Per WSJ/NBC poll -81% of Respondent generally in favor of surtax on Millionaires

[Straw Man]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704728004576176741120691736.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

see article and full questionare at link

here are some other findings

74% in favor of eliminating tax credits for oil and gas industries
68% in favor of eliminating Bush tax cuts of > 250k income
44% in favor of gradually turning Medicare into voucher program - but 50% are opposed
45% in favor of eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood - but 53% opposed

You'd think both parties would be able to get behind ideas that are popular with 70-80% or at least not be opposed to them. 

If Repubs won't even consider raising taxes on the weathly (and we're talking about tiny increases that they won't even notice) or eliminating tax credits for the most profitable companies in the history of our planet then who do they really represent?

[kcballer]

It's all the welfare leaches who should be allowed to vote anyway Straw.  Haven't you learned anything from 333s posts?

[Soul Crusher]

Oh there is a big surprise - people asking for someone else to pay more.    

[Kazan]

Oh there is a big surprise - people asking for someone else to pay more.    

So basically we should penalize the successful? WTF happened to America?

[Soul Crusher]

So basically we should penalize the successful? WTF happened to America?

We have become a nation of leeches, parasites, takers, grifters, and deluded idiots with zero sense of economics.   

[Straw Man]

We have become a nation of leeches, parasites, takers, grifters, and deluded idiots with zero sense of economics.   

kudos for including yourself in that list

[Soul Crusher]

kudos for including yourself in that list

How did that stim bill and QE2 work out jackass?

[Straw Man]

How did that stim bill and QE2 work out jackass?

it did more for the economy than the Bush tax cuts and cost less too

[Soul Crusher]

it did more for the economy than the Bush tax cuts and cost less too

Ha ha ha ha ha - you mean the ones your messiah just extended 4 months ago and rails against today?   

[Straw Man]

Ha ha ha ha ha - you mean the ones your messiah just extended 4 months ago and rails against today?   

damn, you've already swallowed and regurgitated the talking point hook, line a sinker

[Fury]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704728004576176741120691736.html#articleTabs%3Darticle


You'd think both parties would be able to get behind ideas that are popular with 70-80% or at least not be opposed to them.  

Almost 70% of Americans disapprove of Obamacare right now. So you're cool with getting rid of it? After all, "you'd think both parties would be able to get behind ideas that are popular with 70-80% or at least not be opposed to them."

Returning to the tax levels of the Clinton years wouldn't be a bad thing. Nor would taxing the 50% of Americans who pay dick every year, too.

[Straw Man]

Almost 70% of Americans disapprove of Obamacare right now. So you're cool with getting rid of it? After all, "you'd think both parties would be able to get behind ideas that are popular with 70-80% or at least not be opposed to them."

Returning to the tax levels of the Clinton years wouldn't be a bad thing. Nor would taxing the 50% of Americans who pay dick every year, too.

I don't see that in the article

did you find that in the questionare? which page?

[Fury]

I don't see that in the article

did you find that in the questionare? which page?

I made a thread showing an AP poll yesterday. Feel free to search it out.

So I'll ask again. Almost 70% of Americans disapprove of Obamacare right now. Are you OK with getting rid of it? After all, it was you who just said, "you'd think both parties would be able to get behind ideas that are popular with 70-80% or at least not be opposed to them."

Or are you just a hypocrite?

[Straw Man]

I made a thread showing an AP poll yesterday. Feel free to search it out.

So I'll ask again. Almost 70% of Americans disapprove of Obamacare right now. Are you OK with getting rid of it? After all, it was you who just said, "you'd think both parties would be able to get behind ideas that are popular with 70-80% or at least not be opposed to them."

Or are you just a hypocrite?

you wrote a paragragh yet couldn't be bother to post a link to your thread or the AP poll ?

Since you couldn't make the effort why should I?

[Fury]

Any way to skirt the point.

Basically, majority opinion only matters when it falls in line with your viewpoints. Percentages be damned when you don't agree.  

[Straw Man]

Anyway to skirt the point. Thanks for playing, hypocrite.

Basically, majority opinion only matters when it falls in line with your viewpoints. Percentages be damned when you don't agree. 

you posted an article but no link to actual poll  (common habit on this board)

You should learn to read polls for yourself rather than just some authors opinion of what it said

here's the poll mentioned in the article you posted:  http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-GfK%20Poll%20032911.pdf

show me where you found where 70% disapprove

[Freeborn126]

Here's an idea, how about dictator Obama forces GE to pay their full taxes instead of letting them slip by...oh that's right, they are not in disfavor with his excellency so he gives them a free pass but wants t raise taxes on everyone else.  What a hypocrite.  Obama is a worthless liar.  

[Straw Man]

Here's an idea, how about dictator Obama forces GE to pay their full taxes instead of letting them slip by...oh that's right, they are not in disfavor with his excellency so he gives them a free pass but wants t raise taxes on everyone else.  What a hypocrite.  Obama is a worthless liar.  

all he has to do is convince the Repubs to alter the tax code to close those loopholes

you should call Obama and explain to him how to convince the Repubs to go along with that

[Soul Crusher]

all he has to do is convince the Repubs to alter the tax code to close those loopholes

you should call Obama and explain to him how to convince the Repubs to go along with that

Only thing they should call him up to do is demand he release his long form BC and as about his 16 fake SS # he is using. 

[Straw Man]

Only thing they should call him up to do is demand he release his long form BC and as about his 16 fake SS # he is using. 

don't you have enough birther threads to post your delusional nonsense

[GigantorX]

It's all the welfare leaches who should be allowed to vote anyway Straw.  Haven't you learned anything from 333s posts?

So, what about the 48% of Americans that pay no income taxes?

The Top 20% pay 86% of all income taxes in the United States, so if you want to even start a conversation on "fairness" start with those that pay ZERO in income taxes.

[Dos Equis]

So basically we should penalize the successful? WTF happened to America?

Tell me about it.  Liberals thrive on class warfare.  

[Straw Man]

So, what about the 48% of Americans that pay no income taxes?

The Top 20% pay 86% of all income taxes in the United States, so if you want to even start a conversation on "fairness" start with those that pay ZERO in income taxes.

it's pretty simple

those who have benefited from our markets and are very wealthly can afford to pay a little bit more (and won't even feel it)

where are all those patriots who love their country so much?

[Fury]

it's pretty simple

those who have benefited from our markets and are very wealthly can afford to pay a little bit more (and won't even feel it)

where are all those patriots who love their country so much?

Haha, did you just honestly quote Obama's speech from yesterday in an effort to prove your point? Jesus, you're pathetic.

The top 20% already paying 86% shows that they're being quite patriotic. Why don't the 50% who don't pay anything show their support for the American way of life and chip in a little?  

[Soul Crusher]

it's pretty simple

those who have benefited from our markets and are very wealthly can afford to pay a little bit more (and won't even feel it)

where are all those patriots who love their country so much?

     

Since that number does not even make a dent into our debt and deficit problems - is your enthusiastic "soak the rich" crap based on actual deficit reduction numers or a sense of "fairness" ad "make the bastards pay" far left rhetoric? ?