought “ponies” read pillories.
note to self:
stop daydreaming.
He also says he’ll wipe out the deficit by cutting waste, fraud and abuse, partly through use of a line-item veto. No mention that the Supremes found the line-item veto unconstitutional.
Ponies? I want a yacht, a sports car, a hot-air balloon, and a sex-change operation (okay, maybe not the last thing). Okay, I don’t really want any of those things in this lifetime anyhow.
Health care and a living wage for my fellow Americans might be nice though.
All possible through tax cuts.
It’s funny. I talked to a conservative who is all for tax cuts, thinks they’re real effective in stimulating the economy.
But! when talking about why there should be gay marriage, how it doesn’t affect anyone not in the marriage, he said “Well wait, if they get a marriage tax break then that affects the tax base.”
Oh NOW it affects the tax base!
Republican economic plans have always been bad for America, unless you are a member of the 1% club. Despite this many Americans buy into the Republican rhetoric and continue to vote for these vermin. Of course they have a powerful ally in the corporate media and their 7 figure salaried talking heads and gas bags.
Luxury Living for all Americans!*
*But only if you are rich.
We already won, McStain, where’s my tax cut?
Mission accomplished, Hello? Anyone, Bueler?
Idiot.
He could bankrupt a lemonade stand in Death Valley.
McJanus!
And if he would but start stuttering as Professor Quirrell did until his demise in 2001 (same as with democracy), we could see the flip flops in real time.
Seems about time for reductio ad absurdum. Cut federal taxes to zero, get rid of the federal government, and everything will be just hunkey dorey.
You know, for eons, the Republics, and so-called conservatives have been talking to us like tax cuts are the gospel to cure all evils. And for the most part they have gotten away with it.
Well they have done that! Where did it get us?
McCain’s latest economic policy, if you can call it policy, is idiocy. It’s called appeal to the basest instincts of the population with lies and promises that are impossible to keep and hope we will fall for it. I’m betting that at least some of us aren’t buying.
Sooner or later this mantra of vote Repub, or get higher taxes that has served them so well in the past is going to have to be put to rest. Most people have no clue that this give-away to the top 1-2% of the population means higher taxes for them. It’s already been put to the test and it doesn’t work. Question is, how do you get that across to the general population?
He could bankrupt a lemonade stand in Death Valley.
when the Iraqis are ready to stand up, we’ll take our lemonade stand down.
The American Burqa Manufacturers Association is having a tough time finding someone in Congress to sponsor the legislation that would give them a tax cut.
Odd . . . don’t know why that said I was replying to punaise. The quote is from the end of the post.
I want to know 2 things right now.
1. How are we going to beat this dufus to a pulp in the election
2. How are we going to hold the dems feet to the fire once a whole new bunch of them are elected?
I’m tired of working hard to make things happen only to have them screw us after the fact.
Right. It isn’t cart meet horse, it’s chicken meet egg.
Great picture! Makes me think immediately of Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Philospher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone, who sports a turban, which harbors the near dead face of Lord Voldemort underneath, on the back of his head. Of course you will remember that said Professor Quirrell was for a term the Defense-Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts, who turns out to be of course utterly incapable of such defense.
I will keep a copy of this picture!
Bob in HI
OT
OK I’ll ask here too. Did so this morning.
I’m re-thinking going to Austin for Netroots Nation. I booked a room long ago and would be more inclined to do so if I can find someone who wants to share the room and expense.
Anyone interested?
It seems that there is now an FDL caucus planned.
I think that’s where it came from.
Not going this year, to my great disappointment.
I hope you guys have a nice spread for the FDL shindig!
Either McJanus or Professor Quirrell!
I like the latter, because it reveals McBush as an incompetent slave of the draconian Bush. Plumb pitiful.
Bob in HI
I’m going, but I don’t do the room sharing thing. Sorry. But hope to see you there.
Yay, Leisure Guy’s back!
my attorney will be contacting you re toobal litigation :~)
Yeah, I photoshopped it from the scene in the film where Quirrell takes off the turban.
It was hot and muggy here today. A real misery to run in. I think tax cuts would have helped.
One of my favorite stories of all time:
This is NOT funny (via ThinkProgress):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..gress.org/
More tax cuts, less free speech.
Per HuffPo’s headline:
Excellent! Win it by when, Senator? And, what then?
In any case, Senator, have our troops home within 18 months. That goes for you too, Seantor Obama.
I swear, both of the fools are running for Bush’s third and fourth terms.
wonder how wonder warrior hopes to win the Iraq war. Who does he intend to kill? Sunnis? Shia? Lots of each? Then ya win?
What a fuckin bozo!!!
If ya drop bombs on the heads of enough Iraqi’s well eventually they’ll give up and then ya win!! Right?
In what does McBush’s military prowess excell? Droppin bombs? Marchin? Planning a campaign to make sure that the planes all have enough fuel and bombs? These skills are all CRITICAL to a president!!
Bombs Away!!!
One day Iraq will surrender!!
It’s about al qaeda. Oh yeah, and oil.
Good take!
I’ll give you credit…
Bob in HI
Tax cuts are the modern equivalent of snake oil. They’re sold as good for what ails you no matter what ails you. Not only do they not work but they can make you sicker than when you started.
I am wondering if anyone has heard from Dr. Kirk. I think the last I remember his post was something about the progress of the fire and smoke. Any other informationn?
Yeah, they give me the shits.
Before he heads off to defeat the Islamic extremists, McCain should stop at Harvard to collect his MBA. Bush has one from there and his solution to all economic problems is tax cuts. With the same approach, McCain is showing that he knows enough to hold an MBA from Harvard.
It’s sort of a reprise of the old saying that when the only tool you have is a hammer every problem begins to look like a nail. Well, in John McCain’s world, every conflict he sees looks like another Vietnam, and the only thing he knew to do in that one was to bomb, and if that didn’t work to bomb some more.
Jane Hamsher is on CSPAN2.
Would someone who’s extremely moderate in their Islamic views be an Islamic extremist?
Obviously all of the holy men are extremists, being extremely devout.
Does geographic extremism count, as in one who resides close to a non-Islamic country?
I sure hope Islamocommunism doesn’t rear its ugly head, it’d be really hard to find a bed big enough to hide under while pissing itself.
Kool. What’s the occasion, for those of us who are at work and don’t have the leisure to watch?
Bob in HI
Internet Bloggers & the Election. R guy up now.
This McSame story is a particularly twisted moment in time, in light of Georgie announcing he will go to the Olympic opening ceremonies, and while partaking of such pretty festivities sit there with their respective Dicks and discuss/compare notes on who tortured the most people.
George W. Bush, North America’s first warlord.
In regard to the Paris Hilton tax, there is a political time bomb waiting to happen just as a new President and a new Congress arrive: The estate tax is going to be repealed for one year in 2010, only to come back again in full force at 2001 levels in 2011.
This will require some kind of fix that the GOP and their media friends are going to jump on like banshees, i.e. another “greatest tax hike in history.” This – along with the necessary AMT fix – is something that I have not seen either campaign actually address (not that I really expect McSame to do so….)
When Bush came into office, the Congress at the time, in order to keep the price of the tax cuts under a certain amount, engaged in a slight of hand to keep the price of them lower – they made the bill expire in Fiscal 2010. A lot of the Bush budgets projections, however, assume that these tax cuts actually expire to show that they are being fiscally responsible, while hoping that no one is really paying attention.
The estate tax is really susceptible to “no new taxes” shenanigans as the media find it too complicated to comment on. Here in Maryland, for example, former governor Booby Ehrlich stated that he never raised taxes while in office. This is factually false, since he actually “decoupled” the federal and Maryland estate taxes in 2003, which caused the Maryland estate tax to be raised for estate tax payers with assets between $1 mil and $1.5 mil (yes – boohoo – since it did effect his “base”). This allowed Booby to balance the budget while claiming not to raise taxes. The Bush administration is using similar tactics in their future budget projections as well- it is part of Bush’s claim to balance the budget by 2013.
… without the J!